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Fluorinated Dimethyl Ethers, CH2FOCH2F, CHF2OCHF2, and CF3OCHF2: Unusual Conformational Properties

Artículo

Autoría
ULIC, SONIA ELIZABETH ; Oberhammer, H.
Fecha
2004
Editorial y Lugar de Edición
American Chemical Society
Revista
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, vol. 108 (pp. 1844-1850) American Chemical Society
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Abstract The geometric structures and conformational properties of bis(fluoromethyl) ether, CH2FOCH2F, bis(difluoromethyl) ether, CHF2OCHF2, and of pentafluoromethyl ether, CF3OCHF2, have been studied with gas electron diffraction and quantum chemical methods(B3LYP/6-31G* and MP2 with 6-31G*, cc-pVTZ or 6-311G(2df) basis sets). IR(matrix) spectra have been recorded for CF3OCHF2. The most stable [sc,sc] conformer of CH2FOCH2F possesses C2 symmetry with the C-F bond of both CH2F groups in synclin... Abstract The geometric structures and conformational properties of bis(fluoromethyl) ether, CH2FOCH2F, bis(difluoromethyl) ether, CHF2OCHF2, and of pentafluoromethyl ether, CF3OCHF2, have been studied with gas electron diffraction and quantum chemical methods(B3LYP/6-31G* and MP2 with 6-31G*, cc-pVTZ or 6-311G(2df) basis sets). IR(matrix) spectra have been recorded for CF3OCHF2. The most stable [sc,sc] conformer of CH2FOCH2F possesses C2 symmetry with the C-F bond of both CH2F groups in synclinal orientation (f (C-O-C-F) = 70(2)°). A small contribution (£ 14%) of the [sc,-sc] form with CS symmetry can not be excluded. CHF2OCHF2 exists in the gas phase as a mixture of two forms. In the main [ap,sp] conformer (82(8)%) one C-H bond is oriented antiperiplanar, the other one synperiplanar. This latter C-H bond nearly eclipses the opposite O-C bond with f (C-O-C-H) = 18(2)°. Nearly eclipsed orientation of the C-H bond is also favored in CF3OCHF2 with f (C-O-C-H) = 19(3)°. According to IR(matrix) spectra a small (8(3)%) contribution of the [ap] conformer with the C-H bond antiperiplanar relative to the opposite O-C bond is present at room temperture. The conformational properties of these fluorinated dimethyl ethers can be rationalized by orbital interaction energies derived from a natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis.
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