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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
The electron delocalization in pi-electron systems is frequently described qualitatively by the concept of conjugation between formal double bonds separated by a formal single bond. In carbon compounds the optimum conjugation usually requires a rather strict, geometrical condition: the exact or near coplanarity of the participating carbon atoms. However, the geometrical conditions are much less strict for third-row atoms if the bonding involves valence-shell d orbitals. In some sulfur compounds, such as N-sulfonylsulfilimines, the conjugation is almost unaffected within large ranges of bond-rotation angles, which amounts to rotation-independent conjugation. On the basis of the indications of earlier, limited studies using only minimal basis set and no geometry optimization, in the more extensive present study Density Functional Theory B3LYP calculations using 6-31G basis set provide more reliable evidence for such flexible conjugation in some sulfur compounds and give an explanation for the experimentally observed interconversion of chiral conformers of N-sulfonylsulfilimines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1089-5639
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8819-25
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The degree of rotation independence of conjugation of S-N bonds.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Scientific Modeling and Simulation Laboratory (SMSL), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B 3X7, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article