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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
Nonplanar structures of thioamides derived from 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. Electronically tunable planarity of
Tetsuharu Hori1, Yuko Otani, Masatoshi Kawahata
1Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Abstract:
X-ray crystallographic analysis showed that N-thiobenzoyl-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane displays marked nonplanarity of the thioamide (1a, alpha = 167.1 degrees and |tau| = 11.2 degrees) as compared with the corresponding monocyclic pyrrolidine thioamide (2a, alpha = 174.7 degrees and |tau| = 3.9 degrees). In a series of para-substituted or unsubstituted thioaroyl-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes (1a-1h), the planarity of the thioamide depended significantly on the electronic nature of the substituent; for example, in the p-nitro-substituted compound, planarity was substantially restored (1h, alpha = 175.2 degrees and |tau| = 0.1 degrees). In solution, increasing electron-withdrawing character of the aromatic substituent was associated with a larger rotational barrier of the bicyclic thioamides, as determined by means of variable-temperature (1)H NMR spectroscopy and line shape analysis. The reduced rotational barrier, that is, reduced enthalpy of activation (DeltaH(double dagger)) for thioamide rotation, of 1a as compared with that of 2a in nitrobenzene-d5 is consistent with the postulate that 1a assumes a nonplanar thioamide structure in solution. These results indicate that the planarity of thioamides based on 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane is controlled by electronic factors in the solid phase and in solution.
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