1,3-Dienes bond lengths

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of formaldehyde with 1,3-butadiene has been investigated with the formaldehyde oxygen atom coordinated to BH3 as a model for a Lewis acid [25 bj. Two transition states were located, one with BH3 exo, and one endo, relative to the diene. The former has the lowest energy and the calculated transition-state structure is much less symmetrical than for the uncatalyzed reaction shown in Fig. 8.12. The C-C bond length is calculated to be 0.42 A longer, while the C-0 bond length is 0.23 A shorter, compared to the uncatalyzed reac-... 

Substituted 9,10-dihydronaphthalenes (DHN) adopt essentially C2 symmetry, whereas the diene systems are strongly twisted (see torsion angles T1 and T2). The bond lengths are... 

This comparison demonstrates that the exocyclic double bond length is little affected by the cyclic strain, which was also found for the radialenes see Section n.E. However, significant deviations were found for conjugated systems, and the same holds for the linear and branched dienes and polyenes. 

Also, the structure of 63 is better described as zwitterionic with a C-N bond length of only 1.651 A <2001J(P2)133> in the case of methoxy instead of NMe2, the MeO- C=S separation is longer (2.550 A) and the two substituents behave as normal /rm-substituents. Furthermore, the 2,6,9-trioxo-bicyclo[3,3,l]nona-3,7-diene moiety 64 has been structurally characterized as part of Pd(ii) complexes <2003JOM(676)93> and as a novel chiral spacer unit in macrocyclic polyethers <2002SMC383, 2004T2857>. 

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