Structure and dynamic stereochemistry of trimesitylmethane. I. Synthesis and nuclear magnetic resonance studies

Paolo Finocchiaro; John Devens Gust; Kurt Mislow

Structure and dynamic stereochemistry of trimesitylmethane. I. Synthesis and nuclear magnetic resonance studies

Paolo Finocchiaro, John Devens Gust, Kurt Mislow

Arizona State University

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Abstract

Trimesitylmethane, a sterically congested molecule, has been synthesized in low yield, and the temperature dependence of its ¹H-nmr spectrum has been studied. The molecule assumes a propeller conformation in the ground state, and the barrier for interconversion of enantiomeric propellers by the two-ring flip mechanism is ΔG‡167 = 21.9 kcal/mol. This remarkably high barrier admits the possibility of resolution of 1 under ordinary conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2165-2167
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	96
Issue number	7
Publication status	Published - 1974

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