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Barriers to rotation in ortho-substituted tertiary aromatic amides: Effect of chloro-substitution on resonance and distortion

Elwira BiszBłażej DziukRoman SzostakAleksandara PiontekMichal SzostakMichal Szostak

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Steric effects010405 organic chemistryChemistryOrganic ChemistrySubstitution (logic)010402 general chemistryResonance (chemistry)Rotation01 natural sciencesMedicinal chemistryAffinitiesPlanarity testing0104 chemical sciencesPeptide bondReactivity (chemistry)

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Planarity of the amide bond represents one of the most widely recognized properties of amides. Herein, we report a combined structural and computational study on the effect of ortho-substitution on resonance and barriers to rotation in tertiary aromatic amides. We demonstrate that ortho-chloro substitution in a class of benzamides that are important from the reactivity and medicinal chemistry perspective results in increased barriers to rotation around both the N-C(O) and C-C(O) axes. The effect of steric hindrance on structures, resonance energies, barriers to rotation, and proton affinities is discussed. The present study strongly supports the use of ortho-substitution in common benzamides to strengthen amidic resonance.

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2018-02-16Journal of Organic Chemistry
10.1021/acs.joc.8b00019https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b00019