STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY OF CYCLOPROPYL DERIVATIVES

Abstract

Available microwave spectroscopic data, together with new information on nitrocyclopropane, cyclopropyl cyanide, and cyclopropyl methyl ether, have been analyzed to investigate the nature and extent of interaction between the cyclopropyl ring and substituent groups. A comparison is made with the Walsh and other models for the electron distribution in cyclopropane and with recent SCF results. This work has been supported by The Robert A. Welch Foundation.