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T1 - Mapping of N−C Bond Formation from a Series of Crystalline Peri‐Substituted Naphthalenes by Charge Density and Solid‐State NMR Methodologies
AU - Rees, Gregory J.
AU - Pitak, Mateusz B.
AU - Lari, Alberth
AU - Day, Stephen P.
AU - Yates, Jonathan R.
AU - Gierth, Peter
AU - Barnsley, Kristian
AU - Smith, Mark E.
AU - Coles, Simon J.
AU - Hanna, John V.
AU - Wallis, John D.
PY - 2021/10/25
Y1 - 2021/10/25
N2 - A combination of charge density studies and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) 1 J NC coupling measurements supported by periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations is used to characterise the transition from an n-π* interaction to bond formation between a nucleophilic nitrogen atom and an electrophilic sp 2 carbon atom in a series of crystalline peri-substituted naphthalenes. As the N⋅⋅⋅C distance reduces there is a sharp decrease in the Laplacian derived from increasing charge density between the two groups at ca. N⋅⋅⋅C = 1.8 Å, with the periodic DFT calculations predicting, and heteronuclear spin-echo NMR measurements confirming, the 1 J NC couplings of ≈3-6 Hz for long C-N bonds (1.60-1.65 Å), and 1 J NC couplings of <1 Hz for N⋅⋅⋅C >2.1 Å.
AB - A combination of charge density studies and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) 1 J NC coupling measurements supported by periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations is used to characterise the transition from an n-π* interaction to bond formation between a nucleophilic nitrogen atom and an electrophilic sp 2 carbon atom in a series of crystalline peri-substituted naphthalenes. As the N⋅⋅⋅C distance reduces there is a sharp decrease in the Laplacian derived from increasing charge density between the two groups at ca. N⋅⋅⋅C = 1.8 Å, with the periodic DFT calculations predicting, and heteronuclear spin-echo NMR measurements confirming, the 1 J NC couplings of ≈3-6 Hz for long C-N bonds (1.60-1.65 Å), and 1 J NC couplings of <1 Hz for N⋅⋅⋅C >2.1 Å.
KW - General Chemistry
KW - Catalysis
U2 - 10.1002/anie.202111100
DO - 10.1002/anie.202111100
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34464506
VL - 60
SP - 23878
EP - 23884
JO - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
SN - 1433-7851
IS - 44
ER -