Re: ORGLIST: Bond length and conformation

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From: Christopher Joseph Gorman (gorman$##$fas.harvard.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 09:21:25 EDT

A species in resonance will have a shorter bond length than one not in
resonance

eg.

=c
  \
   NH2

when N rotates into the plane of resonance the bond will be shorter
because of the patrial double bond character.

There are also numerous examples of the anomeric effect.


-Chris

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On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, J.Aires de Sousa wrote:

> Does anyone know an experimental or theoretical example in which
> conformation has a significant influence on bond length, i.e., two
> conformations of the same molecule with different bond lengths ?
>
> Any information on this topic would be helpful.
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> Dr. Joao Aires de Sousa
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