T. Chan, Yu-xin Cui, T. Mak
Jun 1, 1991
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Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research
Abstract
Abstractcis,cis-Cyclohexane-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (1) its trimethyl ester (2) and their 1,3,5-trimethylated and 1,3,5-tribenzylated derivatives were prepared, and their structures studied by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy in conjunction with X-ray crystallography. The results show that these molecules adopt a chair conformation in solution, with all the carboxyl groups in1 and all the methoxycarbonyl groups in2 occupying the equatorial positions, but with the corresponding functionalities in the alkylated derivatives occupying the axial positions. For2, its 1,3,5-tribenzylated derivative4, andcis,cis-1,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid (5), the same conformational preferences are seen to persist in the crystalline state as in solution.