Jf. King et al., STEREOELECTRONIC EFFECTS IN SULFONYL COMPOUNDS - AXIAL ORIENTATION OFAN N-METHYL GROUP IN A 6-MEMBERED SULTAM, Canadian journal of chemistry, 76(2), 1998, pp. 164-170
The trans form of octahydro-1-methyl-1H-2,1-benzothiazine 2,2-dioxide,
in which a six-membered sultam unit is trans-fused to cyclohexane, ha
s been synthesized. The single-crystal X-ray structure shows the molec
ule to have the N-methyl group in the axial orientation. The generaliz
ed anomeric effect believed to be responsible for the axial preference
is estimated at greater than or equal to 2 kcal mol(-1).