Unexpected chirality in trans-1,4-dicyanocyclohexane

The experimental non-zero dipole moment of trans-1,4-dicyanocyclohexane was verified through a procedure little sensitive to solute/solvent interactions. This value cannot be explained on the basis of the generally accepted centrosymmetry for trans-1,4-derivatives of cyclohexane. NMR data of both th...

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Autores principales: Barón, Máximo, Medrano, Jorge A., Ferraro, Marta Beatriz, Buep, Adrián Hugo
Publicado: 1988
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00222860_v172_nC_p355_Baron
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00222860_v172_nC_p355_Baron
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Sumario:The experimental non-zero dipole moment of trans-1,4-dicyanocyclohexane was verified through a procedure little sensitive to solute/solvent interactions. This value cannot be explained on the basis of the generally accepted centrosymmetry for trans-1,4-derivatives of cyclohexane. NMR data of both this compound and its C-1, C-4 di-deuteroderivative, as well as semi-empirical theoretical calculations with the MNDO methods show that besides a centro-symmetric form there are also low energy stable non-centrosymmetric geometries. The latter exist as a helical deformation that can account for the non-zero value of the experimental dipole moment. © 1988.