conformation of cyanomethylphosphine oxides

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BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS CONFORMATION OF CYANOMETHYLPHOSPHINE g E. A. Ishmaeva, A. N. Pudovik, and A. N. Vereshchagin OXIDES UDC 539,143.43 + 661,718.1 In a previous paper [1] we discussed the problem of rotation around the Csp2 - P bond in o~-eyano- styryl phosphonates and benzoyl phosphonates. It was found that the electrostatic interaction of two strong dipoles can exert an important effect on the relative stability of the conformers. It seemed interesting to us to study the influence of this effect in the pure state. We examined the dipole moments of the diethyl- and diphenylcyanomethylphosphine oxides, in which the substituting C - CN group has a substantial dipole moment, and at the same time does not create massive steric hindrance, which finds expression in its small "conformation energy" [2]. It is known that staggered conformations are stable during rotation around the C - P bond [3]. For this reason, the molecules of the discussed compounds can exist as the spatial structures depicted in Fig. 1. The valence angles at the tetrahedral phosphorus atom were taken the same as given in [1], while in the cyanomethyl group they were considered to be tetrahedral. The dipole moments were calculated by the additive scheme, based on the moments of the Csp3 - H 0.28 and Csp2 - H 0.70 D bonds [4]. The moments of the bonds of the phosphorus atom calculated from these data are given in [1]. The moment of the C - C bond (3.28) was calculated from the experimental dipole moment of propionitrile (3.56 D) [5]. When calcu- lating the dipole moments the molecules are oriented in space as is shown in Fig. 1. The bonds of the phos- phorus atom make a contribution to the moments that is independent of the internal rotation which is expres- sed by the equations: m'~ = m (P = 0) cos 115 ~ -~- 2 [m (C--H) -[- m (C--P)]cos52~ 67~ ' -- m (Csp, -- P) (la) my' = 0. (lb) mz' = m (P = 0)sintl5~ -}- 2 [m (C--H) -}- m (C--P)] cos52~ 67%0 ' (le) The contribution made by the dipoles of the cyanomethyl group depends on the rotation around the C - P bond: rex" = [m (C--CN) -]- 2m (C--H)] cos t09~ 28' (2a) my" = [m (C--CN)sini09~ ' i 2m (C--II) sin t09~ ' cos 60~ ~ (2b) mz" = [m (C--CN) sin109~ ' -- 2m (C--H) sin t09~ , cos 60 ~ cos (p (2C) where ~ is the angle between the P - C - CN and C - P = O planes. For the trans-conformation q~=180 ~ and for the gauche it is • ~ Substituting the above-given bond moments in Eqs. (I) and (2), followed by adding, gives the components along the coordinate axes and the resulting moments given in Table I. R" "Y CN ~' ~y h" 2 Fig. I. Possible spatial structures of the diethyl- and diphenylcyan0methyl- phosphine oxides: i) trans, 2) gauche. TABLE 1~ Dipole Moments of Studied Compounds (D) Confor- % 1 Ixz l*calc mation ~x ~ans i 87 0,9 t 0,59 1,96 gauche 11:87 5,61 6,59 V. I. Ul'yanov-Lenin Kazan State University. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2790-2792, December, 1970. Original article submitted January 22, 1970. O 1971 Consultants Bureau, a division of Plenum Publishing Corporation, 227 West I7th Street, New York, N. Y. 10011. All rights reserved. This article cannot be reproduced for any purpose whatsoever without permission of the publisher. A copy of this article is available from the publisher for $15.00. 2621

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Page 1: Conformation of cyanomethylphosphine oxides

B R I E F C O M M U N I C A T I O N S

CONFORMATION OF CYANOMETHYLPHOSPHINE

g

E. A. Ishmaeva, A. N. Pudovik, and A. N. Vereshchagin

O X I D E S

UDC 539,143.43 + 661,718.1

In a p r e v i o u s p a p e r [1] we d i s c u s s e d the p r o b l e m of r o t a t i o n a round the Csp2 - P bond in o~-eyano- s t y r y l phosphona tes and benzoy l phosphona tes . It was found that the e l e c t r o s t a t i c i n t e r a c t i o n of two s t r o n g d ipoles c an e x e r t an i m p o r t a n t effect on the r e l a t i v e s t a b i l i t y of the c o n f o r m e r s . It s e e m e d i n t e r e s t i n g to us to s tudy the in f luence of this effect i n the p u r e s t a t e . We e x a m i n e d the dipole m o m e n t s of the d i e thy l - and d ipheny l cyanome thy lphosph ine oxides , in which the subs t i t u t i ng C - CN group has a s u b s t a n t i a l d ipole m o m e n t , and at the s a m e t ime does not c r e a t e m a s s i v e s t e r i c h i n d r a n c e , which f inds e x p r e s s i o n in i t s s m a l l " c o n f o r m a t i o n ene rgy" [2]. It is known that s t a g g e r e d c o n f o r m a t i o n s a r e s tab le d u r i n g ro t a t i on a round the C - P bond [3]. F o r this r e a s o n , the m o l e c u l e s of the d i s c u s s e d compounds can ex i s t as the spa t i a l s t r u c t u r e s dep ic ted in F ig . 1.

The v a l e n c e ang les at the t e t r a h e d r a l phosphorus a tom were taken the s a m e as g iven in [1], while in the c y a n o m e t h y l group they were c o n s i d e r e d to be t e t r a h e d r a l . The dipole m o m e n t s w e r e ca l cu l a t ed by the addi t ive s c h e m e , ba sed on the m o m e n t s of the Csp3 - H 0.28 and Csp2 - H 0.70 D bonds [4]. The m o m e n t s of the bonds of the phospho rus a tom ca l cu l a t ed f r o m these da ta a r e g iven in [1]. The m o m e n t of the C - C bond (3.28) was ca l cu l a t ed f r o m the e x p e r i m e n t a l d ipole m o m e n t of p r o p i o n i t r i l e (3.56 D) [5]. When c a l c u - l a t ing the dipole m o m e n t s the m o l e c u l e s a r e o r i e n t e d in space as is shown in F ig . 1. The bonds of the p h o s - p h o r u s a tom make a c o n t r i b u t i o n to the m o m e n t s that i s i ndependen t of the i n t e r n a l r o t a t i on which is e x p r e s - sed by the equa t i ons :

m'~ = m (P = 0) cos 115 ~ -~- 2 [m (C--H) -[- m (C--P)]cos52~ 67~ ' -- m (Csp, -- P) (la)

my' = 0. (lb)

m z' = m (P = 0)sintl5 ~ -}- 2 [m (C--H) -}- m (C--P)] cos52~ 67%0 ' (le)

The c o n t r i b u t i o n made by the d ipo les of the c ya nome t hy l group depends on the r o t a t i o n a round the C - P bond:

rex" = [m (C--CN) -]- 2m (C--H)] cos t09 ~ 28' (2a)

my" = [m (C--CN)sini09~ ' i 2m (C--II) sin t09~ ' cos 60~ ~ (2b)

mz" = [m (C--CN) sin109~ ' -- 2m (C--H) sin t09~ , cos 60 ~ cos (p (2C)

where ~ is the angle between the P - C - CN and C - P = O planes. For the trans-conformation q~=180 ~ and for the gauche it is • ~ Substituting the above-given bond moments in Eqs. (I) and (2), followed by adding, gives the components along the coordinate axes and the resulting moments given in Table I.

R" "Y CN ~' ~y h" 2

Fig. I. Possible spatial structures of the diethyl- and diphenylcyan0methyl- phosphine oxides: i) trans, 2) gauche.

TABLE 1~ Dipole Moments of Studied Compounds (D)

Confor- % 1 Ixz l*calc mation ~x

~ans i 87 0,9 t 0,59 1,96 gauche 11:87 5,61 6,59

V. I. U l ' y a n o v - L e n i n Kazan State U n i v e r s i t y . T r a n s l a t e d f r o m I z v e s t i y a Akademi i Nauk SSSR, S e r i y a K h i m i c h e s k a y a , No. 12, pp. 2790-2792, D e c e m b e r , 1970. O r i g i n a l a r t i c l e submi t t e d J a n u a r y 22, 1970.

O 1971 Consultants Bureau, a division of Plenum Publishing Corporation, 227 West I7th Street, New York, N. Y. 10011. All rights reserved. This article cannot be reproduced for any purpose whatsoever without permission of the publisher. A copy of this article is available from the publisher for $15.00.

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T A B L E 2. E n e r g y of E l e c t r o s t a t i c I n t e r a c t i o n ( e r g s / m o l e c u l e ) i

Interacting dipoles

P----O . . . CN P = O . . . CH' P = O . . . CH" Csp s - P . . . CN

C~p~- -P . . .CH '

C~p~- -P . . .C t t "

C]p3--P �9 �9 �9 CN

Csp~ --P" . . . . CH'

t r a i l s

0,2i6 --0,036 --0,036 --0,071

0,013

0,008

--0,07t

0,008

gauche

0,283 --0,04i --0,029 --0,068

0,008

0,014

--0,06t

0,013

Interacting dipole,,

C ~ p s - - P ,

C~p, - -P .

C~p~ --P .

C~p~ --P .

C~p~ --P.

C~p, --P .

CSp,--P �9

trans

�9 CH" 0,013

�9 C N - - 0 , 0 3 6

�9 C H ' 0 , 0 0 6

�9 CH" 0,004

�9 C N --0,036

�9 CH' 0,004

�9 CH" 0,006

gauche

0,014

--0,039

0,004

0,007

--0,030

0,007

0,007

T A B L E 3. C o e f f i c i e n t s of C a l c u l a - t ion Equa t ions and E x p e r i m e n t a l D ipo le M o m e n t s of C o m p o u n d s

O

I1 R2P - CH2CN

t:[ ~ 7

I C~H5 8,484 I 0,t80 CeH5 10,064 I 0,t95

P0, cms ~. D

226,404 288,830

3,33 3,76

Due to the e q u a l i t y of the g roup m o m e n t s of C2H 5 - P and C6H 5 - P , the c a l c u l a t e d d ipo l e m o m e n t s f o r the d i e t h y l - and d i - p h e n y l c y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e ox ides a r e i d e n t i c a l . The e x p e r i - m e n t a l d i p o l e m o m e n t s of the d i e t h y l - and d i p h e n y l c y a n o m e t h y l - p h o s p h i n e o x i d e s a r e r e s p e c t i v e l y equa l to 3.33 and 3.76 D. On the b a s i s of t h e s e v a l u e s , u s i n g the equa t ion # t 2nt + #g 2ng = p2exp, we d e t e r m i n e d the r a t i o of the t r a n s - and g ~ u c h e - c o a f o r m e r s . The amount of the t r a n s - f o r m in d i e t h y l c y a n 0 m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e oxide i s 74%, and in d i p h e n y l c y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e ox ide i t is 66%, i . e . , e n e r g e t i c a l l y i t i s m u c h m o r e f a v o r a b l e .

The d i f f e r e n c e in the f r e e e n e r g i e s of the g a u c h e - and t r a n s - c o n f o r m e r s , c a l c u l a t e d f r o m the e x p e r i m e n t a l da ta , t ak ing t h e i r

s t a t i s t i c a l we igh t s into account , i s 1�9 k c a l / m o l e fo r d i e t h y l c y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e oxide and 0.80 k c a l / m o l e f o r d i p h e n y l c y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e ox ide . The d i s c r e p a n c y in t h e s e v a l u e s fo r the two compounds t e s t i f i e s to the fac t that an i n c r e a s e in the s i z e of the r a d i c a l a t t a c h e d to the p h o s p h o r u s a t o m c a u s e s s o m e s t e r i c h i n d r a n c e f o r the cyano g roup when it h a s a t r a n s • H o w e v e r , the g r e a t e r s t a b i l i t y of the t r a n s - s t r u c t u r e s p e c i f i c a l l y i n d i c a t e s that the s p a t i a l i n t e r a c t i o n in the g iven c a s e does not p l a y the d e c i d i n g r o l e .

We c a l c u l a t e d the d ipo l e - d ipo l e i n t e r a c t i o n be tw e e n the d i p o l e s of C - CN and C - H, on the one hand, and P = O and C - P , on the o t h e r , f o r the t r a n s - and g a n c h e - c o n f o r m e r s u s i n g the equa t ion

3 0~1~)(m~s) (,~1~)

w h e r e m 1 and m 2 a r e the i n t e r a c t i n g d i p o l e s , and r i s the v e c t o r c o n n e c t i n g them. The d i p o l e s of the C - H bonds w e r e l o c a l i z e d at the con t ac t p o i n t s of the a t o m s [6], whi le the C - P bonds and the C - CN g r o u p s w e r e l o c a l i z e d as d e s c r i b e d in [7]. The c a l c u l a t i o n r e s u l t s a r e g iven in T a b l e 2.

An e x a m i n a t i o n of the r e s u l t s d i s c l o s e s that a de f in i t e r o l e i s p l a y e d by the i n t e r a c t i o n of the s t r o n g d i p o l e s of the p h o s p h o r y l and cyano g r o u p s , which d e s t a b i l i z e the g a u c h e - c o n f o r m a t i o n to a g r e a t e r d e g r e e than the t r a n s . H o w e v e r , i t shou ld be m e n t i o n e d tha t the weak d i p o l e s of the C - H and C - P bonds a l so m a k e a n o t i c e a b l e c o n t r i b u t i o n to the d i f f e r e n c e in the e n e r g i e s , e s p e c i a l l y fo r d i e t h y l e y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e ox ide . The r e s u l t i n g d i f f e r e n c e in the e n e r g i e s of the g a u c h e - and t r a n s - f o r m s i s 1.30 k c a l / m o l e fo r d i - e t h y l c y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e ox ide and 1.08 k c a l / m o l e fo r d i p h e n y l c y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e ox ide . T h e s e v a l u e s a r e in f a i r l y good a g r e e m e n t wi th the a b o v e - g i v e n e x p e r i m e n t a l d a t a . In both c a s e s they a r e s o m e w h a t h i g h - e r (by 20-25%), but a b e t t e r a g r e e m e n t could not be e x p e c t e d in v i ew of the a p p r o x i m a t e n a t u r e of the c a l -

c u l a t i o n s .

A s a r e s u l t , i t i s p o s s i b l e to conc lude tha t the r e l a t i v e s t a b i l i t y of the c o n f o r m e r s i s d e t e r m i n e d m a i n l y by e l e c t r o s t a t i c i n t e r a c t i o n . In th i s connec t ion both the e x p e r i m e n t a l and c a l c u l a t e d d a t a i n d i c a t e a s o m e w h a t s m a l l e r d i f f e r e n c e in the e n e r g i e s fo r d i p h e n y l c y a n o m e t h y l p h o s p h i n e ox ide (by 0.23 and 0.22 k c a l / m o l e , r e s p e c t i v e l y ) � 9 A good a g r e e m e n t of t h e s e v a l u e s shows tha t not only the to ta l r a t i o of the c o n f o r m - e r s , but a l so the e f f ec t on i t o f r e p l a c i n g the r a d i c a l s a t t a c h e d to the p h o s p h o r u s a tom, a r e e x p l a i n e d by e l e c t r o s t a t i c f a c t o r s .

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EXPERIMENTAL

The studied compounds had the following constants: diethylcyanomethylphosphine oxide, bp 125-125.5 ~ (0.77 mm), n~ 1.4790; diphenylcyanomethylphosphine oxide, mp 144 ~ [8].

The dipole moments were determined in benzene solution at 25 ~ as described in [I ]. In Table 2 are giventhe coefficients of the calculation equations and the resulting data.

The authors wish to thank G. E. Yastrebov for supplying the cyanomethylphosphine oxides.

CONCLUSIONS

i. The dipole moments of the diethyl- and diphenylcyanomethylphosphine oxides were determined, and from them was found the ratio of the conformers.

2. The relative stability of the conformers is determined by electrostatic interactions.

I.

2.

3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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