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Amides Nonplanar Solely by CN Bond Rotation
Author(s) -
Collins Terrence J.,
Workman José M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198909121
Subject(s) - amide , distortion (music) , chemistry , rotation (mathematics) , crystallography , peptide bond , bond length , stereochemistry , materials science , geometry , mathematics , organic chemistry , crystal structure , amplifier , optoelectronics , cmos , enzyme
Dunitz parametrization of the distortion of the bisamido ligands in the octahedrally coordinated Co‐complex 1 indicated that the CN bond in both amide groups is strongly twisted (15 and 17°, resp.). Surprisingly, however, no pyramidalization takes place at the amide C and N atoms.