1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of some squaramides
Abstract
The paper reports the preparation of some hitherto unknown squaramides (IV)–(IX). N.m.r. spectroscopy has established that there is restricted rotation about the N–C bond in 3-dimethylamino-(IV), 3-diethylamino-(VI), and 3-dibenzylamino-4-ethoxycyclobutenedione (VIII) and free energies of activation for rotation about the N–C bond have been calculated for these compounds.