Conformational analysis of 1-sila-4-phospha-2,5-cyclohexadienes

Abstract

Conformational analysis of 1-sila-4-phospha-2,5-cyclohexadienes was performed using the methods of dipole moments and quantum-chemicall calculations (DFT B3LYP/6-31G*). Irrespective of the degree of coordination of the phosphorus atom (3 or 4) the unsaturated six-membered heterocycles adopt the conformation of a flattened boat with the exocyclic phenyl group oriented perpendicular to the double bonds of the heterocycle. This conformation rules out the possibility of intramolecular transannular interaction between the phosphorus and silicon atoms. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2011.