Semiempirical MO Calculation of Hetero Atom Three-Membered Ring Compounds (I) : N-Nitroso-aziridine, -oxaziridine, and -dioxaziridine

Fully optimized MNDO molecular orbital calculations are described for N-nitroso-aziridine (I), -oxaziridine (II), and -dioxaziridine (III). The ground state geometries show the nonplanar configuration around the imino nitrogen. The nitroso group rotational energy barriers are 3.25, 0.43 and 1.18 kcal/mol for I, II and III, respectively. Also the calculated aziridine ring inversion barriers are 3.98, 15.61 and 27.46 kcal/mol for I, II and III, respectively.