{"id":8898,"date":"2013-01-04T11:01:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T11:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2023-09-16T19:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T18:47:09","slug":"the-gauche-effect-seeking-evidence-by-a-survey-of-crystal-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ch.ic.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=8898","title":{"rendered":"The gauche effect: seeking evidence by a survey of crystal structures."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"8898\">\n<p>\n\tI previously blogged about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=5368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anomeric effects involving&nbsp;&pi; electrons as donors<\/a>, and my post on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/?p=1887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conformation of 1,2-difluorethane<\/a>&nbsp;turned out one of the most popular. Here I thought I would present the results of searching the Cambridge crystal database for examples of the <em><strong>gauche effect<\/strong><\/em>. The basic search is defined below<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CCDC-search\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8899\" height=\"107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CCDC-search.jpg\" width=\"411\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHere, we define a four-atom torsion (TOR1), the two central carbon atoms having two groups R which can be only H or C. These two carbons are also defined as<strong><em> acyclic<\/em><\/strong>. The restrictions of the search as defined above also include R-factor &lt; 0.05, not disordered and no errors. These combine to reduce the number of hits significantly (although not dissimilar distributions are obtained for less restricted searches). Each search takes only a few seconds, and one can rattle through many permutations very quickly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSo here come the results. First, QA=4M=F. All but one of the examples has a torsion in the region of 60&deg;, the classic gauche effect!\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8910\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8910\" alt=\"F-C-C-F\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8910\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/FCCF.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">F-C-C-F<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tNext, QA=O, 4M=F. Rather more hits, and the effect is almost as clear-cut. I should point out that the apparent &quot;exceptions&quot; to the gauche conformation may arise from structural restrictions, and each really would have to be inspected individually for the reasons (which I do not attempt here).&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8909\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8909\" alt=\"OCCF\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8909\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/OCCF.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OCCF<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tWith QA=4M=O, &nbsp;one has many more instances. The effect is pretty convincing (it may be that hydrogen bonding may also control the conformation).\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8913\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8913\" alt=\"O-C-C-O\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8913\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/OCCO.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">O-C-C-O<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tNow for QA=4M=Cl. The distribution is slanted more to the anti conformation, but there are still quite a few gauche.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8908\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8908\" alt=\"Cl-CC-Cl\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cl-C-C-Cl.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cl-CC-Cl<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tWith QA=4M=S, the conformations are now almost all anti; the gauche effect is no more!&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8906\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8906\" alt=\"S-C-C-S\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8906\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/S-C-C-S.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">S-C-C-S<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tAnd for QA=4M=Br, it has also almost vanished (there is only one instance for I, and that too is antiperiplanar).\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8907\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8907\" alt=\"Br-C-C-Br\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8907\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Br-C-C-Br.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Br-C-C-Br<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tI now return to an earlier post in which I speculated that a cyano group might participate in the anomeric effect. Well here it is in the gauche effect; QA=CN, 4M = any of N,O,F,Cl,S. Quite a few gauche orientations for this pseudo-halogen!\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8911\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8911\" alt=\"Neg-C-C-CN\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8911\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Neg-C-C-CN.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neg-C-C-CN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tAnother group that can act as a powerful acceptor of electrons from a donor is QA=N(Me)<sub>3<\/sub><sup>+.<\/sup>. With 4M= N, O, F, Cl, here&nbsp;&nbsp;the population of gauche conformers is large. QA=CF<sub>3<\/sub> is a similar group.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8905\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8905\" alt=\"Neg-C-C-NMe3\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8905\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Neg-C-C-NMe3.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neg-C-C-NMe3<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8919\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8919\" alt=\"Neg-C-C-CF3\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Neg-C-C-CF31.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neg-C-C-CF3<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tOne can envisage other combinations. Thus QA= C=C, 4M = any of &nbsp;N, O, F, Cl. An alkene seems one of the more powerful gauche effect participants!\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8903\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8903\" alt=\"alkene-C-C-Neg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8903\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/alkene-C-C-Neg.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">alkene-C-C-Neg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tAnd alkynes, perhaps slightly less so.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8903\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8903\" alt=\"Alkyne-C-C-Neg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8902\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/alkyne-C-C-Neg.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alkyne-C-C-Neg<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tWhat about metals (QA = any metal, 4M = any of N, O, F, Cl, S). Well, not particularly biased either way, but clearly one in which the identity of the metal may matter.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8901\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8901\" alt=\"Metal-C-C-electronegative\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8901\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/metal-C-C-Neg.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metal-C-C-electronegative<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tI should end with inverting the model. If QA is electropositive (any group to the left of carbon, or below it in the periodic table) and 4M is electronegative, than they align almost exclusively anti-periplanar and not gauche. But notice how relatively few examples there are. &nbsp;Synthetic chemists, please make more such molecules!\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8904\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8904\" alt=\"Electropositive-C-C-Electronegative\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8904\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ch.imperial.ac.uk\/rzepa\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Pos-C-C-Neg.jpg\" width=\"410\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electropositive-C-C-Electronegative<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tIf you thought the gauche effect was restricted to just a few molecules, think again!\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Acknowledgments<\/h4>\n<p>This post has been cross-posted in PDF format at <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15200\/winn.142795.55871\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Authorea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- kcite active, but no citations found -->\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 8898 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I previously blogged about anomeric effects involving&nbsp;&pi; electrons as donors, and my post on the conformation of 1,2-difluorethane&nbsp;turned out one of the most popular. 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