REACTION OF TRICHLOROACETONITRILE WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AMINES: PART II. INFRARED SPECTRA OF N-SUBSTITUTED TRICHLOROACETAMIDINES

Abstract

A correlation between the infrared absorption spectra and the structure of 13 N-mono- and N-di-substituted trichloroacetamidines is presented. N-Alkyl- and N-aryl-trichloroacetami-dines associate strongly in the liquid and solid phases, and exist only in the imino form in non-polar solvents. They can be characterized by a strong band (amidine II band) at 1510–1525 cm−1 and 1570–1580 cm−1 respectively which is attributed to the deformation vibration [Formula: see text] of the secondary amino group. The degree of association of N-substituted trichloroacetamidines changes in the following order of substitution:[Formula: see text]