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the steric bulk and charge delocalization are accepted to disfavor aggregation<br />

59<br />

[ ] 213 and<br />

could thus provide an explaination for the apparent unsensitivity of the dilithiobiphenyl<br />

toward reaction parameters' variation. Furthermore, the entropy value calculated thanks to<br />

the full lineshape analysis performed, is somewhat close to 0 and suggested that the<br />

rotational process studied is happening as a monomolecular internal rotation. This<br />

deduced fact tends to confirm the data collected experimentally by changing concentration<br />

or stoichiometry of the lithiating reagent.<br />

Accuracy of the results obtained by variable temperature "dynamic" NMR<br />

experiments (DNMR) has been extensively discussed in many text books [206b, 214, 215] and<br />

stems from two main factors. First of all, the equation used for the determination of<br />

is derived from approximations, which obviously induce some deviations in the calculated<br />

parameter. On the other hand, the determination of the coalescence temperature is the<br />

major experimental source of error<br />

≠<br />

∆Gcoal [ 216 ]<br />

. Indeed, M.L. Martin, J.J Delpuech and G.J.<br />

Martin [215] evaluated that overestimating Tc by 2 °C at - 73 °C and for ∆ν = 20 Hz,<br />

≠<br />

-1<br />

resulted in an increase of G of 0.1 kcal·mol . This error could be minimized<br />

∆ coal<br />

experimentally by calibrating the NMR temperature probe by means of a platinum<br />

thermocouple, and by slowly increasing the temperature in the region around coalescence.<br />

Although some thermodynamical data were available for o,o'-dilithiobiphenyl<br />

derivatives [202, 59] , it was not yet possible to compare the value calculated with pertinent<br />

examples since no literature precedents were reported for similar substrates. However,<br />

O. Desponds and M. Schlosser [59] found the torsional barrier of 1,11-dilithio-5,5,7,7-<br />

tetramethyl-5,7-dihydrodibenz[c,e]oxepin (48) to fall in the range of 12.0 - 12.5<br />

kcal·mol -1 .<br />

Li<br />

O<br />

48<br />

Li<br />

The fact that ortho- and ortho'- oxygen atoms should cause less steric repulsion<br />

than isopropylidene groups at the same positions, and the presence of a rigid bridged<br />

structure would bring to the conclusion that the oxepin derivative should have a much<br />

higher energy barrier that biphenyl 47. Furthermore, despite the important steric<br />

congestion, the bridge in the biphenyl structure forces the gem-dimethyl groups to face

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