18,18'-Dihexyl[9,9']biphenanthro[9,10-b]triphenylene:一个严重阻碍的-单键的结构和后果
Cameron L Hilton1, Jeremy M Crowfoot, Pawel Rempala
1Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 11, 2008
概括
研究人员合成了1-Hex,一种紧张的阿里尔-阿里尔键化合物. 观察了诸如六基旋转和性逆转之类的动态过程,DFT计算解释了它们的机制.
科学领域:
- 有机化学 有机化学
- 超分子化学 超分子化学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 合成具有独特结构特征的复杂有机分子.
- 了解紧张化学键的特性.
- 研究固体阻碍化合物的动态过程.
研究的目的:
- 合成和表征1-Hex,一种具有高度紧张的-键的新型化合物.
- 阐明 1-Hex. 的结构和动态特性.
- 用计算方法探索观察到的动态过程的机制.
主要方法:
- 通过Zr介导的双化,用于合成1-Hex.
- 进行X射线衍射分析以确定分子结构.
- 可变温度核磁共振 (NMR) 谱学用于研究动态过程.
- 密度函数理论 (DFT) 计算用于研究反应机制和能量障碍.
主要成果:
- 在5%的产量中成功合成了1-Hex.
- X射线衍射揭示了一种高度紧张的阿里尔-阿里尔单键,导致显著扭曲的phenanthro[9,10-b]triphenylene (PTP) 部分.
- 核磁共振研究发现了两个动态过程:六基旋转 (12.0 ± 0.4 kcal/mol) 和性逆转 (15.2 ± 0.6 kcal/mol).
- DFT计算支持实验发现,为动态过程提供过渡状态和机制,包括具有49 kcal/mol屏障的复杂旋转机制.
结论:
- 1-Hex具有独特的,高度紧张的阿里尔-阿里尔键,对分子结构有重大影响.
- 该化合物表现出复杂的动态行为,包括六基旋转和性逆转,具有明显的能量障碍.
- DFT计算为管理这些动态过程的机制提供了宝贵的见解,突出了非扭转旋转机制.
相关概念视频
Aromatic Hydrocarbon Cations: Structural Overview
Cycloheptatriene is a neutral monocyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon that consists of an odd number of carbon atoms and an intervening sp3 carbon in the ring. The three double bonds in the ring correspond to 6 π electrons, which is a Huckel number, and therefore satisfies the criteria of 4n + 2 π electrons. However, the intervening sp3 carbon disrupts the continuous overlap of p orbitals. As a result, cycloheptatriene is not aromatic.
Removing one hydrogen from the intervening CH2 group with both...
Removing one hydrogen from the intervening CH2 group with both...
Criteria for Aromaticity and the Hückel 4n + 2 Rule
Like benzene, cyclobutadiene and cyclooctatetraene are cyclic compounds with alternate single and double bonds. However, their chemical behavior differs from benzene, as they are unstable and not aromatic. So, what are the structural characteristics of unsaturated compounds categorized as aromatic?
For the first time, Eric Hückel, a German chemical physicist, derived a set of structural features for a compound to be classified as aromatic. This is now known as Hückel’s rule or the 4n + 2 rule.
For the first time, Eric Hückel, a German chemical physicist, derived a set of structural features for a compound to be classified as aromatic. This is now known as Hückel’s rule or the 4n + 2 rule.
Aromatic Hydrocarbon Anions: Structural Overview
Neutral hydrocarbons like cyclopentadiene with an odd number of carbon atoms and one intervening CH2 group in the ring are not aromatic. Cyclopentadiene with 4 π electrons does not satisfy the 4n + 2 π electron rule. Additionally, the intervening CH2 group is sp3 hybridized and lacks a vacant p orbital, thereby interrupting the overlap of p orbitals in a continuous manner and preventing the delocalization of π electrons throughout the ring.
Due to the absence of continuous overlap of p...
Due to the absence of continuous overlap of p...
Five-Membered Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds: Overview
Heterocyclic aromatic compounds are cyclic compounds that are aromatic and have one or more heteroatoms—atoms other than carbon, in the ring. Depending upon the number of atoms present in the ring, they can be either five or six-membered. Examples of five-membered heterocyclic aromatic compounds include pyrrole, furan, thiophene, and imidazole. Pyrrole consists of one nitrogen atom having one lone pair of electrons. Furan and thiophene have one oxygen and one sulfur heteroatom, respectively.
Frost Circles for Different Conjugated Systems
The inscribed polygon method is consistent with Hückel’s 4n + 2 rule and helps to learn whether the given cyclic compound is aromatic or not. The compound is stable and aromatic if every bonding molecular orbital (MO) is completely filled with a pair of electrons. However, if the non-bonding or antibonding orbitals are filled with electrons, the compound is unstable and not aromatic. Consider the Frost circle diagrams for cycloalkenes containing 4 to 8 carbons.
Structure of Benzene: Molecular Orbital Model
According to the molecular orbital (MO) model, benzene has a planar structure with a regular hexagon of six sp2 hybridized carbons. As shown in Figure 1, each carbon is bonded to three other atoms with C–C–C and H–C–C bond angles of 120°. The C–H bond length is 109 pm, and the C–C bond length is 139 pm which is midway between the single bond length of sp3 hybridized carbons (154 pm) and sp2 hybridized carbons (133 pm).


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