Overcrowded enes of the tricycloindane-1,3-dione series: Interplay of twisting, folding and pyramidalization

John J. Stezowski*, P. Ulrich Biedermann, Thomas Hildenbrand, John A. Dorsch, Craig J. Eckhardt, Israel Agranat

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Abstract

MNDO-PM3 calculations have revealed three low energy conformations for the overcrowded ene 2-(thioxanthen-9-ylidene)indane-1,3-dione 2, two of which, a syn-pyramidalized Cs conformer (yellow solvated crystals) and a C1 folded-twisted conformer (orange unsolvated crystals), were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques, and a C 2 twisted, non-pyramidalized conformer, which may be present in the thermochromic deep-red crystals obtainable by sublimation at T > 140°C.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)213-215
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

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