An electrostatic gauche effect in β-fluoro and β-hydroxy N-ethylpyridinium cations
Natalie E. J. Gooseman, David O'Hagan, Michael J. G. Peach, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, David J. Tozer, Robert J. Young,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 5904–5908, 2007.
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In my first collaboration with Prof David O’Hagan of the University of St. Andrews, we investigated the gauche effect in a series of organic molecules, attributing it to a series of non-H bonded electrostatic interactions.
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Abstract
Left-leaning molecules: As shown by X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, and DFT calculations, N-(2-fluoroethyl)pyridinium and related cations prefer a gauche conformation. In these systems, the gauche effect is attributed to an electrostatic interaction that does not involve hydrogen bonding.
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