Conformation and stereodynamics of ortho-hydroxy and ring-unsubstituted N,N-dialkylbenzamides
Abstract
The non-equivalence of geminal groups in the low temperature n.m.r. spectra of 2-hydroxy-N,N-dialkylbenzamides and of the ortho-atoms in 1-benzoyl-cis-3,5-dimethylpiperidine is indicative of a non-coplanar conformation with appreciable barriers (ΔG‡ 7–9 kcal mol–1) to rotation around the aryl–C(O) bond.