R. Boetzel et al., APPROACH TO THE CONFORMATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF TETRAAZAMACROCYCLES IN THESOLUTION-STATE - NMR AND MOLECULAR MODELING STUDIES, Magnetic resonance in chemistry, 33(2), 1995, pp. 128-133
The differences in complexation behaviour of two diastereomeric tetraa
zamacrocycles, meso (1) and racemic (2) 2,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra
azacyclotetradecane, are explained by different conformations in solut
ion, 1 being one stable conformer of almost rigid structure while 2 sh
ows higher conformational flexibility to avoid steric strain, The meth
ods used were H-1 and C-13 NMR and molecular modelling.