15N13C coupling constants in 15N labelled azaadamantane

The ¹⁵N¹³C coupling constants in ¹⁵N labelled azaadamantane have been measured and interpreted in terms of their conformational dependence as compared with ¹⁵N-quinuclidine.     

The reaction of furfuryl alcohol resins with hexamethylenetetramine: A 13C and 15N high-resolution solid-state NMR study

The reactions between furfuryl alcohol (FA)/poly(furfuryl alcohol) (PFA) and hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) have been studied by ¹³C and ¹⁵N high-resolution solid-state NMR techniques. Highly crosslinked polymer networks similar to those obtained from the thermal curing of FA resins under acidic condition are formed. Possible reaction pathways are postulated on the basis of changes of chemical structures during the curing; α-substituted furfurylamines are shown to be the initial intermediates. Their further reactions with FA/PFA, together with thermal decomposition, produce methylene linkages between furan rings, resulting in chain extension and crosslinking, which occurs at both the methylene linkages and the 3- or 4-C of furan rings. Various side-products such as amines, imines, amides, imides, and nitriles are also formed during the reactions, and some of these can remain in the resins up to 205°C. The crosslinked network can be heterogeneous with different structures on nanometer scales when higher oligomers of FA resins react with HMTA. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35 : 2233–2243, 1997     

The mechanism of the hantzsch pyridine synthesis: A study by 15N and 13C NMR spectroscopy

The mechanism of the reactions of ammonia and benzaldehyde with three different beta-dicarbonyl compounds to form the corresponding dihyropyridines has been followed by NMR. In each case the pathway is shown to involve the reaction of benzaldehyde with one molecule of beta-dicarbonyl to give chalcone, and of the ammonia with a second molecule of beta-dicarbonyl to give an enamine. The rate determining stage is shown to be the Michael addition of the chalcone to the enamine.     

15N and 13C NMR study of protonated monoaminopyridines in CDCl3-DMSO

The 2-, 3- and 4-amino-pyridine and their protonated forms, obtained by reaction with pyridinium chloride, were investigated by 15N NMR spectroscopy. Exhaustive evidence has been found that the protonation occurs mainly on the annular nitrogen. Protonation of 4-aminopyridine by dehydrohalogenation of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane (TCE) was also studied by 13C NMR spectroscopy, which indicated that the protonation occurs via the formation of adducts.     

13C and 15N NMR study of acyclic vicinal diastereoisomers. Conformational effects

Conformations of aliphatic diastereoisomers with vicinal asymmetric centers (2,3-disubstituted butanes and 5,6-disubstituted n-decanes) are discussed in terms of their ¹³C and, in some cases, ¹⁵N chemical shifts and spin-lattice relaxation times. Solvent and protonation effects are explained by conformational changes in the isomers.     

Multinuclear (13C, 15N) NMR study of polyethyleneimine-based polymers

Representative polyethyleneimine-based polymers have been studied by ¹³C- and ¹⁵N-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and an extensive set of chemical shift assignments has been proposed for the complex spectra obtained. The samples in question represent a complex mixture of both protonated and nonprotonated primary, secondary, and tertiary as well as quaternary monomeric units.     

Co-acquisition of hyperpolarised 13C and 15N NMR spectra

Recent developments in dynamic nuclear polarisation now allow significant enhancements to be generated in the cryo solid state and transferred to the liquid state for detection at high resolution. We demonstrate that the Ardenkjaer-Larsen method can be extended by taking advantage of the properties of the trityl radicals used. It is possible to hyperpolarise 13C and 15N simultaneously in the solid state, and to maintain these hyperpolarisations through rapid dissolution into the liquid state. We demonstrate the almost simultaneous measurement of hyperpolarised 13C and hyperpolarised 15N NMR spectra. The prospects for further improvement of the method using contemporary technology are also discussed.     

A priori predictions of the rotational constants for HC13N, HC15N, C5O

Ab initio molecular orbital theory is used to estimate the rotational constant for several carbon-chain molecules that are candidates for discovery in interstellar space. These estimated rotational constants can be used in laboratory or astronomical searches for the molecules. The rotational constant for HC13N is estimated to be 0.1073 +/- 0.0002 GHz and its dipole moment 5.4 D. The rotational constant for HC15N is estimated to be 0.0724 GHz, with a somewhat larger uncertainty. The rotational constant of C5O is estimated to be 1.360 +/- 2% GHz and its dipole moment 4.4. D.     

NMR studies in the heterocyclic series XXIV—1H, 13C and 15N study of 15N labelled indazoles

The ¹⁵N chemical shifts and ¹H? ¹⁵N and ¹³C? ¹⁵N coupling constants of nine monolabelled indazoles were measured and assigned. The experimental values are discussed in terms of the indazolic and iso-indazolic structures, and compared with literature data for other related heterocycles. All the results are consistent with an N-1(H) tautomeric structure for indazole in DMSO-d₆.     

Observation of the glycines in elastin using (13)C and (15)N solid-state NMR spectroscopy and isotopic labeling

We report the solid-state 13C and 15N NMR of insoluble elastin which has been synthesized in vitro with isotopically enriched glycine. Most of the glycines reside in a domain with good cross-polarization (CP) efficiencies, although surprisingly, a portion resides in an environment that is not detectable using CP. Our data indicate that much of the 13C population resides in regions of significant conformational flexibility. To support these conclusions, we present 13C and 15N cross-polarization with magic-angle-spinning (CPMAS) data in conjunction with "direct-polarization", nonspinning CP, and T1 measurements.     

Tailoring 13C labeling for triple-resonance solid-state NMR experiments on aligned samples of proteins

In order to develop triple-resonance solid-state NMR spectroscopy of membrane proteins, we have implemented several different (13)C labeling schemes with the purpose of overcoming the interfering effects of (13)C-(13)C dipole-dipole couplings in stationary samples. The membrane-bound form of the major coat protein of the filamentous bacteriophage Pf1 was used as an example of a well-characterized helical membrane protein. Aligned protein samples randomly enriched to 35% (13)C in all sites and metabolically labeled from bacterial growth on media containing [2-(13)C]-glycerol or [1,3-(13)C]-glycerol enables direct (13)C detection in solid-state NMR experiments without the need for homonuclear (13)C-(13)C dipole-dipole decoupling. The (13)C-detected NMR spectra of Pf1 coat protein show a substantial increase in sensitivity compared to the equivalent (15)N-detected spectra. The isotopic labeling pattern was analyzed for [2-(13)C]-glycerol and [1,3-(13)C]-glycerol as metabolic precursors by solution-state NMR of micelle samples. Polarization inversion spin exchange at the magic angle (PISEMA) and other solid-state NMR experiments work well on 35% random fractionally and metabolically tailored (13)C-labeled samples, in contrast to their failure with conventional 100% uniformly (13)C-labeled samples.     

Biosynthetic 13C labeling of aromatic side chains in proteins for NMR relaxation measurements

Site-specific 13C labeling offers a desirable means of eliminating unwanted relaxation pathways and coherent magnetization transfer in NMR relaxation experiments. Here we use [1-13C]-glucose as the sole carbon source in the growth media for protein overexpression in Escherichia coli. The approach results in specific incorporation of 13C at isolated positions in the side chains of aromatic amino acids, which greatly simplifies the measurements and interpretation of 13C relaxation rates in these spin systems. The method is well suited for characterization of chemical exchange by CPMG or spin-lock relaxation methods. We validated the method by acquiring 13C rotating-frame relaxation dispersion data on the E140Q mutant of the C-terminal domain of calmodulin, which reveal conformational exchange dynamics with a time constant of 71 mus for Y138.     

Diode laser spectroscopy of the fundamental bands of 12C14N, 13C14N, 12C15N, 13C15N free radicals in the ground 2 Sigma+ electronic state

Rotationally resolved spectra of the fundamental band of the CN free radical in four isotopic forms have been measured using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The source of the radical was a microwave discharge in a mixture of isotopically selected methane and nitrogen diluted with argon. The lines were measured to an accuracy of 5 x 10(-4) cm(-1) and fitted to the formula for the vibration rotation spectrum of a diatomic molecule, including quartic distortion constants. The band origins of each of the isotopomers from the five parameter fits were found to be 12C14N: 2042.42115(38) cm(-1), 13C14N: 2000.08479(23) cm(-1), 12C15N: 2011.25594(25) cm(-1), 13C15N: 1968.22093(33) cm(-1) with one standard deviation from the fit given in parenthesis. Some of the lines showed a resolved splitting due to the spin rotation interaction. This was averaged for fitting purposes. The average equilibrium internuclear distance derived from the upsilon = 0 and 1 rotational constants of the four isotopomers is 1.171800(6) A which is in good agreement with the value determined from microwave spectroscopy.     

13C, 15N coupling constants in substituted 1,2,4-triazines-4-15N

The ¹³C,¹⁵N coupling constants in three 1,2,4-triazine-4-¹⁵N derivatives and in a substituted pyrimidine-1-¹⁵N have been determined and are compared with those in pyridine and quinoline. Of special interest are the data of the 5-(2-dimethylamino-1-propenyl)-3,6-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazine-4-¹⁵N, since one observes a characteristic alternation of the absolute value of J(¹³C,¹⁵N) along the sidechain and a hitherto unobserved very large ¹³C,¹⁵N coupling constant through four bonds of 3·9 Hz, the origin of which is attributed to the influence of the lone pair orbital on the ¹⁵N at position 4.     

15N and13C NMR spectral study of the Z,E isomerism of thiophene aldoximes

Chemical shifts and coupling constants were determined in the¹⁵N and¹³C NMR spectra of thiophene aldoximes with natural isotope content. The effects of Z, E isomerism on the spectral parameters were determined. The²J15_N.H and¹J13_C.H coupling constants in the CH=NOH fragment are characteristic.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 735–738, March, 1991.     

13C and 15N NMR chemical shifts of alkylsubstituted benzonitriles

¹³C NMR data of 14 and ¹⁵N NMR data of four alkylsubstituted benzonitriles are reported and discussed in relation to substituent effects and stereochemistry.     

Chemical shielding anisotropy of 13C and 15N in acetonitrile

High resolution ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR spectra have been obtained for powdered CH₃CN. The presence of resolved dipolar structure in the ¹³C spectra permits the conclusion that the symmetry axis of the ¹³C shielding tensor lies along the CN bond direction.     

15N and 13C n.m.r. study of azimines and azoxybenzenes

¹⁵N chemical shifts, ¹J(NN), ¹J(NC) and ²J(NC) coupling constants have been used to prove the open chain structure and configuration of cis- and trans-2,3-diphenyl-1-phthalimidoazimines. For comparison, the corresponding data of the iso-π-electronic cis- and trans-azoxybenzenes are also reported and discussed.