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ArticleChemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2015

Influence of Fluorination on the Conformational Properties and Hydrogen-Bond Acidity of Benzyl Alcohol Derivatives.

Elena Bogdan, Guillaume Compain, Lewis Mtashobya, Jean-Yves Le Questel, François Besseau, Nicolas Galland, Bruno Linclau, Jérôme Graton

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Article in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Elena BogdanCEISAM UMR CNRS 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3 (France), Fax: (+3) 2-51-12-54-02.
Guillaume CompainDepartment of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ (UK), Fax: (+44) 23-8059-6805.
Lewis MtashobyaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ (UK), Fax: (+44) 23-8059-6805.
Jean-Yves Le QuestelCEISAM UMR CNRS 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3 (France), Fax: (+3) 2-51-12-54-02.
François BesseauCEISAM UMR CNRS 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3 (France), Fax: (+3) 2-51-12-54-02.
Nicolas GallandCEISAM UMR CNRS 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3 (France), Fax: (+3) 2-51-12-54-02.
Bruno LinclauDepartment of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ (UK), Fax: (+44) 23-8059-6805. bruno.linclau@soton.ac.uk.
Jérôme GratonCEISAM UMR CNRS 6230, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Nantes 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 NANTES Cedex 3 (France), Fax: (+3) 2-51-12-54-02. jerome.graton@univ-nantes.fr.

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Abstract

The effect of fluorination on the conformational and hydrogen-bond (HB)-donating properties of a series of benzyl alcohols has been investigated experimentally by IR spectroscopy and theoretically with quantum chemical methods (ab initio (MP2) and DFT (MPWB1K)). It was found that o-fluorination generally resulted in an increase in the HB acidity of the hydroxyl group, whereas a decrease was observed upon o,o'-difluorination. Computational analysis showed that the conformational landscapes of the title compounds are strongly influenced by the presence of o-fluorine atoms. Intramolecular interaction descriptors based on AIM, NCI and NBO analyses reveal that, in addition to an intramolecular OH⋅⋅⋅F interaction, secondary CH⋅⋅⋅F and/or CH⋅⋅⋅O interactions also occur, contributing to the stabilisation of the various conformations, and influencing the overall HB properties of the alcohol group. The benzyl alcohol HB-donating capacity trends are properly described by an electrostatic potential based descriptor calculated at the MPWB1K/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory, provided solvation effects are taken into account for these flexible HB donors.

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benzylic alcoholsconformation analysisfluorinehydrogen-bond acidity

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PMCPMC4531824

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