Direct observation of boat–chair ⇌ chair–boat equilibrium in the 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane ring
Abstract
Variable-temperature 13C n.m.r. spectra of 3,7-dialkyl-1,5-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-9-ones unambiguously establish a boat–chair ⇌ chair–boat equilibrium rather than the fixed double-chair conformation which had previously been proposed.