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Area of Science:

  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Stereochemistry
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Spiroarsoranes are a class of organoarsenic compounds with unique structural features.
  • Understanding the stereochemical behavior of these compounds is crucial for their application.
  • Polytopal isomerism in arsenic compounds can be influenced by substituents and ring structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize novel spiroarsoranes derived from phenylarsonic acid and amino alcohols.
  • To investigate the presence and nature of polytopal Delta-Lambda equilibrium in these compounds.
  • To elucidate the influence of methyl substitution on the stereoisomeric preferences using computational methods.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of spiroarsoranes (compounds 6-9) via reaction of phenylarsonic acid with amino alcohols.
  • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for characterization and equilibrium studies.
  • Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) and Gauge-Independent Atomic Orbital (GIAO) density functional theory (DFT) computations (MP2 and B3LYP levels) for stereochemical analysis and spectral assignment.

Main Results:

  • Successful synthesis of four spiroarsorane derivatives (6-9).
  • Demonstration of Delta-Lambda polytopal isomerism in compounds 6-9 using HPLC and NMR.
  • Computational analysis revealed that methyl substitution at the C2 or C3 positions of the oxazarsolane ring dictates the predominance of either Delta or Lambda stereoisomers.
  • GIAO B3LYP computations aided in the assignment of experimental 1H and 13C NMR spectra.

Conclusions:

  • The synthesized spiroarsoranes exhibit Delta-Lambda polytopal isomerism.
  • Methyl group substitution plays a critical role in determining the stereochemical outcome (Delta vs. Lambda predominance).
  • Computational chemistry provides valuable insights into the structure-property relationships of these organoarsenic compounds.