Spatial substituent effects of various fluorinated groups on the 13C chemical shifts in cyclohexanes.

The effect of introduction of fluorinated groups (CH(2)F, CHF(2), CF(3), C(2)F(5), OCF(3), SCF(3)) on the (13)C NMR chemical shifts in cyclohexanes is examined. The two main effects are caused by location at the alpha and gamma carbon positions. Comparison of the various data allowed the calculation of increments corresponding to the introduction of fluorinated groups at axial or equatorial positions on the cyclohexane ring.

Influence of the spatial position of a trifluoromethyl group on the 13C chemical shifts in the cyclohexane series.

The influence of the introduction of a trifluoromethyl group on the 13C chemical shifts in cyclohexane was examined. The two main effects observed are located at the alpha and gamma positions relative to the carbon bearing the fluorine atoms. By comparison of the collected data it was possible to calculate the increments corresponding to the substitution of a hydrogen atom by a CF3 group at axial or equatorial positions on the cyclohexane ring.

Superacidifiers: assessing the activation and the mode of charge transmission of the extraordinary electron-withdrawing SO2CF3 and S(O)(=NSO2CF3)CF3 substituents in carbanion stabilization.

We report on a structural (multinuclear NMR), thermodynamic (pK(a)), and kinetic (Marcus intrinsic reactivity) study of the ionization of benzylic carbon acids activated by an exocyclic (alpha) SO(2)CF(3) group and SO(2)CF(3) or S(O)(=NSO(2)CF(3))CF(3) in the para position of the phenyl ring. The latter exerts an enormous acidifying effect of ca. 8 pK units as compared with 4-H benzyltriflone in Me(2)SO solution, (corresponding to remarkably high Hammett sigma values sigma(p) approximately 1.

29/28, 30/28Silicon, 34/32sulfur and 80/77selenium isotope-induced fluorine chemical shifts through two bonds.

Isotope effects on fluorine chemical shifts induced by heteroatoms bonded covalently to a carbon atom bearing fluorine atoms were studied. For each compound, the isotope-induced chemical shifts 2delta19F(X) through two bonds were measured for the heteroatom (X = 29/28Si, 30/28Si, 34/32S and 80/77Se). The 1delta19F(13/12C) values for the carbon bonded to the fluorine atoms were also recorded.

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of 7 alpha-perfluoroalkylestradiol derivatives.

Linkage of a long CH(2 )side chain ('spacer') onto C-7 alpha of estradiol-17 beta (E(2)) does not abrogate the binding affinity of this hormone for its receptor. Our purpose was to assess whether the linkage of a CF(2 )side chain, which is more bulky and rigid, could also be accommodated by the estrogen receptor (ER). We describe here the synthesis of 7 alpha-perfluorohexylestradiol 7 by perfluoroalkylation of a key silylenolether 2 with FITS-6 (perfluorohexyl-phenyliodoniurn trifluoromethanesulfonate).