Rotational energy barriers propane

Answer Rotation around the C-1 to C-2 bond is equivalent to rotation around the C-1 to C-2 bond of propane. The energy barrier is the same, 13.7 kj mole". ... 

The preferred conformations of carbonyl compounds, like 1-alkenes, are eclipsed rather than bisected, as shown below for ethanal and propanal. The barrier for methyl group rotation in ethanal is 1.17kcal/mol. Detailed analysis has indicated that small adjustments in molecular geometry, including a-bond lengthening, must be taken into account to quantitatively analyze the barrier. The total barrier can be dissected into nuclear-nuclear, electron-electron, nuclear-electron, and kinetic energy (At), as described in Topic 1.3 for ethane. MP2/6-311+G (Mf,2p) calculations lead to the contributions tabulated below. The total barrier found by this computational approach is very close to the experimental value. Contributions to the ethanal energy barrier in kcal/mol are shown below. 

The rotational barrier is now slightly higher than for ethane 14 kJ mol-1 as compared to 12 kJ mol-1. This again reflects the greater repulsion of electrons in the coplanar bonds in the eclipsed conformation rather than any steric interactions. The energy graph for bond rotation in propane would look exactly the same as that for ethane except that the barrier is now 14 kJ 1110I-1. 

Chandross and Depster (16) studied the temperature dependence of the rate constant of excimer formation for l,3-bls(a-naphtyl) propane and for l,3-bls(3-naphtyl)-propane. They found an activation energy of 4 kcal/mol, comparable to the energies related to the rotation barrier in a methylene chain. Recently Avourls, Kordas, and El-Bayouml studied the time dependence of the intramolecular excimer fluorescence of 1,3-dlnaphtylpropane. They determined rate constants kg and k j at different viscosities (37). 

Wiberg studied rotational barriers in formaldehyde, propanal and acetone coordinated to Lewis acids such as BFj or AICI3, where all complexes were found to prefer bent geometries. For formaldehyde complexes, linear structures are 6.10kcal/mol higher in energy and out-of-plane structure (Tt-complexes) even higher [10]. 

Consideration of the Newman projection of propane (9) suggests that the energy profile associated with rotation around the CH3-CH2 bond contains both three identical maxima and three identical minima per revolution. In eclipsed conformations there is now a non-bonded repulsion between a methyl and a hydrogen accordingly, the torsional barrier, at 14.2 kJ mol1, is a little higher than in ethane. 

Restricted Internal Rotation of Several Symmetric Tops. The tables of thermodynamic functions for an internal rotation of a single symmetric top may be used for several symmetric tops [with moments of inertia calculated from equation (20)] provided both potential energy and kinetic energy cross-terms between the tops can be neglected. Both assumptions have been generally made in calculations for molecules with several tops. Where there are reliable calorimetric data at one or more temperatures, the tables have been used to calculate appropriate potential barriers. Using this procedure thermodynamic contributions have been calculated for propane, 2-methylpropane, 2,2-dimethylpropane, cis-but-2-ene, rm a -but-2-ene, isobutene, o-xylene, > m-xylene, p-xylene, 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, > 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, dimethyl sulphide,2-chloro-2-methylpropane, and dimethyl-amine. In several cases thermodynamic contributions have been calculated using potential barriers estimated from those of related molecules. Examples of this procedure are found in calculations for 2-fluoro-2-methylpropane, 2-chloropropane, 2-bromopropane, 2-iodopro-pane, 2,2-dichloropropane, 2-bromo-2-methylpropane, 2-iodo-2-methylpropane, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetramethylbenzene, pentamethyl-benzene, and hexamethylbenzene. ... 

Many applications of Kilpatrick and Pitzer s procedure for calculating thermodynamic properties of molecules with compound rotation have been reported. In all cases possible potential energy cross-terms between rotating tops have been neglected. Contributions from internal rotation of symmetric tops have been calculated using the appropriate tables." These tables have also been used in calculations for the internal rotation of asymmetric tops hindered by a simple -fold cosine potential. 3-Fold potential barriers have been assumed in calculations for the —OH rotations in propanol and 1-methylpropanol, the —SH rotations in propane-1-thiol, butane-2-thiol, 2-methylpropane-l-thiol, and 2-methylbutane-2-thiol, the C—S skeletal rotations in ethyl methyl sulphide, diethyl sulphide, isopropyl methyl sulphide, and t-butyl methyl sulphide, and the C—C skeletal rotations in 2,3-dimethylbutane, and 2-methylpropane-l-thiol. 2-Fold cosine potential barriers have been assumed in calculations in the S—S skeletal rotations in dimethyl disulphide and diethyl disulphide. ... 

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