Conformational Equilibrium in 8-Methyl-cis-2-thiahydrindane and 8-Methyl-cis-2-oxahydrindane by 13C NMR Spectroscopy

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/mrc.1270160403

The preferred conformation of 8-methyl-cis-thiahydrindane has been both estimated by 13C NMR chemical shifts and determined by low temperature 13C NMR spectroscopy to be the conformer with the methyl group equatorial with respect to the cyclohexane ring.This result is in disagreement with the interpretation of the temperature dependence of the CD spectra of (+) and (-) 8-methyl-cis-2-thiahydrindane, whereby the conformation with the methyl group axial with respect to the cyclohexane ring was claimed to be the preferred conformation.The preferred conformation of the related oxygen heterocycle, 8-methyl-cis-2-oxahydrindane, has been estimated by 13C NMR chemical shifts to be the conformer with the methyl group axial with respect to the cyclohexane ring.Possible reasons for these observations are discussed.