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The structures and relative energies of fundamental conformations of cyclopenta-1,2,3-triene, cyclohexa-1,2,3-triene, cylohepta-1,2,3-triene, cycloocta-1,2,3-triene, and cyclonona-1,2,3-triene were calculated by the HF/6-31G* and MP2/6-31G*//HF/6-31G* methods. Only a C 2v symmetric planar conformation is available to cyclopenta-1,2,3-triene and cyclohexa-1,2,3-triene. The calculated energy barrier for ring inversion of the C S symmetric puckerd conformation of cyclohepta-1,2,3-triene via the planar geometry is 62.2 kJ·mol−1. The C 2 symmetric twist conformation of cycloocta-1,2,3-triene was calculated to be the most stable one. Conformational racemization of the twist form takes place via the C S symmetric half-chair geometry, which is by 60.8 kJ·mol−1 less stable than the twist conformer. The C S symmetric chair and unsymmetrical twist-boat conformations of cyclonona-1,2,3-triene were calculated to have similar energies; their interconversion takes place via an unsymmetrical low-energy (18.4 kJ·mol−1) transition state. The twist (C 2) and boat (C S) geometries of cyclonona-1,2,3-triene are higher in energy by 13.2 and 33.9 kJ·mol−1, respectively. Ring inversion in chair and twist-boat conformations takes place via a twist form as intermediate and requires 33.6 kJ·mol−1.
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Received March 25, 2002; accepted April 4, 2002
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Yavari, I., Kabiri-Fard, H., Moradi, S. et al. Ab initio Study of Structural and Conformational Properties of Five- to Nine-Membered Cyclic 1,2,3-Trienes. Monatshefte für Chemie 134, 23–35 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-002-0482-y
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