Liu AT, Nag M, Carroll WR, Roberts JD. Conformational analysis of N,N,N-Trimethyl-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide by NMR spectroscopy: a sterically hindered trans-standard.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2013;
51:701-704. [PMID:
25940961 DOI:
10.1002/mrc.4003]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
A predominantly trans-1,2-disubstituted ethane system - N,N,N-trimethyl-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide - is of particular interest for conformational analysis, because it contains both an organic and a highly polar substituent, making it soluble and thus applicable to study in a large variety of solvents. The fraction of the trans conformer of this molecule in a wide range of protic and aprotic solvents was determined by the nuclear magnetic resonance proton couplings to be approximately 90%, in contrast to the previously assumed 100%. The consistently strong preference of the trans conformation should establish N,N,N-trimethyl-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)ammonium iodide as a possibly useful 'trans-standard' in conformational analysis, much more so than 1,2-ditert-butylethane, which has a poor solubility in many solvents.
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