I. Stolić, K. Molčanov, G. Kovačević
2011
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Structural Chemistry
Abstract
A series of N,N’-disubstituted 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-2,5-dicarboxamides was synthesised by amide bond formation between 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene-2,5-dicarbonyl chloride and corresponding primary amines, where the size and the nature of the substituent were varied. The crystal structures of prepared compounds were determined by X-ray structure analysis. Mechanism and reaction rates of interconversion between conformational isomers were obtained by DFT calculations. All studied compounds reveal axial chirality with molecular symmetry C2. Amide bond isomerisation and twisting of the dioxane ring in studied compounds results in the formation of series of conformers of which the s-trans/s-trans conformer is energetically most favourable.