Chemistry–A European Journal

Weak Attractive Interactions between Methylthio Groups and Electron??Deficient Alkenes in peri??Naphthalenes: A Competition with Conjugative Effects

J O'Leary, JD Wallis

Index: O'Leary, Jane; Wallis, John D. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2006 , vol. 12, # 29 p. 7724 - 7732

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Abstract

Abstract The solid-state conformations of five peri-disubstituted naphthalenes bearing a methylthio group and an electron-deficient alkene indicate a weak attractive interaction between the functional groups in four cases in which out-of-plane displacements lead to a common orientation of the MeS⋅⋅⋅ sp 2-C vector to the alkene bond. In some cases the interaction is not strong enough to outweigh the tendency of the alkene to conjugate with ...