A similar effect to the well-known reverse Perlin effect was observed on the (1)JC-F coupling constants of α- and β-d-glucopyranosyl fluoride tetracetate, both in nonpolar and polar solution. This can be called "reverse fluorine Perlin-like effect", and it is shown to be ruled by dipolar interactions rather than by hyperconjugation. The reverse fluorine Perlin-like effect does not have a general relationship with the anomeric effect, and it can be useful to determine the structure and stereochemistry of organofluorine compounds.
We report a theoretical analysis of the 1JC–F spin–spin coupling constant (SSCC) in n-fluoropiperidines to find the dictating effects of 1JC–F and to obtain insight into the stereochemistry of organofluorine compounds using this SSCC.
A competition between the terminal fluorine and hydroxyl groups by the central hydroxyl group as hydrogen bond donor in 3-fluoro-1,2-propanediol would be expected to dictate the conformational isomerism of this compound, but also the repulsion between the electronegative and bulky vicinal substituents. Indeed, an intramolecular hydrogen bond has been verified only for a local minimum using QTAIM calculations, while the most stable conformer exhibits an all-gauche conformation with a small stabilizing contribution from the nF→σ interaction. The preferred orientation of the OH and F substituents was confirmed from the chemical shifts and coupling constants of the diastereotopic hydrogens. This conformational preference, which is calculated to exist both in the gas phase and solution (using implicit CHCl3 and CH3CN solvents), is better described by predominant hyperconjugative interactions over Lewis-type interactions. The strong contribution from antiperiplanar interactions involving σCH and σCC as electron donors and σ and σ as electron acceptors dictates the gauche effect in 3-fluoro-1,2-propanediol rather than a hydrogen bond. The absence of JF,H(O) and JH(O),H(O) coupling constants confirms that any influence from a hydrogen bond to the conformational isomerism of 3-fluoro-1,2-propanediol is secondary.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.