Carbonyls conformations

The presence of two carbonyl conformers has also been observed (70MI5 84MI5) in the N-acyl derivatives of benzothiazolone 112 and benzooxa-zolone 113. In benzothiazolone derivatives 112, IR stretching frequencies... 

The MePy molecule mostly exists in an anti-carbonyl conformation and cannot interact with modifier-tartaric acid on Ni catalysts through two hydrogen bonds. Therefore on RNi modified with (2/ ,3i )-tartaric acid, hydrogenation of MePy leads also to a poor ee 2% (S) (rate 0.07... 

The regioselectivity benefits from the increased polarisation of the alkene moiety, reflected in the increased difference in the orbital coefficients on carbon 1 and 2. The increase in endo-exo selectivity is a result of an increased secondary orbital interaction that can be attributed to the increased orbital coefficient on the carbonyl carbon ". Also increased dipolar interactions, as a result of an increased polarisation, will contribute. Interestingly, Yamamoto has demonstrated that by usirg a very bulky catalyst the endo-pathway can be blocked and an excess of exo product can be obtained The increased di as tereo facial selectivity has been attributed to a more compact transition state for the catalysed reaction as a result of more efficient primary and secondary orbital interactions as well as conformational changes in the complexed dienophile" . Calculations show that, with the polarisation of the dienophile, the extent of asynchronicity in the activated complex increases . Some authors even report a zwitteriorric character of the activated complex of the Lewis-acid catalysed reaction " . Currently, Lewis-acid catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions is everyday practice in synthetic organic chemistry. 

Synthetically useful stereoselective reductions have been possible with cyclic carbonyl compounds of rigid conformation. Reduction of substituted cyclohexanone and cyclopentan-one rings by hydrides of moderate activity, e.g. NaBH (J.-L. Luche, 1978), leads to alcohols via hydride addition to the less hindered side of the carbonyl group. Hydrides with bulky substituents 3IQ especially useful for such regio- and stereoselective reductions, e.g. lithium hydrotri-t-butoxyaluminate (C.H. Kuo, 1968) and lithium or potassium tri-sec-butylhydro-borates or hydrotri-sec-isoamylborates (=L-, K-, LS- and KS-Selectrides ) (H.C. Brown, 1972 B C.A. Brown, 1973 S. Krishnamurthy, 1976). 

The most stable conformation of acetone has one of the hydrogens of each methyl group eclipsed with the carbonyl oxygen Construct a model of this conformation... 

Eclipsed conformation of D erythrose showing C 4 hydroxyl group in position to add to carbonyl group... 

In most cases the frequencies of substituent groups attached to these heterocycles differ little from those observed for their benzenoid counterparts. The only notable exception is the spectral behaviour of carbonyl groups attached to position 2. These have attracted much attention as they frequently give rise to doublets, and occasionally multiplets. In the case of (34), (35) (76JCS(P2)l) and (36) (76JCS(P2)597) the doublets arise from the presence of two conformers (cf. Section 3.01.5.2), whereas for the aldehydes (37) the doublets are... 

IH-Azepine, 1-methoxy carbonyl-cycloaddition reactions, 7, 522 with nitrosobenzene, 7, 520 tricarbonyliron complex acylation, 7, 512-513 conformation, 7, 494 tricarbonylruthenium complex cycloaddition reactions, 7, 520 1 H-Azepine, l-methoxycarbonyl-6,7-dihydro-synthesis, 7, 507... 

Stabilization of the syn conformer in the gas phase is explained rather intuitively in terms of the extra stabilization due to increased interactions between the H atom in the OH group and the O atom in C=0 group. As one can see in Figure 5, the extra stabilization in the anti confonner in aqueous solution arises from the solvation energy, especially at the carbonyl oxygen site. 

Ketones also favor eclipsed conformations. The preference is for the rotamer in which the alkyl group, rather than a hydrogen, is eclipsed with the carbonyl group because this conformation allows the two alkyl groups to be anti rather than gauche. Electron diffraction studies of 3-pentanone indicate the conformation shown to be the most stable rotamer, in accord with this generalization. ... 

The effect of conformation on reactivity is intimately associated with the details of the mechanism of a reaction. The examples of Scheme 3.2 illustrate some of the w s in which substituent orientation can affect reactivity. It has been shown that oxidation of cis-A-t-butylcyclohexanol is faster than oxidation of the trans isomer, but the rates of acetylation are in the opposite order. Let us consider the acetylation first. The rate of the reaction will depend on the fiee energy of activation for the rate-determining step. For acetylation, this step involves nucleophilic attack by the hydroxyl group on the acetic anhydride carbonyl... 

There is another aspect to the question of the reactivity of the carbonyl group in r ck)hexanone. This has to do with the preference for approach of reactants from the axial ir equatorial direction. The chair conformation of cyclohexanone places the carbonyl coup in an unsynunetrical environment. It is observed that small nucleophiles prefer to roach the carbonyl group of cyclohexanone from the axial direction even though this is 1 more sterically restricted approach than from the equatorial side." How do the ctfcnaices in the C—C bonds (on the axial side) as opposed to the C—H bonds (on the equatorial side) influence the reactivity of cyclohexanone ... 

The first three chapters discuss fundamental bonding theory, stereochemistry, and conformation, respectively. Chapter 4 discusses the means of study and description of reaction mechanisms. Chapter 9 focuses on aromaticity and aromatic stabilization and can be used at an earlier stage of a course if an instructor desires to do so. The other chapters discuss specific mechanistic types, including nucleophilic substitution, polar additions and eliminations, carbon acids and enolates, carbonyl chemistry, aromatic substitution, concerted reactions, free-radical reactions, and photochemistry. 

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