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Determination of Z and E configurations in trifluoromethylated vinyl compounds: 3J(CF) coupling constants as a criterion for configurational assignments

✍ Scribed by Jean-Pierre Bégué; Danièle Bonnet-Delpon; Dany Mesureur; Michèle Ourévitch


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
272 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0749-1581

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Abstract

NOE and T~1~ proton measurements were carried out in order to determine unambiguously the Z and E configurations of some CF~3~‐trisubstituted vinylic compounds (HCRCR′CF~3~). The β‐ethylenic carbon in olefins, enol ethers and enamines is always more strongly coupled to CF~3~ in the cis compound (CF~3~ and the vinylic proton cis to each other): |^3^J(CF)|~cis~ > |^3^J(CF)|~trans~. This observation, in addition to the already known higher shielding of ^19^F NMR signal in the cis isomer, allows the safe assignments of Z and E isomers even when only one is obtained, regardless of the nature of R and R′.