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6,6′-Dimethyl-1,1′,5,5′-tetraaza-6,6′-bi(bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane): synthesis and investigation of molecular structure by quantum-chemical calculations, NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis

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A new diaziridine derivative with two bicyclic diaziridine-containing moieties in one molecule, 6,6′-dimethyl-1,1′,5,5′-tetraaza-6,6′-bi(bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane) (BiDiMDAH), has been synthesized for the first time. Its molecular structure has been investigated in the gas phase by means of quantum-chemical (QC) calculations, in CDCl3 solution by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and in the solid state by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique. It was found by QC calculations that BiDiMDAH molecule in a free state presents a single conformer of C2 symmetry with trans orientation of the methyl groups about two carbons connecting diaziridine cycles. The 5-memebered rings in BiDiMDAH molecule has been found to be essentially planar. In order to explain conformational preferences of BiDiMDAH, natural bond orbitals (NBO) and atoms in molecules (AIM) analyses have been performed. According to the XRD data, BiDiMDAH crystallizes in space group P21/c with molecular structure resembling the structure obtained by the means of QC calculations for the lowest energy form. However, the relative arrangement of the methyl groups of the solid BiDiMDAH molecule is similar to that of the one of the transition states. The data of NMR spectroscopy has revealed that only one conformer is present in CDCl3 solution in agreement with the data of QC and XRD studies. The gaseous standard enthalpy of formation of BiDiMDAH has been estimated to be 106.1±1.2 kcal/mol by means of G4 theory.

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This project was made with financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant number 20-03-00747 A). X-ray diffraction data were performed with the financial support from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation using the equipment of Center for molecular composition studies of A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninsky Gory 1, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

    Inna Nikolaevna Kolesnikova, Nikolai Andreevich Chegodaev & Igor Fedorovich Shishkov

  2. N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 47, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

    Vladimir Vladimirovich Kuznetsov & Nina Nikolaevna Makhova

  3. Russian Academy of Sciences, A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, 28 Vavilova Str, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

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Inna N. Kolesnikova: conceptualization, QC computations, writing of original draft. Vladimir V. Kuznetsov: synthesis, NMR spectroscopy investigations, editing of original draft. Alexander S. Goloveshkin: XRD analysis. Nikolai A. Chegodaev: QC computations. Nina N. Makhova: NMR spectroscopy investigations, editing of original draft. Igor F. Shishkov: supervision, editing of original draft.

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Kolesnikova, I.N., Kuznetsov, V.V., Goloveshkin, A.S. et al. 6,6′-Dimethyl-1,1′,5,5′-tetraaza-6,6′-bi(bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane): synthesis and investigation of molecular structure by quantum-chemical calculations, NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. Struct Chem 32, 2303–2312 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-021-01806-x

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