Atropisomerism in 1-(2-adamantyl)naphthalene Derivatives

[Display omitted] •Naphthalenes 5 and 6 bear a sterically congested C–C bond between adamantyl and naphthyl moieties.•The free energy of activation for conformer transformations for 5 and 6 amounts to 56–57kJmol−1.•Similar free energies of activation were obtained experimentally and by DFT calculati...

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Published in:Journal of molecular structure 2013, Vol.1046, p.101-109
Main Authors: Veljković, Jelena, Antol, Ivana, Basarić, Nikola, Smrečki, Vilko, Molčanov, Krešimir, Müller, Norbert, Mlinarić-Majerski, Kata
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activation energy
Adamantanes
Atropisomers
Bonding
Carbon-carbon composites
Coalescing
Derivatives
DFT calculations
Dynamic NMR
Mathematical analysis
naphthalene
Naphthalenes
NMR spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance
nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
temperature
X-radiation
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Summary:[Display omitted] •Naphthalenes 5 and 6 bear a sterically congested C–C bond between adamantyl and naphthyl moieties.•The free energy of activation for conformer transformations for 5 and 6 amounts to 56–57kJmol−1.•Similar free energies of activation were obtained experimentally and by DFT calculations.•In the solid state, 5 forms dimers by hydrogen bonds and π-interactions of the naphthyl moieties. Two new adamantylnaphthalene derivatives 1-(2-hydroxy-2-adamantyl)-4-methoxynaphthalene (5) and 1-(2-hydroxy-2-adamantyl)-5-methoxynaphthalene (6) were synthesized and characterized by NMR spectroscopy. In addition, 5 was characterized by single crystal X-ray structural analysis and DFT calculations. For both derivatives, 5 and 6, dynamic NMR of diastereotopic spins revealed atropisomerism due to hindered rotation around the C–C bond between the adamantyl and the naphthyl moieties, giving rise to intermediate conformational exchange on the NMR timescale at room temperature. Upon decrease of the temperature to 223K the existence of two enantiomerically related conformers in slow exchange was observed. The free energy of activation for the conformer exchange calculated using the coalescence temperature method amounts to 56.4±0.3kJmol−1 for both derivatives. The experimental findings are corroborated by DFT calculations. The calculated NMR chemical shifts and the energy of activation for the conformer exchange are in excellent agreement with the measured values.
ISSN:0022-2860
1872-8014
DOI:10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.04.027