Title

A multinuclear NMR study of N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl) amides

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Publication Date

5-3-1995

Abstract

A series of N-(chlorodimethylsilylmethyl) amides of the type RCONR′(CH2Si(CH3)2Cl), where R=H, R′=CH3; R = CH3, R′ = CH3; R = H, R′ = C6H5; and R = CH3, R′ = p-XC6H4 (X = H, OCH3, Cl, Br, CF3, NO2) were prepared by amination or transsilyation. The 1H, 13C, 14N, 17O, and 29Si NMR spectra were obtained and used t to determine the structure of the compounds. The 14N and 17O shifts are indicative of the amide structure reported previously. The 17O and 29Si shifts can be related to the extent of dative interaction between the carbonyl oxygen and the silicon and correlate with the carbonyl stretching frequencies. The 1H spectra of most of the acetanilides in CDCl3 contain a broad peak for the Si(CH3)2 protons. At lower temperatures this peak separates into two sharp peaks of unequal intensities. The two peaks can be attributed to rotamers, with the large peak at higher frequencies being due to the rotamer with the CH2Si(CH3)2Cl group cis to the carbonyl oxygen. In toluene, CH2Cl2 and THF, the Si(CH3)2 protons appear as a sharp peak which does not broaden upon heating to the boiling point of the solvent. The free energies of activation for rotation about the carbon-nitrogen bond were determined by the approximate method of Shanan-Atidi and Bar-Eli and show a rough correlation with the sigma constant of the substituent. © 1995.

Volume

492

Issue

2

First Page

129

Last Page

133

DOI

10.1016/0022-328X(94)05297-O

ISSN

0022328X

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