13C NMR spectral analysis of dihydrobenzofuran lignans

The assignments of the ¹³C NMR shift values of the dihydrobenzofuranoid lignans cedrusin and dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol, their respective 4-O-β-D -glucosides and their acetates have been made. The furanoid stereochemistry in 8,3′-lignans could be deduced from comparative ¹³C NMR data.     

Validation of structural proposals by substructure analysis and 13C NMR chemical shift prediction

The 2D NMR-guided computer program COCON can be extremely valuable for the constitutional analysis of unknown compounds, if its results are evaluated by neural network-assisted 13C NMR chemical shift and substructure analyses. As instructive examples, data sets of four differently complex marine natural products were thoroughly investigated. As a significant step towards a true automated structure elucidation, it is shown that the primary COCON output can be safely diminished to less than 1% of its original size without losing the correct structural proposal.     

13C NMR spectral analysis of chlorpromazine,chlorpromazine sulfoxide and related models

The natural abundance carbon-13 nmr spectra of chlorpromazine, chlorpromazine sulfoxide and related models were obtained and assigned. The chemical shift effects from sulfoxidation of the carbon skeleton will be discussed. Assignments were made on the basis of models, single frequency off-resonance decoupling experiments, additivity rules based on benzene substituent effects, and general symmetry considerations.     

High resolution 13C and 1H NMR spectral analysis of 1-azafluorene

An analysis of the ¹H and ¹³C spectra of 1-azafluorene has been carried out using computer calculations and homo- and heteronuclear double resonance techniques. The ⁴J, ⁵J and ⁶J long-range coupling constants of the 9-CH₂ group protons with the protons of the pyridine and the phenylene rings have been observed and measured. The long-range J(CH) values in the ¹H coupled ¹³C spectrum have been assigned and measured on a first-order basis.     

Spectral analysis of 1H coupled 13C spectra of the amino acids: adaptive spectral library of amino acid 13C isotopomers and positional fractional 13C enrichments

The natural abundance 1H-coupled 13C NMR spectra of all proteogenic amino acids were measured in D2O at pH* 1. The accurate 1H,13C spin-spin coupling constants were analyzed using total-line-shape fitting. The obtained spectral parameters can be used to establish a spectral library of amino acid 13C isotopomers. The adaptive spectral library principle is introduced and discussed in this article. The simulated spectra can be applied to quantification of 13C isotopomer mixtures of amino acids and, thus, for exploring metabolic pathways. Also a protocol for amino acid 13C isotopomer metabolomic profiling in 13C labeled glucose feeding experiments is outlined. The approach is suggested to give invaluable information about positional fractional 13C enrichments, which are not easily available by any other method.     

13C-13C Coupling Constants in Structural Studies: XXXIII. Stereochemical Study of the Pyranose Ring

¹³C-¹³C coupling constants for all aldopyranoses of the D-series were calculated in terms of the self-consistent finite perturbation theory. General relations holding in the stereochemical behavior of the ¹³C-¹³C coupling constants for the pyranose ring were found. The results obtained make it possible to perform conformational analysis and assign configuration of the anomeric center in molecules of carbohydrates and products of their metabolism, containing a pyranose fragment.     

Adiabatic JHSQC for 13C isotopomer analysis

A previous implementation of JHSQC enhanced the detection limits for 13C isotopomer analysis, but owing to experimental instabilities required extensive calibration prior to data collection. The addition of adiabatic pulses as well as a double spin-echo during the heteronuclear transfer periods has dramatically increased the precision of the experiment and done away with the need for calibration prior to running each sample. This new experiment allows the sensitivity gains from inverse detection to be realized in a time-efficient manner for the experimentalist.     

Stereochemical aspects and 13C NMR spectroscopy of the berbamine class of bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids

An analysis of the ¹³C NMR spectra of bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids of the berbamine type shows the dependence of spectroscopic properties on preferred conformation.     

Chemical substructure identification by mass spectral library searching

A library-search procedure that identifies structural features of an unknown compound from its electron-ionization mass spectrum is described. Like other methods, this procedure first retrieves library compounds whose spectra are most similar to the spectrum of an unknown compound. It then deduces structural features of the unknown compound from the chemical structures of the retrievals. Unlike other methods, the significance of each retrieved spectrum is weighted according to its similarity to the spectrum of the unknown compound. Also, a “peaks-in-common” screening step serves to reduce search times and an optimized dot product function provides the match factor. If the molecular weight of the unknown compound is provided, the identification of certain substructures can be improved by including “neutral loss” peaks. Correlations between the presence of a substructure in a test compound and its presence among library retrievals were derived from the results of searching the NIST/EPA/NIH reference library with a 7891 compound test set. These correlations allow the estimation of probabilities of substructure occurrence and absence in an unknown compound from the results of a library search. This method may be viewed as an optimization of the “K-nearest neighbor” method of Isenhour and co-workers, with improvements that arise from spectrum screening, peak scaling, an optimal distance measure, a relative-distance weighting scheme, and a larger reference library.     

1H, 13C, and 73Ge NMR spectral analysis of substituted aryltrimethylgermanes

NMR chemical shifts of 1H, 13C, and 73Ge are reported for a series of monosubstituted aromatic trimethylgermanes of the type XC6H4Ge(CH3)3; X = p-N(CH3)2, p-OCH3, p-OC2H5, p-C(CH3)3, p-Si(CH3)3, p-Ge(CH3)3, p-Sn(CH3)3, p-CH3, m-CH3, -H, m-OCH3, p-Cl, p-Br, m-F, m-CF3, p-CF3, o-OCH3, and o-CH3. The relatively narrow 73Ge resonances show a strong correlation with Hammett sigma constants, with a correlation coefficient of 0.976 and 0.876 for 73Ge chemical shifts in meta- and para-substituted derivatives, respectively. The 13C chemical shifts of the methyl carbons bonded to germanium also display a relationship, with correlation coefficients of 0.904, 0.993, and 0.911 for para-, meta- and all derivatives, respectively. Comparisons of the Hammett plots for the homologous series XC6H4M(CH3)3; M = C, Si, Ge, Sn, show that, in general, correlation coefficients decrease while slopes increase significantly down the group, presumably reflecting the corresponding increase in chemical shift range of the group 14 atom. The Hammett constant derived for the p-Ge(CH3)3 group of +0.13 compares with the NMR-derived constants of -0.12 for p-C(CH3)3, +0.14 for p-Si(CH3)3, and -0.14 for p-Sn(CH3)3. The indication of electron release by carbon and tin can be rationalized through traditional hyperconjugative arguments for carbon and by the low electronegativity and consequent inductive effect of tin. The small electron attraction suggested by the positive constants for silicon and germanium can be simply, and perhaps naively, attributed to pi-acceptor interactions with the benzene ring.     

Complete 1H and 13C NMR spectral assignments for the glycoalkaloid dehydrocommersonine

The normal levels and types of glycoalkaloids found in commercial varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum) appear to present no hazard to human health. However when wild Solanum species are used in breeding endeavors, new and untested glycoalkaloids may be introduced. Recent studies of domestic crosses with a wild Solanum oplocense accession indicated that the levels of a non‐indigenous glycoalkaloid appeared associated with reduced defoliation by the Colorado potato beetle. The non‐indigenous glycoalkaloid was isolated from foliage of the wild S. oplocense accession and unambiguously characterized by high‐resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and NM analysis as the glycoalkaloid dehydrocommersonine. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

13C-13C spin-spin coupling constants in structural studies: XLIII. Stereochemical study on functionalized 3-iminopyrrolizines

Three 1-ethylsulfanyl-3-imino-3H-pyrrolizine-2-carboxamides were synthesized by intramolecular cyclization of substituted (2Z)-2-cyano-3-ethylsulfanyl-3-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)prop-2-enamides. The products were assigned syn configuration at the C=N bond and preferential s-cis orientation of the carbamoyl group on the basis of the experimental ¹³C-¹³C coupling constants and high-level nonempirical quantum-chemical calculations.     

13C-13C Spin-Spin Coupling Constants in Structural Studies: XXXVI. Stereochemical Study of the Septanose Ring

¹³C-¹³C Spin-spin coupling constants of aldoseptanoses of the Dseries were calculated in terms of the self-consistent finite perturbation theory. General relations holding in the stereochemical behavior of the ¹³C-¹³C coupling constants in the septanose ring were determined, which made it possible to perform conformational analysis and assign configuration of the anomeric centers in carbohydrates and products of their metabolism.     

(13)C NMR spectral assignment of 1,4-diarylpiperazinones

The piperazinone derivatives have potential application in the pharmaceutical, polymer and textile fields. The present work describes the preparation of a series of new 1,4-diarylsubstituted-2-piperazinones by condensation of substituted N,N'-bis-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-ethylenediamines with glyoxal and the complete (13)C NMR spectral assignment accomplished using APT, HMQC and HMBC techniques. Substituent chemical-shift effects (SCS) were calculated, which showed different values for the lactam- and amine-substituted aromatic rings. The results show that predictions based on SCS effects are not simple for these molecules due to electronic and steric effects. Moreover, in the case of the ortho-substituted derivative 2 g, the NMR spectra reveal a dynamic behavior related to restricted rotation of the phenyl groups (atropisomerism).