ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The He(Ia) photoelectron (PE) spectra of the (E,E)-, (E,Z)- and (Z,Z)-isomers of the title compound have been recorded to obtain information about their conformation in the gas phase. For a valid correlation with the PE data of other dienes it is necessary to take the potentials V(ϕ) for internal rotation and the corresponding conformer population densities P (ϕ) into account, as well as the rather complicated way wy in which the π-1 ionization energy gap ΔI(ϕ) depends on the direct π-orbital interaction and the long-range ‘through-space’ interaction between the semi-localized methyl-group orbitals and the π-orbitals. These factors being taken into account, the mean twist angles, ϕ, compatible with the PE-spectroscopic results are ϕ (E,E) ≍ O° ± 30°, ϕ (E,Z) ≍ 80° or 110° within ± 15°, and ϕ (Z,Z) ≍ 85° to 105°. These results are in rough agreement with electron diffraction data by Traetteberg [15], other spectroscopic results and, for the (E, E)- and (Z,Z)-isomers, internal rotation potentials V(ϕ) previously calculated by Roth [17]. On the other hand the potential V (ϕ) proposed for the (E,Z)-isomer does not seem to be compatible with our findings.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19840670303
