Ap. Timosheva et al., CONFORMATIONS, POLARITY, AND POLARIZABILITY OF 5,5'-BIS-(1,3,6-TRIMETHYLURACYLYL)METHANE, Russian chemical bulletin, 42(5), 1993, pp. 818-821
A conformational study of 5,5'-bis-(1,3,6-trimethyluracylyl)methane (1
) is carried out using molecular orbital calculations (AMI), molecular
mechanics, dipole moment, and electric birefringence methods. The AM1
calculations result in good agreement with the experimental data. Pop
ulations of the helical steady states and the ways of their interconve
rsion are determined. Dipole moments, Kerr's constants, optical anisot
ropies of the title compound, and some related 1,3-dimethyluracyls are
measured.