THE CONFORMATIONS IN SOLUTION OF trans-CYCLOHEXENE DIHALIDES AND cis- AND trans-1,2-CYCLOHEXANEDIOLS AND DERIVATIVES

Abstract

trans-1,4,4-Trideuteriocyclohexene dichloride, dibromide, and diiodide and the 1,4,4-trideuterio-cis- and trans-1,2-cyclohexanediols together with their O-acetyl, O-tosyl, and O-isopropylidene derivatives were synthesized. Their nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectral parameters were obtained with a spectrometer operating at 100 Mc.p.s. and employing double irradiation to establish the chemical shifts and the signs of the coupling constants. The interpretation of the data according to expectations based on the Karplus relationship, for dihedral angles and coupling constants, support the conformational equilibria assigned to the trans-dichloride and trans-dibromide of cyclohexene on the basis of dipole moment measurements (previously published results). The results indicate that trans-cyclohexene diiodide exists to about 84% in the diaxial conformation. In the case of the 1,2-cis-disubstituted cyclohexanes, the occurrence of the signal for the 3-hydrogen in trans relation to the 2-hydrogen at lower field than its geminal 3-hydrogen is assigned to the deshielding influence on the 3-hydrogen when in axial orientation by an opposing axial oxygen at the 1-position. Support for this contention was obtained by determination of the chemical shifts of the geminal hydrogens at the 3- and 5-positions of the cis- and trans-4-t-butyl-2,2,6,6-tetradeuterio-1-methylcyclohexanols. The conformational equilibria indicated for the 1,2-diol, 1,2-diacetoxy, and 1,2-ditosyloxy trans derivatives of 1,4,4-trideuteriocyclohexane by NMR parameters obtained from the spectrum of the O-isopropylidene derivatives of the trans-diol allowed conclusions regarding the non-bonded interaction energies involved. The Karplus relation had to be adjusted to the form, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] to accommodate the results. Solvent effects on conformation are noted. Also, the investigation provided further evidence for the opposite signs of the coupling constants for geminal and vicinal hydrogens. A consideration of the chemical shifts observed for a variety of derivatives of cyclohexanol appears to indicate that intramolecular shielding effects are better accounted for on the basis of neighboring atomic groupings than on the basis of individual chemical bonds.