Issue 10, 2021

The contribution of non-classical CHax⋯OC hydrogen bonds to the anomeric effect in fluoro and oxa-methoxycyclohexanes

Abstract

In this theory study we demonstrate the dominance of non-classical 1,3-diaxial CHax⋯OC hydrogen bonds (NCHBs) dictating a ‘pseudo‘ anomeric effect in selectively fluorinated methoxycyclohexanes and also influencing the axial preference in the classical anomeric exhibitor 2-methoxytetrahydropyran, a phenomenon which is most often described as a consequence of hyperconjugation. Analogues of methoxycyclohexane where ring CH2's are replaced by CF2 can switch to an axial preference and theory methods (NBO, QTAIM, NCI) indicate the dominance of 1,3-CHax⋯OMe interactions over hyperconjugation. For 2-methoxytetrahydropyran, it is revealed that the global contribution to the anomeric effect is from electrostatic interactions including NCHBs, not hyperconjugation, although hyperconjugation (nO → σ*CO or nO → σ*CC) remains the main contributor to the exo-anomeric phenomenon. When two and three ether oxygens are introduced into the ring, then both the NCHB interactions and hyperconjugative contributions become weaker, not stronger as might have been anticipated, and the equatorial anomers progressively dominate.

Graphical abstract: The contribution of non-classical CHax⋯OC hydrogen bonds to the anomeric effect in fluoro and oxa-methoxycyclohexanes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Dec 2020
Accepted
01 Mar 2021
First published
02 Mar 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021,23, 5845-5851

The contribution of non-classical CHax⋯OC hydrogen bonds to the anomeric effect in fluoro and oxa-methoxycyclohexanes

B. A. Piscelli, D. O’Hagan and R. A. Cormanich, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2021, 23, 5845 DOI: 10.1039/D0CP06646J

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