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Can acyclic conformational control be achieved via a sulfur-fluorine gauche effect?


ABSTRACT: The gauche conformation of the 1,2-difluoroethane motif is known to involve stabilising hyperconjugative interactions between donor (bonding, ?C-H) and acceptor (antibonding, ?*C-F) orbitals. This model rationalises the generic conformational preference of F-C?-C?-X systems (?FCCX ? 60°), where X is an electron deficient substituent containing a Period 2 atom. Little is known about the corresponding Period 3 systems, such as sulfur and phosphorus, where multiple oxidation states are possible. Conformational analyses of ?-fluorosulfides, -sulfoxides and -sulfones are disclosed here, thus extending the scope of the fluorine gauche effect to the 3rd Period (F-C-C-S(O) n ; ?FCCS ? 60°). Synergy between experiment and computation has revealed that the gauche effect is only pronounced in structures bearing an electropositive vicinal sulfur atom (S+-O-, SO2).

SUBMITTER: Thiehoff C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659174 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Can acyclic conformational control be achieved <i>via</i> a sulfur-fluorine <i>gauche</i> effect?

Thiehoff C C   Holland M C MC   Daniliuc C C   Houk K N KN   Gilmour R R  

Chemical science 20150417 6


The <i>gauche</i> conformation of the 1,2-difluoroethane motif is known to involve stabilising hyperconjugative interactions between donor (bonding, <i>σ</i><sub>C-H</sub>) and acceptor (antibonding, <i>σ</i>*C-F) orbitals. This model rationalises the generic conformational preference of F-C<sub>β</sub>-C<sub>α</sub>-X systems (<i>φ</i><sub>FCCX</sub> ≈ 60°), where X is an electron deficient substituent containing a Period 2 atom. Little is known about the corresponding Period 3 systems, such as  ...[more]

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