NMR,MP2, and DFT study of thiophenoxyketenimines (o‐thio‐Schiff bases): Determination of the preferred form

Five new thiophenoxyketinimines have been synthesized. ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra as well as deuterium isotope effects on ¹³C chemical shifts are determined, and spectra are assigned. DFT and MP2 calculations of both structures, chemical shifts, and isotope effects on chemical shifts are done. The combined analysis reveals that the compounds are primarily on a zwitterionic form with an NH⁺ and a S⁻ group and with a little of the neutral form mixed in. Very strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding is found and very high NH chemical shifts are observed. The theoretical calculations show that calculations at the MP2 level are best to obtain correct “C═S” chemical shifts.     

Linear solvation energy relationships VIII—solvent effects on NMR spectral shifts and coupling constants

The solvatochromic comparison method is used to unravel solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding effects on a variety of NMR spectral shifts and coupling constants. Solvent effects are rationalized in terms of the solvatochromic parameters π*, δ, α and β. Properties analyzed include ¹⁹F shifts of 5-fluoroindole, ¹H shifts of fluorodinitromethane, tert-butanol, phenol, 2-methylbut-1-en-3-yne, and thioacetamide, ¹H and ¹³C shifts and J(¹³C¹H) coupling constants of chloroform, ¹³C shifts of acetone, ¹⁵N shifts of pyridine, ¹⁵N and ²⁹Si shifts of 1-methylsilatrane, and some J(¹¹⁹Sn,C,¹⁹F) coupling constants of polyalkyltin compounds.     

A simple graphical approach to predict local residue conformation using NMR chemical shifts and density functional theory

The dependency of amino acid chemical shifts on φ and ψ torsion angle is, independently, studied using a five‐residue fragment of ubiquitin and ONIOM(DFT:HF) approach. The variation of absolute deviation of ¹³C^α chemical shifts relative to φ dihedral angle is specifically dependent on secondary structure of protein not on amino acid type and fragment sequence. This dependency is observed neither on any of ¹³C^β, and ¹H^α chemical shifts nor on the variation of absolute deviation of ¹³C^α chemical shifts relative to ψ dihedral angle. The ¹³C^α absolute deviation chemical shifts (ADCC) plots are found as a suitable and simple tool to predict secondary structure of protein with no requirement of highly accurate calculations, priori knowledge of protein structure and structural refinement. Comparison of Full‐DFT and ONIOM(DFT:HF) approaches illustrates that the trend of ¹³C^α ADCC plots are independent of computational method but not of basis set valence shell type. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Application of 15N spectroscopy and dynamic NMR to the study of ureas,thioureas and their lewis acid adducts

Rotational barriers and ¹⁵N chemical shifts have been measured in a number of ureas and thioureas. As anticipated on the basis of the ¹⁵N shifts, several previously unobserved rotational barriers could be detected by using lanthanide reagents or a high field spectrometer. Nearly constant effects on both the rotational activation energy and the ¹⁵N shift are produced on going from ureas to the corresponding thioureas, and correlations are found between the ΔG? and δ¹⁵N values. The results are discussed in terms of lone pair delocalization, and anomalies with respect to the general behaviour are tentatively explained in the light of the effect of steric torsion in crowded structures on the ¹⁵N shifts and rotation barriers.     

15N NMR substituent effects in pyridines and pyrimidines

¹⁵N chemical shifts of 32 substituted pyridines and 19 substituted pyrimidines, together with additional data from the literature, are used to evalute substituent increments, A_i and A_ik, in the respective series. Differential chemical shifts, Δδ(N), correlate with corresponding Δδ(C) values whereby, on the ppm scale, nitrogen shifts are approximately three times more sensitive towards substituents than carbon shifts. The ¹⁵N increments have proven additive and useful for assignment purposes.     

Proton and carbon-13 chemical shifts: Comparison between theory and experiment

A series of ab initio ¹H and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts are presented for all molecules for which gas-phase experimental measurements exist. Quantitative agreement with this large set of data is achieved by the use of gauge-invariant atomic orbitals in an SCF perturbation theory approach. The effect of basis set completeness on these ¹H and ¹³C chemical shifts is also examined. The 4-31G basis set is found to provide internally consistent results and give satisfactory agreement with gas-phase experimental data. Errors within 6% for ¹H shifts and 3% for ¹³C shifts result. Increasing the basis set to the 6-31G^* level does not significantly improve the agreement. For ¹H shifts only, the 3-21G basis set is adequate. The validity of the particular computational approach employed here is further substantiated by comparison to another ab initio magnetic shielding method.     

13C NMR spectroscopy of coumarin derivatives

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 209 naturally occurring and synthetic coumarin derivatives are listed and a number of methods for signal assignments are explained. Substituent effects on ¹³C chemical shifts (SCS) in monosubstituted coumarins and non-additivities of SCS in coumarins with more than one substituent are discussed in detail.     

A carbon-13 NMR study of the ion pair structure of the dibenzo[b,f]pentalene dianion

The ¹H and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts of dibenzo[b, f]pentalene and its 5,10-dimethyl derivative are presented and compared with those of the corresponding dilithium dianions. As probed by the relative ¹³C NMR chemical shifts, the charge distribution within the dianion system is clearly dependent on the actual ion pair state. This condition is demonstrated by varying the solvent and temperature. The polarization of charge towards the pentalene carbons, i.e. the preferred cation positions, is observed on going to tight ion pair conditions. Further support for this model is gained from ⁷Li NMR. The limitations of the use of ¹H and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts to measure charge distributions within anion systems are discussed.     

17O NMR investigation of acetyl and formylthiophenes,furans and pyrroles

The ¹⁷O nmr chemical shifts of 20 acetyl and formylthoiphenes, furans, and pyrroles are reported. The chemical shifts qualitatively correlate with the electronic character of the heterocyclic rings. The effect of steric factors are noted for the ¹⁷O chemical shifts of alkyl substituted acetylthiophenes and for N-methylpyr-roles.     

1H NMR spectra part 31: 1H chemical shifts of amides in DMSO solvent

The ¹H chemical shifts of 48 amides in DMSO solvent are assigned and presented. The solvent shifts Δδ (DMSO‐CDCl₃) are large (1–2 ppm) for the NH protons but smaller and negative (?0.1 to ?0.2 ppm) for close range protons. A selection of the observed solvent shifts is compared with calculated shifts from the present model and from GIAO calculations. Those for the NH protons agree with both calculations, but other solvent shifts such as Δδ(CHO) are not well reproduced by the GIAO calculations. The ¹H chemical shifts of the amides in DMSO were analysed using a functional approach for near ( ≤ 3 bonds removed) protons and the electric field, magnetic anisotropy and steric effect of the amide group for more distant protons. The chemical shifts of the NH protons of acetanilide and benzamide vary linearly with the π density on the αN and βC atoms, respectively. The C=O anisotropy and steric effect are in general little changed from the values in CDCl₃. The effects of substituents F, Cl, Me on the NH proton shifts are reproduced. The electric field coefficient for the protons in DMSO is 90% of that in CDCl₃. There is no steric effect of the C=O oxygen on the NH proton in an NH…O=C hydrogen bond. The observed deshielding is due to the electric field effect. The calculated chemical shifts agree well with the observed shifts (RMS error of 0.106 ppm for the data set of 257 entries). Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

15N and 13C NMR chemical shifts of 6‐(fluoro,chloro, bromo,and iodo)purine 2′‐deoxynucleosides: measurements and calculations

The ¹⁵N and ¹³C chemical shifts of 6‐(fluoro, chloro, bromo, and iodo)purine 2′‐deoxynucleoside derivatives in deuterated chloroform were measured. The ¹⁵N chemical shifts were determined by the ¹H? ¹⁵N HMBC method, and complete ¹⁵N chemical‐shift assignments were made with the aid of density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Inclusion of solvation effects significantly improved the precision of the calculations of ¹⁵N chemical shifts. Halogen‐substitution effects on the ¹⁵N and ¹³C chemical shifts of purine rings are discussed in the context of DFT results. The experimental coupling constants for ¹⁹F interacting with ¹⁵N and ¹³C of the 6‐fluoropurine 2‐deoxynuleoside are compared with those from DFT calculations. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the use of the Bayliss-McRae dispersion model in NMR solvent effects

The use of the Bayliss-McRae theory on the solvent induced electronic frequency shifts for NMR dispersion shifts is criticized. It is suggested that the NMR shifts should actually be proportional to the square of the Bayliss-McRae function. It is shown that the methane gas-to-liquid shifts in eleven halo-methanes as solvents are indeed proportional to this squared function; ?σ_m(CH₄) = 9.62 (n₂²?1)²/(2n₂²+1)² ppm, where n₂ is the refractive index of the solvent. The relation between this solvent factor and several existing continuum models for NMR medium shifts is discussed.     

13C NMR spectra and carbon-proton coupling constants of various methylangelicins

The ¹³C-nmr spectra of various methyl derivatives of angelicin are reported. The assignment of chemical shifts for all the C atoms has been achieved by using carbon-proton coupling constants, nuclear Overhauser effect consideration and shift effects caused by the introduction of methyl groups on various positions of the angelicin nucleus. Substituent effects on ¹³C chemical shifts and carbon-proton coupling constants are discussed.     

Predicting 15N amide chemical shifts in proteins. I. An additive model for the backbone contribution

Because proteins adopt unique structures, chemically identical nuclei in proteins exhibit different chemical shifts. Amide ¹⁵N chemical shifts have been shown to vary over 20 ppm. The cause of these chemical shift inequivalencies is the different intra‐ and intermolecular interactions that individual nuclei experience at different locations in the protein structure. These chemical shift inequivalencies can be described as structural shifts, the difference between the actual chemical shift and the random coil chemical shift. As a first step toward the prediction of these amide ¹⁵N structural shifts, calculations have been carried out on acetyl‐glycine‐methyl amide to examine how a neighboring peptide group influences the amide ¹⁵N structural shifts. The ϕ,ψ dihedral angle space is completely surveyed, while all other geometrical variables are held fixed, to isolate the effect of the backbone conformation. Similar calculations for a limited number of conformations of acetyl‐glycine‐glycine‐methyl amide were carried out, where the effects of the two terminal peptide groups on the central amide ¹⁵N structural shift are examined. It is shown that the effect of the two adjacent groups can be accurately modeled by combining their individual effects additively. This provides a quite simple method to predict the backbone influence on amide ¹⁵N structural shifts in proteins. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Comput Chem 22: 366–372, 2001     

Estimation and prediction of 13C NMR chemical shifts of carbon atoms in both alcohols and thiols

Quantitative structure-spectrum relationship calculations of ¹³C NMR chemical shifts of both 302 carbon atoms in 56 alcohols and 62 carbon atoms in 15 thiols are described using several parameters: the atomic ionicity index (INI), the polarizability effect index (PEI), and stereoscopic effect parameters (?) of the compounds. The ¹³C NMR chemical shifts for these compounds of both alcohols and thiols can be estimated through the multiple linear regression (MLR). A MLR model was built with variable screening by the stepwise multiple regression and examined by validation on its stability. The correlation coefficient of the established model as well as the leave-one-out cross-validation was 0.9724 and 0.9716 respectively. The results obviously indicate that INI and ? are linearly related with ¹³C NMR chemical shifts, which provides a new method for calculating ¹³C NMR chemical shifts in the compounds of both alcohols and thiols.     

13C-Chemische verschiebungen und substituenteneffekte in polycyclisch konjugierten π-elektronensystemen mit fünf- und siebengliedrigen ringen1

In order to study the substituent influence on the ¹³C chemical shifts in polycyclic conjugated π-electron systems with five and seven membered rings we have studied the aceheptylene system with markedly alternating bond length— in contrast to azulene investigated earlier—as well as 5-azaazulene as a hetero-analogue of azulene. The substituent induced ¹³C chemical shifts Δδ_c observed in the monomethylazulenes, monomethylaceheptylenes and in 5-azaazulene are correlated with the atom-atom polarizibilities π_ij of the corresponding unsubstituted compound. For 5-aza-azulene it was further tested, if the ¹³C chemical shifts could be predicted using the ¹³C chemical shifts of 4-substituted derivatives (RCN, Cl, OEt) and the correlations given in the literature for the substituent induced ¹³C chemical shifts in the system benzene/butadiene. The results show that the influence of the π-electrons is markedly overshadowed in the methylazulenes and -aceheptylenes by other effects, but is clearly discernible in 5-azaazulene as a derivative of azulene; so the data can be used to predict the ¹³C chemical shifts of other azaazulenes.     

Temperature effects on 13C n.m.r. chemical shifts of normal alkanes and some line r and branched 1-alkenes

¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts of a number of 1,1-disubstituted ethylenes are presented. Moreover, effects of changing temperatures on the ¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts of some of these compounds as well as of three normal alkanes are given. These variations in chemical shifts are attributed to varying amounts of sterically induced shifts in the different conformational equilibria. In addition to the well-known 1,4 interaction between two alkyl groups shielding effects on the carbon atoms of the connecting bonds are also proposed. No definite explanation of this effect is presented at this time. It is further shown that no simple correlations exist between ¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts and calculated total charge densities at this level. Instead, the experimental results in 1-alkenes are rationalized by assuming a linear dependence of the ¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts of C-1 and C-2 via rehybridizations on changes in bond angles for small skeletal deformations caused by steric interactions. These changes in geometries, as well as conformational energies in three 1-alkenes, were calculated by means of VFF calculations. Finally. upfield shifts for both C-2 and C-4 are proposed for those conformations of 1-alkenes in which the C-3? C-4 group interacts with the p_z-orbital of C-2.     

13C-NMR spectra and carbon-proton coupling constants of variously annulated furocoumarins

The ¹³C-nmr spectra of variously annulated methylfurocoumarins are reported. The assignments of chemical shifts for all the C resonances has been achieved by using carbon-proton coupling constants, relaxation efficiency considerations and shift effects caused by the introduction of methyl groups at various positions of the furocoumarin nucleus. Substituent effects on ¹³C chemical shifts and carbon-proton coupling constants are discussed.     

13C NMR spectra of alkyl- and phenylpyrazines and their N-oxides

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 37 pyrazines, including their N-oxides, are reported. Substituent effects of methyl, phenyl and N-oxide groups on the chemical shifts were examined. To comprehend these effects, the chemical shifts were compared with charge densities calculated by the CNDO/2 method and a good correlation was obtained. ¹³C, ¹H coupling constants of some pyrazines were also determined and assigned. These data enable us to assign the ¹³C NMR spectra of substituted pyrazines and to understand the effects of N-oxidation on the pyrazine nuclei.     

Investigation of Substituent Effects on Proton and Carbon-13 Chemical Shifts of 4-Substituted Trans-Stilbenes

Proton and carbon-13 chemical shifts of para-substituted stilbenes have been measured. ¹H-¹H, ¹H-¹³C COSY spectra were obtained to analyze unambiguously the chemical shifts of protons and carbons. A long range coupling between 2-H and α-H was observed in a ¹H-¹H COSY spectrum. The observed chemical shifts have been correlated with Hammett substituent parameters. Among ethenyl protons and carbons, all but the chemical shifts of α-H show good correlation with both dual substituent parameters and single substituent parameters. In addition to this finding, the excellent linear correlations of C-l, and 4′-H of 4-substituted trans-stilbenes are also reported. Besides the correlations of chemical shifts with Hammett parameters, a good correlation between the chemical shifts and the calculated charges of position C-4′ are reported.