TY - JOUR A1 - Shainyan, Bagrat A. A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich T1 - Conformational flexibility of 4,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiasiline and its monoheterocyclic analogs JF - Russian journal of general chemistry N2 - Conformational behavior of the first cyclic organosilicon vinylsulfide, 4,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiasiline as well as its monoheterocyclic analogs, 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran, 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyran, and 1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrosiline is studied in comparison with the carbocyclic analog, cyclohexene, using the methods of low-temperature NMR spectroscopy and theoretical calculations at the DFT and MP2 levels of theory. The barrier to the ring inversion with respect to that in cycloxene is increased in 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran and 1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrosiline, but, in contrast to the suggestions made in the literature, is decreased in 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyran. In 4,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiasiline the barrier is intermediate between those in the corresponding monoheterocycles, 1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrosiline and 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyran. The observed variations are rationalized from the viewpoint of the interaction of the pi-electrons of the C=C double bond with the orbitals of heteroatoms in the ring. The structure of the transition state for the ring inversion is discussed. KW - 4,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiasiline KW - 1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrosiline KW - 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyran KW - 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran KW - onformational analysis Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070363214070135 SN - 1070-3632 SN - 1608-3350 VL - 84 IS - 7 SP - 1325 EP - 1329 PB - Pleiades Publ. CY - New York ER -