The stereodynamic behaviour of 1-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)piperidine
rong>1rong>, 4-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)morpholine
rong>2rong>, 1,4-bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)piperazine
rong>3rong> and 4-(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide
rong>4rong> was studied by low-temperature
1H,
13C and
19F NMR spectroscopies. In acetone solution, compounds
rong>1rong>,
rong>2rong> and
rong>4rong> were found to exist as mixtures of two conformers in the ratio of 4:1, 4:1 and 8:1, respectively, differing by orientation of the CF
3 group with respect to the ring. Compound
rong>3rong> exists as a mixture of three conformers in the ratio of 3:28:69 also differing by the orientation of the two CF
3 groups. Unlike the previously studied
N-trifyl substituted 1,3,5-triheterocyclohexanes, the preferred conformers of compound
rong>1rong> and of 1,4-diheterocyclohexanes
rong>2rong>–
rong>4rong> are those with the CF
3 group directed outward from the ring, which is caused by intramolecular interactions of the oxygen atoms of the CF
3SO
2N groups with the equatorial hydrogens in the
-position. B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) calculations of the energy, geometry and NMR parameters corroborate the experimental data. The calculated Perlin effects for all conformers of compounds
rong>1rong>–
rong>4rong> as well as those measured for the major conformers of compounds
rong>3rong> and
rong>4rong> were analyzed by the use of the NBO analysis.