G. Yamamoto et al., STRUCTURE AND STEREODYNAMICS OF N-9-TRIPTYCYL-O-PHENYLHYDROXYLAMINE, AN UNUSUAL PRODUCT BY THE REACTION OF 9-NITROSOTRIPTYCENE AND PHENYLLITHIUM, Chemistry Letters, (5), 1995, pp. 351-352
Reaction of 9-nitrosotriptycene with phenyllithium gave N-9-triptycyl-
O-phenylhydroxylamine (TpNHOPh). The free energy barrier to rotation a
bout the Tp-N bond is 10.9 kcal mol(-1) and that to the N-O topomeriza
tion is higher than this.