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A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Characterization of the Solvent Dependence of the Saddle-Crown Equilibrium of Cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) Oxime
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • David C. French, Loyola University Chicago
  • Marlon R. Lutz, Jr., Regis Technology
  • Chichi Lu
  • Matthias Zeller
  • Daniel Becker, Loyola University Chicago
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2009
Pages
8258–8267
Publisher Name
American Chemical Society
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Abstract

The equilibration of the saddle conformer of cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) oxime to the corresponding crown conformer was followed by (1)H NMR in five separate solvents, and kinetic and thermodynamic parameters were determined from the NMR data. The oxime saddle conformers of 3 are favored in CDCl(3) (K(eq) = [saddle]/[crown] = 1.4), whereas the CTV oxime crown conformer 3a is favored in three more polar solvents studied (DMSO-d(6), acetonitrile-d(3), acetone-d(6)). Surprisingly, the CTV oxime crown conformer is also slightly favored in the nonpolar solvent 1,4-dioxane-d(8). These behaviors are discussed in terms of hydrogen bonding, entropy, and possible host-guest considerations. An X-ray crystal structure was obtained for CTV monoketone, and structures of the different conformers of CTV, CTV ketone, and CTV oxime were calculated with semiempirical AM1 methods for direct comparison of their ground-state energies.

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Author Posting © American Chemical Society, 2009. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of American Chemical Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Volume 113, Issue 29, July 1, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp901796z

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David C. French, Marlon R. Lutz, Chichi Lu, Matthias Zeller, et al.. "A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Characterization of the Solvent Dependence of the Saddle-Crown Equilibrium of Cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) Oxime" Journal of Physical Chemistry A Vol. 113 Iss. 29 (2009)
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