Conformation and absolute configuration of chiral 1,1′-binaphthyls. an X-ray diffraction study of (R)-(−)546-8,8′-(2-thiatrimethylene)-1,1′-binaphthyl (I)

✍ Scribed by James D. Korp; Ivan Bernal; Margaret M. Harris; P.K. Patel

• Book ID: 104237903
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 122 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)86514-x

✦ Synopsis

The structureof (-)546-8,8'-(2-thiatrimethylene)-l,l-binaphthyl, determined by X-ray diffraction, shows it to have axial chirality R (M helicity):

each naphthalene unit is twisted with P helicity. Chirality is thus