文摘
The solution structures of four enolates derived from β-amino esters are investigated using 6Li NMR spectroscopy in conjunction with the method of continuous variation (method of Job). Ensembles of homo- and heteroaggregated enolates are generated by mixing enantiomers of a single enolate (R/S mixtures), opposite antipodes of two different enolates (R/S′ mixtures), and the same antipodes of two different enolates (R/R′ mixtures). The numbers of observable aggregates and their dependence on the mole fraction of the two enolates confirm the hexamer assignments. Inherent symmetries observable in the 6Li NMR spectra show the stereochemistry of chelation about the hexagonal drum.