Abstract
Abstract The potential function for internal rotation of the aldehyde group in the orthometa- and para-fluorobenzaldehydes is calculated by CNDO/2, INDO and STO/6G methods, assuming invariant bond lengths. The INDO and STO/6G calculations indicate the equilibrium geometry to be essentially planar and the barrier to internal rotation to be the potential energy of the molecule when the plane of the aldehyde group is perpendicular to the ring plane; CNDO/2 leads to different conclusions, however. Relative stabilities of O-cis and O-trans rotamers of the planar configuration are discussed. Comparisons are made with the V barriers and the enthalpies of activation as determined by the dielectric absorption method using a matrix technique.
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