Two-dimensional relayed coherence transfer experiments as a means of subgrouping protonated carbon resonances of complex polynuclear heteroaromatics on the basis of vicinal proton-proton connectivities

Application of autocorrelated homonuclear (COSY) and proton-carbon chemical shift correlation two-dimensional nmr experiments to the problem of assigning the ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr spectra of phenanthro[4,3-a]dibenzothiophene fails despite their considerable utility in the assignment of the spectra of the smaller phenanthro[b]thiophenes. The failure of these techniques in the case of phenanthro[4,3-a]dibenzothiophene is predominantly due to the inability of the COSY spectrum to provide the means of subgrouping the proton resonances into their component spin subsystems. Two-dimensional relayed coherence transfer nmr experiments which first established coherence between vicinally coupled protons which is then transferred to the carbon spins which are ultimately observed circumvent these problems. The application of two-dimensional relayed coherence transfer to phenanthro[4,3-a]dibenzothiophene is described, the technique leading to the sub-grouping of all five of the proton spin subsystems and thus providing a means of beginning the total assignment.     

Disentangling proton connectivity networks in highly overlapped 1H-NMR spectra of polynuclear aromatics using 1D-HOHAHA

One-dimensional ( 1D ) variants of two-dimensional ( 2D ) nmr techniques can frequently provide the required information in a much shorter period of time than the 2D experiment from which they were derived. Application of the 1D homonuclear Hartmann-Hahn (1D-HOHAHA) experiment to establish proton-proton connectivity networks in highly overlapped four-spin systems in the proton nmr spectra of polynuclear aromatics is described. Selective subspectra are contrasted to the data obtained in a COSY experiment on the same molecule, benzo[f][l]benzothieno [2,3 -c]quinoline. Results from the 1D-HOHAHA technique are especially useful when component resonances from several spin systems are heavily overlapped. Relayed 1D-HOHAHA provides the means of exploiting small, long range coupling pathways of polynuclear aromatics.     

Total assignment of the proton and carbon NMR spectra of the alkaloid quindoline — utilization of HMQC-TOCSY to indirectly establish protonated carbon-protonated carbon connectivities

The reisolation of the indoloquinoline alkaloid quindoline (also known as norcryptolepine) from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta is reported. The structure was unequivocally confirmed by two-dimensional nmr methods; the proton and carbon spectra were assigned for the first time. Because of congestion in the proton spectrum HMQC-TOCSY was used as an alternative to the more familiar COSY experiment. In addition to establishing proton-proton connectivities, HMQC-TOCSY affords the added benefit of providing, in an indirect sense, connectivity information between protonated carbons.     

Assignment of the 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra of congested helicenes using two-dimensional NMR methods: Phenanthro[3′,4′:3,4]phenanthro[2,1-b]thiophene

Phenanthro[3′,4′:3,4]phenanthro[2,1-b]thiophene has been prepared and its highly congested proton and carbon nmr spectra assigned. The nmr assignments required concerted utilization of two-dimensional nmr techniques which included: COSY, direct and long range optimized heteronuclear chemical shift correlation and heteronuclear relayed coherence transfer.     

Combined application of auto-correlated (COSY) and homonuclear J-resolved two-dimensional NMR spectra for the assignment of congested,non-first order spectra of polycyclic aromatic systems. Assignment of the 1H-NMR spectrum of benzo[2,3]phenanthro-[4,5-bcd]thiophene and an investigation of long range 1H-1H spin-coupling constants

Total assignment of the proton nmr spectrum of benzo[2,3]phenanthro[4,5-bcd]thiophene at 200 MHz is reported. Preliminary identification of the resonances comprising the individual spin Systems was accomplished by the use of auto-correlated two-dimensional proton nmr spectroscopy (COSY). Individual assignments were made on the basis of spin-coupling information which was obtained from the “titled” two-dimensional J-resolved (2DJ) proton nmr spectrum of the title compound. Because of the greater resolving power of the latter experiment relative to conventional proton nmr spectroscopy, a number of long range inter-ring spincouplings were observed. The observation of these long range couplings was crucial to the final assignment of several of the resonances in the spectrum. Resonances due to strong coupling in the 2DJ spectrum were also shown to be a useful means of correlating strongly coupled spins which provides an alternative to the COSY spectrum for this purpose.     

Assignment of the 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra of phenanthro[1,2-b]thiophene through the concerted application of two-dimensional NMR spectroscopic techniques

Two-dimensional nmr spectroscopy, by virtue of its second frequency domain which permits the segregation of spectral information along two frequency axes, considerably simplifies many assignment problems and facilitates others which may be impossible using conventional nmr methodology. A compound which falls into the latter category of assignment problem is phenanthro[1,2-b]thiophene. The assignment of the ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr spectra of phenanthro[1,2-b]thiophene are, however, reported through the concerted application of two-dimensional nmr techniques. Experiments utilized in making the assignments included: auto-correlated homonuclear (COSY) two-dimensional spectroscopy; heteronuclear two-dimensional J-resolved spectroscopy; proton-carbon chemical shift correlation two-dimensional spectroscopy; and two-dimensional ¹³C-¹³C double quantum coherence spectroscopy.     

Two-dimensional NMR studies of marine natural products. IV. Isolation of the cembranoid diterpene jeunicin from the mollusc planaxis sulcatus: Assignment of the proton and carbon NMR spectra by two-dimensional techniques

Numerous cembranoic diterpenes have been isolated from marine gorgonians and terrestrial plants. There have, however, been only a few reports of the isolation and identification of these interesting compounds from higher animal sources. The isolation of the oxo-bridged cembranoid diterpene jeunicin from the mollusc Planaxis sulcatus is reported. A comparative discussion of the utility of COSY, homonuclear RELAY (relayed COSY) and proton double quantum coherence techniques is presented, the latter successfully establishing the identities of all of the proton resonances. Acquisition of a two-dimensional proton-carbon chemical shift correlation spectrum provided the means of unequivocally establishing ¹³C resonance assignments.     

The complete 1H and 13C chemical shift assignments of a cyclopropylpyrroloindole analog: Adozelesin

The ¹H and ¹³C nmr spectral assignments of [7bR]-N-[2-[(4,5,8,8a-tetrahydro-7-methyl-4-oxocyclo-propa[c]pyrrolo[3,2-e]indol-2(1H)-ylcarbonyl]-1H-indol-5-yl]-2-benzofurancarboxamide (Adozelesin) (1) are described. Complete and unambiguous assignments of the hydrogen and carbon spectra were made using a combination of conventional homonuclear and gradient-selected inverse-detected heteronuclear nmr experiments: double quantum filtered ¹H-¹H correlation spectroscopy (COSY), gradient-selected heteronuclear single quantum coherence spectroscopy (gs-HSQC), and gradient-selected heteronuclear multiple bond coherence spectroscopy (gs-HMBC). The enhanced sensitivity of these experiments allowed a smaller sample concentration and shorter spectral collection times for a full nmr analysis of this compound. The nmr data corroborates the published structure of this compound.     

Autocorrelated 13c-13c double quantum coherence two-dimensional nmr spectroscopy: Utilization of a modified version of the technique as an adjunct in the total assignment of the 1h- and 13c-nmr spectra of the mutagen phenanthro[3,4-b]thiophene

Development of successively higher field nmr spectrometers has facilitated the study of increasingly more complex molecules, although smaller molecules such as phenanthro[3,4-b]thiophene still offer very substantial assignment problems because of the highly congested nature of their ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr spectra. Assignments of such spectra, if they are to be unequivocal, frequently require the utilization of two-dimensional nmr spectroscopic techniques. Total assignments of the ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr spectra of phenanthro[3,4-b]thiophene are reported. Assignments were based on a conventional high resolution 500 MHz ¹H-nmr spectrum, autocorrelated two-dimensional ¹H-nmr spectra (COSY), two-dimensional ¹H-¹³C chemical shift correlation spectra and a modified version of autocorrelated ¹³C-¹³C double quantum coherence two-dimensional nmr spectroscopy. From NOE measurements, a separation of 1.99 Å between H1 and H11 was computed, suggesting that phenanthro[3,4-b]thiophene has a pronounced helical conformation in solution.     

Assignment of the proton and carbon NMR spectra of the indoloquinoline alkaloid cryptolepine

The relatively rare alkaloid cryptolepine, 5-methyl-5H-indolo[3,2-b]quinoline, was isolated from Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlecter (Asclepiadaceae). Unequivocal proton and carbon nmr assignments in dimethyl sulfoxide are reported based on two-dimensional nmr methods, including COSY, inverse-detected direct (HMQC), and long-range (HMBC) correlations. Several of the assignments were confirmed using one-dimensional SIMBA spectra - a new, selective, one-dimensional analogue of the proton-detected long-range heteronuclear shift correlation experiment (HMBC). The SIMBA experiment was also used in an attempt to observe a two-bond coupling from the H11 proton to C10a at several optimizations.     

The isolation and structure determination of cryptomisrine,a novel indolo[3,2-b]quinoline dimeric alkaloid from cryptolepis sanguinolenta

The isolation and structure determination of cryptomisrine, a novel indolo[3,2-b]quinoline dimeric alkaloid obtained from extracts of the roots of the Ghanaian medicinal plant Cryptolepis sanguinolenta is reported. The structure determination was made via a consideration of the spectral data, including uv, ir, nmr, and mass spectra. In particular, one-dimensional proton/carbon nmr, one-dimensional nOe difference nmr, and a series of homonuclear (COSY) and inverse-detected heteronuclear two-dimensional (HMQC, HMBC) experiments were utilized, as well as high resolution FABMS. Cryptomisrine is most unusual in that its two monomeric parts apparently exist in such a C₂ symmetric environment that only one set of proton and carbon nmr resonances are observed. Cryptomisrine is the first example of a dimeric indolo-[3,2-b]quinoline alkaloid to have been isolated from nature.     

Inverted and suppressed direct response HMQC-TOCSY spectra - a convenient method of spectral editing

HMQC-TOCSY spectra provide a convenient means of establishing proton-proton connectivities in congested spectra of complex aromatic heterocycles. Advantage is taken of the greater dispersion of the ¹³C nmr spectrum to circumvent overlap which would preclude spectral interpretation through the usual COSY spectrum. A recently reported method for inverting direct responses (IDR) in HMQC-TOCSY spectra is demonstrated for [1]benzothieno[2,3-c]naphtho[2,1-g]quinoline. A modification of the IDR-HMQC-TOCSY method is also demonstrated which is capable of fully suppressing direct responses (SDR) without resorting to the timing of the onset of decoupling as in the original report of the HMQC-TOCSY experiment. SDR-HMQC-TOCSY has the further advantage of allowing the use of higher levels of digitization in F₂ than can be attained when broadband heteronuclear decoupling is employed.     

Long range optimized two-dimensional proton-carbon chemical shift correlation. Application in the total assignment of the 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra of 9-methylphenanthro[4,3-a]dibenzothiophene

The utilization of the long range optimized proton-carbon chemical shift correlation experiment in the total assignment of the proton and carbon nmr spectra of 9-methylphenanthro[4,3-a]dibenzothiophene is described. The experiment was employed in concert with conventional proton-carbon chemical shift correlation, heteronuclear relayed coherence transfer and broad band homonuclearly decoupled proton-carbon chemical shift correlation experiments. The experiments in combination offer a useful alternative to the ¹³C-¹³C double quantum coherence experiments, providing significantly better sensitivity and nearly the same capabilities.     

Complete assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR Spectra of 11,12-Dimethoxy[1]benzothieno[3,2-a]-4,7-phenanthroline and its 8-Chloro Analogue: Concerted Use of Two-Dimensional NMR Techniques

The ¹H and ¹³C nmr spectra of 11,12-dimethoxy[1]benzothieno[3,2-a]-4,7-phenanthroline and its 8-chloro precursor were totally assigned using a combination of two-dimensional nmr techniques. After correlation of the majority of the proton signals by a COSY spectrum and one-bond heteronuclear correlation, the full assignment of the ¹H and ¹³C nmr spectra of the novel heterocyclic compounds required the application of long-range CH coupling information particularly for quaternary carbon resonance assignments and the orientations of individual spin systems relative to one another. Key long-range heteronuclear couplings in both compounds served to confirm the one-bond heteronuclear correlations. Unequivocal interpretation of the spectral data leads to the complete assignments of the resonances.     

Double quantum filtered zero quantum coherence with broadband homonuclear f1 Decoupling

A pulse sequence is described which combines double quantum filtration and broadband homonuclear F₁ decoupling in a two-dimensional zero quantum (ZQCOSY) nmr experiment.     

Chemistry of the phenoxathiins and isosterically related heterocycles. XXXVII The synthesis and molecular structure of benzo[2, 3]naphtho[5, 6, 7-ij][1, 4]dithiepin and its 1-oxide

Benzo[2, 3]naphtho[5, 6, 7-ij][1, 4]dithiepin was prepared by the condensation of the disodium salt of 1, 2-dimercaptobenzene with 1-chloro-8-nitronaphthalene. The structure was established by nmr and mass spectroscopy. A small quantity of benzo[2, 3]naphtha[5, 6, 7,ij][1, 4]dithiepin 1-oxide was also isolated. The structure was initially established by mass spectrometry. The proton spectrum was totally assigned using a combination of proton zero quantum coherence (ZQCOSY) and proton-carbon heteronuclear chemical shift correlation (HC-COSY) techniques, which also allowed the unequivocal assignment of the protonated carbon resonances. An X-ray crystal structure of the 1-oxide irrefutably confirmed the structure. The crystal was triclinic and the space group was Pl, and the data refined to a final R = 0.0353. The molecule was shown to be folded about the axis passing through the two sulfur atoms with a dihedral angle of 109.00°.     

Synthesis and 1H-NMR spectra of halogenated spiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H),9′(9H)-6′-(methylcyclohexylamino)-3′-methyl-2′-anilinoxanthene]-3-ones

Reaction of spiro[isobenzofuran-1(3H).9′(9H)-6′-(methylcyclohexylamino)-3′-methyl-2′-anilinoxanthene]-3-one ( 1 ), which is typical leuco fluoran dye, with N-bromosuccinimide and N-chlorosuccinimide leads to halogenated derivatives 2a–2c and 3 , respectively. Their structures were established by two-dimensional proton-proton (COSY) experiment and their thermal properties examined by means of DSC and compared with commercially available 1 .     

The synthesis of novel polycyclic heterocyclic ring systems via photocyclization. 11. Synthesis and total assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of isomeric benzothienonaphthoquinolines using multiple inverse detected two-dimensional NMR methods

Two novel heterocyclic ring systems, namely, [1]benzothieno[2,3-c]naphtho[1,2-f]quinoline and [1]benzothieno[2,3-c]naphtho[2,1-g]quinoline have been synthesized and characterized by inverse detected two-dimensional nmr methods. Unequivocal total assignments of the proton and carbon nmr spectra were made through the concerted utilization of HMQC (Heteronuclear Multiple Quantum Correlation) and a combination of HMBC (Heteronuclear Multiple Bond Correlation) and HMQC-TOCSY (HMQC with proton TOtal Correlation Spectroscopy).     

Total assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of benzo[f][1]benzothieno[2,3-c]quinoline by inverse-detected two-dimensional NMR techniques

The proton and carbon nmr spectra of benzo[f][1]benzothieno[2,3-c]quinoline have been totally assigned using a combination of 2D nmr methods including concerted use of HMQC (heteronuclear multiple quantum correlation) and HMBC (heteronuclear multiple bond correlation) experiments.     

Complete assignment of the 1h- and 13c-nmr spectra of [1]benzothieno[2,3-c]naphtho[1,2-h]quinoline and [1]benzothieno[2,3-c]naphtho[1,2-h][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoline. Concerted use of two-dimensional nmr techniques

The ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr spectra of [1]benzothieno[2,3-c]naphtho[1,2-h]quinoline and [1]benzothieno[2,3-c]-naphtho[1,2-h][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoline were totally assigned using a combination of two-dimensional nmr techniques. After correlation of the proton signals by a COSY spectrum and one-bond heteronuclear correlation, complete assignment of the ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr spectra of the novel heterocyclic compounds required the application of long-range CH coupling information particularly for quarternary resonance assignments and the orientations of individual spin systems relative to one another.