Rotational features of carbon-nitrogen bonds in N-aryl maleimides. Atroposelective reactions of o-tert-butylphenylmaleimides
摘要:
Atroposelective addition and cycloaddition reactions of N-2-(tert-butylphenyl)- and N-2,5-(di-tert-butylphenyl)maleimide and a substituted derivative have been studied. Good to excellent stereoselectivities are generally observed, and high rotation barriers (about 29 kcal/mol) prevent the products from interconverting. Crystal structures of the precursors and products support a straight forward model where reactants attack trans to the o-tert-butyl group. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Transition-State Stabilization by n→π* Interactions Measured Using Molecular Rotors
作者:Erik C. Vik、Ping Li、Perry J. Pellechia、Ken D. Shimizu
DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b08542
日期:2019.10.23
A series of 16 molecular rotors were synthesized to investigate the ability of n→π* interactions to stabilize transition states (TS) of bond rotation. Steric contributions to the rotational barrier were isolated using control rotors, which could not form n→π* interactions. Rotors with strong acceptor π* orbitals such as ketones, aldehydes, and nitriles had greatly increased rates of rotation. The TS
Experimental Study of the Cooperativity of CH−π Interactions
作者:Chen Zhao、Ping Li、Mark D. Smith、Perry J. Pellechia、Ken D. Shimizu
DOI:10.1021/ol5014729
日期:2014.7.3
A series of new torsional molecular balances was designed to study the cooperativity of CH-pi interaction in the solid state and in solution. The measured interaction energies correlated better to the number of participating alkyl carbons than to the number of CH-pi contacts. The methyl and ethyl groups displayed additive interaction energies. However, the branched isopropyl group displayed strong positive cooperativity with higher than predicted interaction energies.