STRUCTURE AND INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS
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Table 4. Frequencies (cm ) of characteristic vibrations and relative intensities of absorption bands of N-(3,5-di-tert-
butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)thiourea III
Medium
KBr
(OH free)
as(NH2)
s(NH2)
(NH)
(NH2)
1602 vs
1603 vs
(CNH)
1560 vs
1511 vs
(C=S)
1154 s
1157 s
3632 vw, 3610 vs
3642 vs
3453 vs
3515 s
3513 m
3286 s
3408 s
3401 s
3191 s
3447/3430 m
3434/3422 m
a
CCl4
CHCl3b 3637 s
a
4
b
2
C
(1 6) 10 M.
C
3
10 M.
III
III
sensitive to the state of the substance. The shift of
The IR spectrum of a crystalline sample of III in
the range 3650 3000 cm 1 contains five strong bands.
The strongest peaks, as in the case of II, are unambig-
these bands in going from the crystal of II to its solu-
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tion in CCl is 12 ( as) and 9 cm ( ), which can be
4
s
1
accounted for by nonspecific interactions. At the same
time, the (OH) band in going from the crystalline
uously assigned to (OH) (3610 cm ), as(NH2)
1
1
(3453 cm ), and (NH ) (3286 cm ) (Table 4)
s
2
state to solutions is significantly shifted to high fre-
[4 6]. The two remaining bands can be interpreted as
1
1
follows: the band at 3191 cm with a shoulder at
quencies (by 190 cm in CHCl ), which suggests
3
1
3
3
174 cm 1 is assignable to (NH), and the band at
participation of the OH group in an intermolecular
hydrogen bond. The energy of this hydrogen bond,
056 cm , to the overtone 2 (NH) enhanced by the
Fermi resonance. In solutions, the spectral pattern is
different. The spectrum of a solution of III in CCl4
according to the Iogansen frequency rule [8], is
1
1
7 kJ mol , i.e., it is a medium-strength hydrogen
contains three strong bands at 3642 (OH), 3515, and
bond.
1
3
3
408 cm (NH ) and a medium-intensity doublet at
2
447/3430 cm 1 [ (NH)]. Since the solution concen-
tration did not exceed 6 10 M, these frequencies
According to the above single crystal X-ray diffrac-
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tion data, the second participant of the intermolecular
hydrogen bond is the thiocarbonyl group. Correspond-
refer to the free groups. The
(NH ) and (NH2)
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as
2 s
ingly, the strong band at 1108 cm assignable to
bands, as in the case of II, obey the Puranik relation-
ship [7].
(C=S) [5] shifts to higher frequencies in going from
solid II to its solution (Table 3). The shift of this band
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As seen from Table 4, the band of the secondary
thioamide group (NH) is a doublet both in the solid
state and in dilute solutions in inert solvents. This
may be due to the conformational nonuniformity of
the molecules of III, e.g., with the s-cis s-trans iso-
merism in the NH C=S moiety.
[
(C=S) 53 cm ] is abnormally large for such hy-
drogen bonds {for example, in the spectrum of benzyl
acetate I containing the OH O=C hydrogen bond [1],
1
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the shift of (C=O) is 20 cm at (OH) 115 cm }.
This inconsistency may be caused by the following
factors. The break of intermolecular contacts between
molecules of II may cause certain changes in their
electronic structure, e.g., weakening of the conjuga-
tion between the lone electron pair of the tertiary
nitrogen atom and the C=S group and correspondingly
an increase in the multiplicity of the C=S bond, i.e.,
an increase in the contribution of structure B:
The frequencies of the free NH group in III are
2
close to those in II. However, in contrast to II, both
as(NH ) and (NH ) bands of III are appreciably
2
s
2
shifted in going from the solid phase to solutions in
1
CCl (by 62 and 122 cm , respectively), suggesting
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participation of the NH group in the hydrogen bond-
2
ing. The medium exerts a still greater effect on the
+
N=C S
N C=S
vibration frequency of the secondary thioamide group
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in III: (NH) in CCl is 256 cm . The (NH) band
A
B
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also undergoes an appreciable low-frequency shift (by
1
The thioamide-II band [ (NH )], like the corre-
2
49 cm ) in going from solid III to its solution in
sponding
(NH ) and (NH ) bands, are weakly
as
2 s 2
CHCl (Table 4).
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sensitive to the phase state of II and concentration of
These data show that the primary and secondary
thioamide groups in III are involved in intermolecular
hydrogen bonding. Since, as shown above, the thio-
carbonyl group in this case does not participate in
hydrogen bonding, the most probable proton acceptors
in the hydrogen bonds are the nitrogen and oxygen
its solution (Table 3).
Thus, the IR data for II are consistent with single
crystal X-ray diffraction data and suggest formation
of the intermolecular hydrogen bond OH S=C. The
primary thioamide group remains free.
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