SULFURANCES - THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF BONDING, SUBSTITUENT SITE PREFERENCES, AND GEOMETRICAL DISTORTIONS
SULFURANCES - THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF BONDING, SUBSTITUENT SITE PREFERENCES, AND GEOMETRICAL DISTORTIONS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00423a001
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
HOFFMANN, R
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作者:
CHEN, MML;HOFFMANN, R
A molecular orbital analysis of the electronicstructure of sulfuranes, SR4, finds many analogies to the phospho-ranes. The basic picture is of electron-rich three-center bonding, with concomitant weakened axial bonds and electron-rich axial sites. The novelfeature of the sulfuranes is a directional lone pair in the equatorial plane, whichmakes itself felt espe-cially in setting conformational preferences for substituents bearing x-type electrons. The nonbonding orbital of the three-center bond andthe S lone pair are of the same symmetry type. They mix and compete for position as the highest occupied molecular orbital of the molecule. Substituent site preferences for the SR4 structure are the same as for thephosphoranes for effects, ie, more electronegative substituents should enter the axial sites. For x effects the preferences are modified by the presence of the sulfur lone pair. Several conclusions are drawn concerning the interrelationship of axial substitution and the equatorial bondangle:(1) the difference in axial and equatorial bond strengths should lessen with increasing equatorial angle;(2) if the axial bonds are stretched, one expects the equatorial angleto decrease;(3) substitution in the axial positions by more electronegative ligands should favor a smaller angle between the equatorial ligands. Support for these conclusions is sought in assorted S, Se, andTe structures.