TY - JOUR A1 - Kirpichenko, Svetlana V. A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich A1 - Ushakov, Igor A. A1 - Shainyan, Bagrat A. T1 - Conformational Analysis of 3-Methyl-3-Silathiane and 3-Fluoro-3-Methyl-3-Silathiane T2 - Journal of physical organic chemistry N2 - The conformational equilibria of 3-methyl-3-silathiane 5, 3-fluoro-3-methyl-3-silathiane 6 and 1-fluoro-1-methyl-1- silacyclohexane 7 have been studied using low temperature C-13 NMR spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. The conformer ratio at 103 K was measured to be about 5(ax):5(eq) - 15:85, 6(ax):6(eq)-50:50 and 7(ax):7(eq)-25:75. The equatorial preference of the methyl group in 5 (0.35 kcal mol(-1)) is much less than in 3-methylthiane 9 (1.40 kcal mol(-1)) but somewhat greater than in 1-methyl-1-silacyclohexane 1 (0.23 kcal mol(-1)). Compounds 5-7 have low barriers to ring inversion: 5.65 (ax -> eq) and 6.0 kcal mol(-1) (eq -> ax) (5), 4.6 kcal mol(-1) (6), 5.1 kcal mol(-1) (Me-ax -> Me-eq), and 5.4 kcal mol(-1) (Me-eq -> Me-ax) (7). Steric effects cannot explain the observed conformational preferences, like equal population of the two conformers of 6, or different conformer ratio for 5 and 7. Actually, by employing the NBO analysis, in particular, considering the second order perturbation energies, vicinal stereoelectronic interactions between the Si-X and adjacent C-H, C-S, and C-C bonds proved responsible. KW - conformational analysis KW - low-temperature NMR spectroscopy KW - NBO analysis KW - quantum chemical calculations KW - 3-silathianes Y1 - 2011 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36936 SN - 0894-3230 VL - 24 IS - 4 SP - 320 EP - 326 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Hoboken ER -