DYNAMIC STEREOCHEMISTRY OF TRI(2-METHYL-1-AZULENYL)METHYL CATION - STERIC EFFECT OF 2-METHYL GROUPS ON ROTATIONAL BARRIERS AND MECHANISM

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作者
ITO, S [1 ]
MORITA, N [1 ]
ASAO, T [1 ]
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[1] TOHOKU UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT CHEM,AOBA KU,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
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10.1016/S0040-4039(00)73081-4
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
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The stable carbocation, tri(2-methyl-1-azulenyl)methyl hexafluorophosphate (2) was prepared. Steric effect of three 2-methyl groups was investigated by comparison with the 3,3',3''-trimethyl analogue, tri(3-methyl-1-azulenyl)methyl cation (1). Dynamic stereochemistry of 2 was studied by temperature dependent H-1 NMR spectra, which were analyzed by flip mechanism. The threshold rotational mechanism for 2 was a two-ring flip in contrast to a one-ring flip for 1, and the activation energies for 2 (18.6 and 17.5 kcal/mol) were higher than for 1 due to increased crowding in the transition state for the rotation.
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