Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of rate processes and conformations. Part XX. Nitrogen inversion in the gas phase

Abstract

The barrriers to nitrogen inversion in N-methyl-, N-methyl-2,2-dimethyl-, and N-isopropyl-2,2-dimethyl-aziridine have been studied in the gas phase and in a variety of solvents. The barrier is found to be almost the same in the gas phase and in C₆D₁₂ solution. Solvent effects are discussed. Some small coupling constants have been determined by double irradiation.