Research Article

Theoretical Analysis of the Mechanism of the 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Benzodiazepine with N-Aryl-C-ethoxycarbonylnitrilimine

Table 1

Relative energiesa (kcal/mol), binding lengths (Å), and dihedral angle (°) of the low-lying isomers of the bis-cycloaddition.

4-Trans4-Cis

ΔE (kcal/mol)0012
C51-N11.4131.430
N63-C21.5021.521
C10-N281.4891.521
C26-N151.3851.429
C7-C21.5361.537
C7-C101.5521.537
N63-N621.3671.374
N63-C641.4071.420
N28-N271.3791.374
N28-C291.3971.420
C73-Cl501.7591.758
C38-Cl391.7591.758
C3-C2-C7-C1054.8467.20
C11-C10-C7-C2162.13−67.42
N63-C2-C7-C100.30−170.16
N28-C10-C7-C2−70.01170.00

aCalculated according to 4-trans whose E is −2749.107545 ua at B3LYP/6-31G(d).