Five hydroxyethyl-2-tetrazenes (1 - 5) and their methyl ethers (6 - 10) have been synthesized and hydrogen bonding in these compounds has been investigated by theoretical and spectroscopic (IR, 1H NMR, 15N NMR) methods. The structure of 1,1,4,4-tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)- 2-tetrazene (4) was determined byX-ray diffraction analysis. Several conformationswith intramolecular hydrogen bonds were investigated by ab initio B3LYP as well as semiempirical SCF calculations. In all cases, conformers with OH- - -N hydrogen bonds with azo nitrogen atoms as acceptors (conformers A, B, C) are found as most stable. Incompounds with small or flexible N1- and N4-substituents R besides the hydroxyethyl group (3, 4), hydrogen bonds forming six-membered rings, with the R groups taking syn positions at the N1-N2 and N3-N4 bonds (conformer A), are preferred over those with seven-membered rings and R taking anti positions (conformer B). Steric interaction in the other compounds (1, 2, 5) leads to destabilization of conformers A and conformers B become more stable. A special case is presented by compound 4 which has only hydroxyethyl substituents on the 2-tetrazene unit. In the most stable conformer (4C) there are two OH- - -O and one OH- - -N hydrogen bonds. By IR solution measurements intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds could be distinguished. Association shifts Δδ measured by 1H NMR spectroscopy, indicate that the investigated compounds exhibit comparable association properties with intermolecular association clearly prevailing. 15N NMR spectra of compounds 1 - 10 in two solvents have been measured if solubility was sufficient. The data indicate that all nitrogen atoms of 1 - 5 participate in H bonding. In the crystalline state, molecules 4 adopt a conformation without intramolecular H bonds (4D) and are associated by intermolecular OH- - -O hydrogen bonds that form a three-dimensional network. An untypical decomposition pattern was discovered for benzyl derivatives 5 and 10.
azo compoundsazo compounds (diazo compounds, triazenes etc.) (benzene compounds) Q 0160
-090Hydrogen Bonding of 2-Tetrazenes. Part 1. First Synthesis and Investigation of Two Hydroxyalkyl-Substituted 2-Tetrazenes.-Two unknown tetrazenes (V) and (VII) are synthesized by standard procedures and hydrogen bonding of these compounds is investigated by spectroscopic and theoretical methods. Ab initio as well as semiempirical calculations show that O-H···O hydrogen bonds of 2-tetrazenes are medium strong. -(PORATH, B.; MUENZENBERG, R.; HEYMANNS, P.; RADEMACHER, P.; BOESE, R.; BLAESER, D.; LATZ, R.; Eur.
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