Z, E-Isomerization mechanism for N-arylthio-1,4-benzoquinonimines: DNMR and DFT investigations
✍ Scribed by V. V. Pirozhenko; A. B. Rozhenko; A. P. Avdeenko; S. A. Konovalova; A. A. Santalova
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 207 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-1581
- DOI
- 10.1002/mrc.2254
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Z, E‐Isomerization has been investigated for the series of the N‐arylthio‐1,4‐benzoquinonimines using a line shape analysis in the ^1^H NMR spectra. Thermodynamic parameters and substituent effects have been analyzed for the isomerization process. It has been shown based on the DFT (B3LYP) calculations that the dynamic transformation for N‐arylthio‐1,4‐benzoquinonimines should be considered as a combination of the two different processes, a rotation about the NS bond and an inversion at nitrogen via the transition state with the linear C NS moiety. The free energies of activation for the isomerization (Δ__G__~298 K~) measured experimentally depend on the substitution in the quinonimine moiety and phenyl ring and can be referred either to the inversion of the nitrogen atom or to the hindered rotation about the NS bond. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.