Concerning the extension of the J method for internal barriers to six-bond couplings to 19F in the 4-fluorophenyl fragment

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Abstract
The long-range coupling constants over six bonds from the side-chain protons to the fluorine nucleus on the ring are extracted from the proton magnetic resonance spectra of p-fluorobenzyl cyanide, chloride, and bromide; of p-fluorobenzal chloride; and of p-fluoroisopropylbenzene. On the assumption that these couplings are transmitted via a σ–π mechanism, a hindered rotor treatment yields the barriers to internal rotation about the carbon–carbon bond which attaches the substituent to the benzene ring. These barriers, when compared to those derived from the analogous proton–proton coupling constants, apparently are accurate enough for the determination of ground state conformations and for a rough assessment of the energetics of conformational interconversions.

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