摘要:
From the measured values of the equilibrium constants and C-13 NMR shift changes for 1:1 hydrogen bonding of trifluoroacetic acid with 2-alkyl- and 2,6-dialkylanisoles and 7-alkyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans in deuteriochloroform, conclusions are drawn concerning the stereochemistries of the hydrogen bonded complexes. The data indicate that hydrogen bonding of the planar 2-alkylanisoles may involve rotation of the methoxy group about the Ar-OCH3 bond, the rotational angles ranging from 13-degrees (anisole) to 43-degrees (tert-butylanisole). The values of log K1 correlate roughly with the torsional potential for methoxy group rotation in anisole, recently obtained by means of quantum mechanics, and with the angle-dependent electron densities at the methoxy oxygens that have been calculated for these o-alkylanisoles. The equilibrium constants for hydrogen bonding of the 2,6-dialkylanisoles also follow the predicted order of increasing methoxy oxygen electronic charge. The results for the rotationally rigid 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans are compatible with preferential involvement of the oxygen sp2 lone electron pair in hydrogen bond formation.