@article{KleinpeterKlaumuenzer2014, author = {Kleinpeter, Erich and Klaumuenzer, Ute}, title = {Quantification of the push-pull Effect in disubstituted alkynes - Application of occupation quotients pi*/pi and C-13 chemical shift differences Delta delta(C C)}, series = {Journal of molecular structure}, volume = {1074}, journal = {Journal of molecular structure}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0022-2860}, doi = {10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.05.072}, pages = {193 -- 195}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Structures, C-13 chemical shifts, and the occupation quotients of anti-bonding pi* and bonding pi orbitals of the C C triple bond along a series of push-pull alkynes (p)X-C6H4 C(O)-C C-NH-C6H4-Y(P) (X,Y= H, Me, OMe, NMe2, NO2, COMe, COOMe, F, Cl, Br) were computed at the DFT level (B3LYP/6-311G**) of theory. Both the stereochemistry (cis/trans-isomers) by steric twist and the push-pull character by both C-13 chemical shift differences (Delta delta(C C)) and the occupation quotient (pi(C C)/pi(C C)) were studied; the latter two parameters can be readily employed to precisely quantify the push-pull effect in alkynes. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} }