
%0 Journal Article
%A Field, LD 
%A Hambley, TW 
%A Jacobs, BD 
%A Wilson, K 
%A Norris, RK 
%T <sup>1</sup>H D.N.M.R. and X-Ray Structure of 2,2-Dimethyl-1-(Para-nitrophenyl)propyl Mesityl Sulfone
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1988/04/01
%V 41
%N 4
%P 443-452
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9880443
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9880443 
%X 2,2-Dimethyl-1-(p- nitrophenyl ) propyl  mesityl  sulfone (3), formed by an SRN1 reaction between sodium mesitylenesulfinate and p-(1-chloro-2,2- dimethylpropyl )nitrobenzene displays a number of conformational interconversions in solution. The activation parameters for the rotation of the mesityl ring about the aryl-sulfur bond and the rotation of the p- nitrophenyl ring about the aryl-carbon bond were determined by 1H d.n.m.r .spectroscopy. The conformation of (3) in the solid state, determined by X-ray crystallography, is very similar to the preferred ground-state conformation of the molecule in solution. 
