“…38 Steric effects of the morpholinyl group in the planar Downloaded by [University of Bristol] at 00:28 04 November 2014 Table 3 Accurate spectral parameters of 5 at −60 • C ABXY spin system(trans/C = S) LMUV spin system(cis/C = S) δ A = 3.92 ppm δ X = 3.74 ppm δ L = 4.34 ppm δ U = 3.78 ppm δ B = 3.96 ppm δ Y = 3.78 ppm δ M = 4.39 ppm δ V = 3.82 ppm state could also raise its energy and thus lower the barrier. Such an effect has also been observed for G = when Me is replaced by iPr or iBu with slight difference for formamides (Me 2 NCHO: 87.5, iPr 2 NCHO: 86.1) 23-29 and more strongly for acetamides (Me 2 N-CO-CH 3 : 72.7, iPr 2 N-CO-CH 3 : 67.7) 23,26,29,30 or dithiocarbamates (Me 2 N-CS-SMe: 66.5 ± 2, iBu 2 N-CS-SMe: 63.7 ± 0.02). 4a, 8,39,40 Interestingly, Table 2 shows also that the free energies of activation in the range 58-70 kJmol −1 obtained for the dithiocarbamates 1-5 are nearly similar to or slightly higher than those reported for carbamates, 41 but lower than that in structurally related thioamides, which is in fair agreement with the results already reported by Kalikhman et al for dithiocarbamate 1 and its derivatives.…”