X-Ray crystal and molecular structure and the circular dichroism of 2-aza-A-homo-5α-cholestan-1-one
Abstract
2-Aza-A-homo-5α-cholestan-1-one (2), which exhibits and n→π* c.d. Cotton effect with the sign opposite to that predicted by Ogura's sign rule, is shown by X-ray diffraction to contain a quasi-chair seven-membered lactam ring with a mean C-7–NH–CO–C-3 dihedral angle of –20° indicating that the ‘amide’ chromophore is twisted in a way which is opposite to that of caprolactam (1).