Conformation and absolute configuration of 2-naphthylalkylsulfoxides by combined use of dynamic NMR, ECD spectroscopy, DFT computations, and X-ray diffraction.
The E/Z conformer ratios of five 2-naphtylalkylsulfoxides were determined by means of dynamic NMR spectroscopy at very low temperatures and this information was used to predict, by means of DFT calculations, the ECD spectra of the R and S enantiomers. The latter were separated by enantioselective HPLC technique and the comparison of theoretical and experimental ECD spectra allowed the absolute configurations to be determined. In the case of 2-naphtyl tert-butylsulfoxide (1), the assignment was independently confirmed by anomalous dispersion using single crystal X-ray crystallography.
Department of Chemistry, University of Basilicata, Potenza 85100, Italy.
Daniele
D
Casarini
Lodovico
L
Lunazzi
Michele
M
Mancinelli
Andrea
A
Mazzanti
Patrizia
P
Scafato