D/H isotope effects in ?-complexes of deuterated hexamethylbenzenes with the nitrosonium cation

Abstract

The isotope effects of deuterium, manifested in the13C NMR spectra of complexes of deuterated hexamethylbenzenes C6(CD3)n·(CH3)6−n with the nitrosonium cation, have been studied. The small values observed for the isotopic perturbation are evidence of π-bonding of the NO+ group the hexamethylbenzene molecule. The applicability of an additive scheme of calculation of isotope effects for the ring carbon atoms of the complexes, based on the increments of replacement of the CH3 group by CD3 in hexamethylbenzene, has been demonstrated.