@article{KolocourisZervosDeProftetal.2011,
  author    = {Kolocouris, Antonios and Zervos, Nikolaos and De Proft, Frank and Koch, Andreas},
  title     = {Improper Hydrogen Bonded Cyclohexane C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax Contacts theoretical predictions and experimental Evidence from H-1 NMR Spectroscopy of Suitable Axial Cyclohexane Models},
  series = {The journal of organic chemistry},
  volume    = {76},
  journal   = {The journal of organic chemistry},
  number    = {11},
  publisher = {American Chemical Society},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {0022-3263},
  doi       = {10.1021/jo102353f},
  pages     = {4432 -- 4443},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax are a textbook prototype of steric hindrance in organic chemistry. The nature of these contacts is investigated in this work. MP2/6-31+G(d,p) calculations predicted the presence of improper hydrogen bonded C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax of different strength in substituted cyclohexane rings. To support the theoretical predictions with experimental evidence, several synthetic 2-substituted adamantane analogues (1-24) with suitable improper H-bonded C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax contacts of different strength were used as models of a substituted cyclohexane ring. The H-1 NMR signal separation, Delta delta(gamma-CH2), within the cyclohexane ring gamma-CH(2)s is raised when the MP2/6-31+G(d,p) calculated parameters, reflecting the strength of the H-bonded C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax contact, are increased. In molecules with enhanced improper H-bonded contacts C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax, like those having sterically crowded contacts (Y-ax = t-Bu) or contacts including considerable electrostatic attractions (Y-ax = O-C or O=C) the calculated DFT steric energies of the gamma-axial hydrogens are considerably reduced reflecting their electron cloud compression. The results suggest that the proton H-ax electron cloud compression, caused by the C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax contacts, and the resulting increase in Delta delta(gamma-CH2) value can be effected not just from van der Waals spheres compression, but more generally from electrostatic attraction forces and van der Waals repulsion, both of which are improper H-bonding components.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KolocourisKochKleinpeteretal.2015,
  author    = {Kolocouris, Antonios and Koch, Andreas and Kleinpeter, Erich and Stylianakis, Ioannis},
  title     = {2-Substituted and 2,2-disubstituted adamantane derivatives as models for studying substituent chemical shifts and C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax cyclohexane contacts-results from experimental and theoretical NMR spectroscopic chemical shifts and DFT structures},
  series = {Tetrahedron},
  volume    = {71},
  journal   = {Tetrahedron},
  number    = {16},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0040-4020},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.tet.2015.01.044},
  pages     = {2463 -- 2481},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The complete H-1 and C-13 NMR chemical shifts assignment for various 2-substituted and 2,2-disubstituted adamantane derivatives 1-38 in CDCl3 solution was realized on the basis of NMR experiments combined with chemical structure information and DFT-GIAO (B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p)-GIAO) calculations of chemical shifts in solution. Substituent-induced C-13 NMR chemical shifts (SCS) are discussed. C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax contacts are a textbook prototype of steric hindrance in organic chemistry. The nature of these contacts will be further investigated in this work on basis of new adamantane derivatives, which are substituted at C-2 to provide models for 1,4-C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax and 1,5-C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax contacts. The B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) calculations predicted the presence of NBO hyperconjugative attractive interactions between C-H-ax and Y-ax groups along C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax contacts. The H-1 NMR signal separation, Delta delta(gamma-CH2), reflects the strength of the H-bonded C-H-ax center dot center dot center dot Y-ax contact. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}