ISSN:
0009-2940
Keywords:
Allenes, highly strained
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Strain - structure correlation
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Hybridization effects, 13C, 13C coupling constants
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Calculations
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Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Bis(tetramethylcyclopropylidene)methane (5) was prepared by treating 1-(dichloroethenylidene)-2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropane (3) with tert-butyllithium in the presence of 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene. The parent allene 6 was obtained along a new route from bis(1-bromocyclopropyl) ketone (11) with low-valent titanium. Both 5 and 6 show unusually intense allene stretching bands in the IR spectra, and the signals of their central carbon atoms appear at remarkably high field in the 13C-NMR spectra. The unique structural features of 5 and 6, as evidenced by an X-ray crystal structural analysis of 5 and 1Jcc values, agree remarkably well with theoretical predictions made by semiempirical (MNDO) and ab initio (4-31G) calculations and on the basis of the simple picture offered by the hybridization model using the iterative maximum overlap (IMO) approach.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cber.19911240720
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