Vicinal delocalization

As expected, the G-Tj interaction responsible for vicinal delocalization is dependent on conformation. However, relevant calculations reveal that the vicinal delocalization involves the bonding orbital b of the intervening bond B. Inagaki et al. (266, 267) found in addition that the interactions are controlled by orbital phase continuity, namely a- b out of phase, b-rc and fl - c in phase. These requirements were found to be simultaneously satisfied for the ap arrangement, as shown in Figure 36a. In the synperiplanar conformation at least one requirement cannot be met, for example, orbitals a and c are out of phase (Figure 36b). 

It is also apparent that geminal delocalizations (i.e., of (Tax ( ay fortn, involving X—A—Y bonding pattern) are generally much weaker than vicinal delocalizations (i.e., of a AX ct by form, involving X—A—B—Y bonding pattern). Only... 

Hydrophilic (Section 19 5) Literally water loving a term applied to substances that are soluble in water usually be cause of their ability to form hydrogen bonds with water Hydrophobic (Section 19 5) Literally water hating a term applied to substances that are not soluble in water but are soluble in nonpolar hydrocarbon like media Hydroxylation (Section 15 5) Reaction or sequence of reac tions in which an alkene is converted to a vicinal diol Hyperconjugation (Section 4 10) Delocalization of a electrons... 

It is also important to note that trans-alkenes are often more stable than cis-alkenes due to diminished steric hindrance (p. 190), but this is not always the case. It is known, for example, that c -l,2-difluoroethene is thermodynamically more stable than tra j-l,2-difluoroethene. This appears to be due to delocalization of halogen lone-pair electrons and an antiperiplanar effect between vicinal antiperiplanar bonds. 

Scheme 38 Pentagon stability by cycUc delocalization of a lone pair through vicinal O bonds favored by the orbital phase continuity...

The pentagon stabilization has been found in a biochemical phenomenon [80], The hydrogen on the thiazolium ring 9 (Scheme 7) is easily ionized to afford the corresponding carbene 10, a key catalyst in enzymatic reactions for which thiamine (vitamin B-1,11) pyrophosphate is the cofactor. The pentagon stability is expected to contribute to this unusual deprotonation. A lone pair generated on the carbon atom in 10 can similarly delocalize through the vicinal C-N and C-S a bonds in a cyclic manner. 

There is on the other hand a great deal of evidence showing that the electrochemical reduction of 1,2-dihalides to olefins can occur via a concerted pathway, i.e., via a transition state (39) in which both carbon-halogen bonds are partially broken and the carbon-carbon double bond is partially formed. An important, indeed critical, point of evidence supporting the conclusion that reduction is concerted lies in the remarkable ease with which vicinal dihalides are reduced. For example, the half-wave potentials of ethyl bromide and 1,2-dibromoethane are -2.08 V and -1.52 V (vs. s.c.e.), respectively 15 >46) those of ethyl iodide and /J-chloroethyl iodide are -1.6 V and -0.9 V, respectively 47). These very large differences must reflect the lower energy of delocalized transition state 39 relative to the transition state for reduction of an alkyl monohalide. 

TABLE 10. Vicinal oHX —Fock matrix by second-order perturbation theory (energies in kcal mol-1)... 

Substituted ethylenes, with hydrogen atoms replaced by various alkyl groups, have a common feature in their electronic spectra, i.e. an absorption band at ca. 164 — 180 nm. This band is interpreted to show that the delocalization of the electron pair is largely confined to the vicinity of the unsaturated centre, commonly referred to as the C=C double bond. If the de-localization is assumed not to exceed a linear distance of one bond length on either side of the double bond, the electron pair remains in a linear potential box of width 3d, with allowed energy levels of... 

These two types of exciton are schematically illustrated in Figure 4.13. The Mott-Wannier excitons have a large radius in comparison to the interatomic distances (Figure 4.13(a)) and so they correspond to delocalized states. These excitons can move freely throughout the crystal. On the other hand, the Frenkel excitons are localized in the vicinity of an atomic site, and have a much smaller radius than the Mott-Wannier excitons. We will now describe the main characteristics of these two types of exciton separately. 

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