Finding the direct energy-structure correlations in intramolecular aromaticity assisted hydrogen bonding (AAHB)
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Preparation of a Corannulene-functionalized Hexahelicene by CopperI-catalyzed Alkyne-azide Cycloaddition of Nonplanar Polyaromatic Units
Published on: September 18, 2016
Marek Lozynski1, Danuta Rusinska-Roszak1
1Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Berdychowo 4, 60-965, Poznan, Poland.
Abstract:
A predictive model for intramolecular hydrogen bond energy (EHB) calculation of polyaromatic ortho-hydroxyaldehydes based on a set of small, functionalized hydrocarbons is developed. The complete data set of 18 compounds was used for this study. The model is based on one of four optional categories of molecular descriptors: geometric, spectroscopic, bond order and topological indices. The model of Wiberg bond indices (WBIs) as descriptors of the CC involved bond based on stepwise regression has acceptable prediction abilities for 14 structures of ortho-hydroxyformylobenzo[a]pyrene derivatives already at the semiempirical level. The presented correlation enables a significantly more rapid and quantitative description of the hydrogen bonding strength than the much more time-consuming MTA method. Thus, WBIs are shown to provide a reliable means for fast prescreening of the energy of chelate hydrogen bonds potentially for any polyaromatic derivatives.
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