Observation and Geometry Assignment of the Conformation of Benzyl Alcohol in the Gas Phase

Abstract

Supersonic molecular jet laser spectroscopy is used to establish the perpendicular conformation of benzyl alcohol and a number of sterically unencumbered derivatives in the gas phase. Benzyl alcohol and its derivatives have vast synthetic utility, are frequently found in natural products, and play a central role in numerous mechanistic investigations. In spite of this chemical importance, the conformational preference of the -CH2OH group relative to the aromatic ring has not been unambiguously established: various experimental and theoretical studies have failed to lead to a unified and consistent picture. (aw)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 1989
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ADA216970

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  • Elliot R. Bernstein
  • Henry V. Secor
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