Abstract
The reactivities and torquoselectivities of electrocyclic ring opening reactions of fluoromethyl-substituted cyclobutenes and oxetenes were studied with M06-2X density functional theory. The torquoselectivities of a series of mono-, di-, and trifluoromethylcyclobutenes and oxetenes result from the interplay of favorable orbital interactions and closed-shell repulsions. When the substituent rotates inward, there can be a favorable interaction between the breaking σ(CO) bond and the σ(CF)* orbital (σ(CO) → σ(CF)*) of the fluoromethyl group in fluoromethyloxetenes. The preference for rotation of a fluoromethyl group is decreased in trifluoromethyloxetenes because closed-shell repulsions between the breaking σ(CO) bond and trifluoromethyl substituent orbitals compete with the σ(CO) → σ(CF)* interaction.
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