title: 3-Oxo-1,3-oxathiolanes-synthesis and stereochemistry.
abstract: The compound 3-oxo-1,3-oxathiolane (6) and its cis - and trans - 2-methyl (7,8), 4-methyl (9,10), 5-methyl (11,12) and 2-p-nitrophenyl (13,14) derivatives were prepared by oxidizing the corresponding 1,3-oxathiolanes (1-5) with NaIO4 in water. The oxides were purified and their isomers separated using thin layer chromatography. The structural characterization was carried out with 1H NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. Compounds 8-10, 12, and 14 attain the half-chair type conformation with O1 above and C5 below the plane (HC1), but 6, 7, 11, and 13 are, for steric reasons, the mixtures with the alternative half-chair (HC2), where O1 is below and C5 above this plane. Accordingly, 6 appears based on the values of experimental coupling constants as an 81:19, 7 as a 37:63, 11 as a 33:67 and 13 as a 54:46 mixture of HC1 and HC2, respectively. The relative energies of these conformations, the values of the vicinal H,H-coupling constants and 1H chemical shifts were estimated for compounds 6-12 also by computational methods and they support nicely the conclusions based on experimental data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland. kalevi.pihlaja@utu.fi
authors.forename: Kalevi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pihlaja
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sinkkonen
authors.forename: Géza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stájer
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010087:Oxides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D010087:Oxides; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds