Conformational equilibria in o-anisic acid and its monohydrated complex: the prevalence of the trans-COOH form

The conformation of ortho-anisic acid and its monohydrated clusters generated in a supersonic jet has been studied by rotational spectroscopy to analyze the structural implications of ortho substitution. The dominant monomer species shows a trans-COOH arrangement stabilized by an intramolecular O–H....

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Autores: López Alonso, Juan Carlos, Macario Farto, Alberto, Blanco Rodríguez, Susana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión borrador
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Valladolid
Repositorio:UVaDOC. Repositorio Documental de la Universidad de Valladolid
OAI Identifier:oai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/46359
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp00552h
http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/46359
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Espectroscopía de rotación
Quimica
Quimica Fisica
Acido orto-anisico
Water cluster
rotational spectroscopy
structure
microsolvation
hydrogen bond
conformationla equilibria
23 Química
2301.13 Espectroscopia de Microondas
2307 Química Física
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Sumario:The conformation of ortho-anisic acid and its monohydrated clusters generated in a supersonic jet has been studied by rotational spectroscopy to analyze the structural implications of ortho substitution. The dominant monomer species shows a trans-COOH arrangement stabilized by an intramolecular O–H...O hydrogen bond from the acid to the methoxy group. The spectra of two non-planar skeleton monomer forms with a cis-COOH arrangement have also been detected. A tunneling doublet has been observed for the most stable cis-COOH conformer. The periodic potential energy function for the COOH internal rotation connecting these cis forms has been estimated from the experimental data. For the first time a water complex with an acid in a trans-COOH configuration has been observed. This is more abundant than the other weak form observed for the complex, characterized by a cis-COOH arrangement. The observation of the rotational spectra of salicylic acid, methyl salicylate and methyl 2-methoxybenzoate, formed upon heating of ortho-anisic acid, gives additional interest in the chemistry of ortho substituted benzoic acids.