13C-NMR-Untersuchungen zur Strukturaufklärung von Polysacchariden und deren Methylderivaten

The ¹³C NMR spectra of some polysaccharides and their methyl derivatives have been analysed. The numbers and positions of the assigned ¹³C NMR signals give some information about the structure of the monomer unit and the positions of the glycosidic linkage but no information about the anomeric configuration. In this case the ¹J(C-1, H) coupling constants make it possible to identify the anomeric configuration, because the mean differences of the J values for the α- and β-anomers are 12 Hz (at least 5 Hz) with the higher values for the α-anomers.     

Synthese photochimique et etude structurale d'alcoxy-spirocetals et de trioxa-bis-spirocetals

The spiroketal systems can be obtained easily by a Norrish type II reaction applied to tetrahydropyranic ketoacetals having a carbonyl group in δ position of the acetalic hydrogen. The structures of spirans and bispirans established by IR, NMR (¹H and ¹³C show an axial conformation for the C-O bond of the tetrahydrofuran ring. With the bispirans this anomeric effect requires for some isomers a twist boat conformation of the tetrahydropyran ring.     

Stéréochimie de β-diols et de leurs dérivés cycliques–VI. Calcul empirique des déplacements chimiques en série dioxannique. Détermination et discussion des incréments de calcul

In order to calculate empirically proton chemical shifts in methyl 1,3-dioxans, the basic values for each proton of 1,3-dioxan itself are estimated. Then, using methyl derivatives in the chair conformation, the Δδ primary effects of methyl groups in any position are given. Modifications take place in molecules with butane gauche interactions and these secondary effects are evaluated. Analogous Δδ in both the cyclohexane and dioxane series are related to similar cyclic geometry. The presence of oxygen atoms however, introduces important discrepancies.     

Sels d'alkyloxyphosphonium—XV: Activation de l'hydroxyle anomere des 2,3,4,6-tetra-o-acyl-d-glucopyranoses—II. Preparation d'orthoesters et de thioglucosides

The joint action of tris(dimethylamino)phosphine (TDAP)-carbon tetrachloride on a tetra-O-acyl-2,3,4,6-d-glucopyranose yields two anomeric oxyphosphonium chlorides (ATDP salts). One of these anomeric forms is stable and the corresponding α-hexafluorophosphate is isolable as a solid. The alcohols react with the mixture of ATDP chlorides to yield 1,2-orthoesters, while thiophenol reacts to give the thioglucoside. These results are discussed and interpreted.     

Détermination de la Conformation et de la Configuration de Sulfoxydes à Sept Chainons,Intermédiaires de Synthèse d'un Analogue de la Biotine

The conformation of the two isomeric 8,10-diaza-8,10-dibenzyl-4-thiabicyclo[5.3.0]decan-9-one 4-oxides has been studied by NMR. The vicinal coupling constants show that these two sulfoxides exist in a highly preferred chair conformation where the S→O bond is axial.     

Mannosazide methyl uronate donors. Glycosylating properties and use in the construction of β-ManNAcA-containing oligosaccharides

Mannosazide methyl uronate donors equipped with a variety of anomeric leaving groups (β- and α-S-phenyl, β- and α-N-phenyltrifluoroacetimidates, hydroxyl, β-sulfoxide, and (R(s))- and (S(s))-α-sulfoxides) were subjected to activating conditions, and the results were monitored by (1)H NMR. While the S-phenyl and imidate donors all gave a conformational mixture of anomeric α-triflates, the hemiacetal and β- and α-sulfoxides produced an oxosulfonium triflate and β- and α-sulfonium bistriflates, respectively. The β-S-phenyl mannosazide methyl uronate performed best in both activation experiments and glycosylation studies and provided the 1,2-cis mannosidic linkage with excellent selectivity. Consequently, an α-Glc-(1→4)-β-ManN(3)A-SPh disaccharide, constructed by the stereoselective glycosylation of a 6-O-Fmoc-protected glucoside and β-S-phenyl mannosazide methyl uronate, was used as the repetitive donor building block in the synthesis of tri-, penta-, and heptasaccharide fragments corresponding to the Micrococcus luteus teichuronic acid.     

Stereochemical study of the CD spectral differences between anomers of alkyl glucopyranosides

Slightly different chair conformation geometries were demonstrated to be the origin of the CD spectral differences observed in anomers of alkyl glucopyranosides. The study, using methyl glucopyranoside derivatives as model compounds, showed excellent agreement between CD data, ¹H NMR data, and semiempirical calculations, and the geometries found explained satisfactorily the higher amplitudes observed for the β-anomers of tetrachromophorically substituted alkyl glucopyranosides. The pairwise interactions involving the chromophore at C2, the 2/3, 2/4 and 2/6, were the most dependent on the anomeric configuration, the 2/4 interaction even showing opposite CD signs for the anomers. In addition, the 2/3 pairwise interaction was revealed to be independent of the structural nature of the aglycon.     

NMR characterization of α- and β-mannopyranurono-2,6-lactones

Determining the stereochemistry at the anomeric position of glycosides is imperative in chemical synthesis. As for 1,2-cis-β-glycosides such as β-mannosides, ¹³C-¹H coupling constants, ¹J_CHs, are conventionally used when glycosides are in an ordinary chair conformation. In this work, we searched for appropriate criteria to determine the stereochemistry of products in a recently developed glycosylation reaction using 2,6-lactones. As a result, we found that α-glycosides exhibited vicinal coupling constants of around 3.0?Hz?at the anomeric proton, as well as a long-range coupling between protons at C-1 and C-5, whereas β-glycosides had coupling constants of 1.2?Hz?at most. These figures are expected to be useful for future assignments. In addition, the observations obtained from this study revealed the conformation of glycosides with a 2,6-lactone moiety.     

Étude des Paramètres de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire et de la Stéréochimie de Thiono-2 R-2 Dithiaphosphorinanes-1,3,2

The ¹H, ¹³C and ³¹P n.m.r. spectra of eleven 2-R-2-thiono-1,3,2-dithiaphosphorinanes with various R groups attached to the phosphorus atom have been recorded and analysed. In the compounds where R=Cl, OMe or N, the molecule adopts a chair conformation with the R group axially oriented. When the molecule adopts a chair conformation with equatorially oriented R. In the case of the derivatives with R=phenyl, Me, N(Me)₂ or NHt-Bu, a chair–chair conformational equilibrium was observed. The hindered rotation about the P? N bond was also examined in the derivative with      

Etude par Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire de dioxaphosphorinanes-1,3,2 à liaison P?N extracyclique. Exemple de changement d'orientation de la liaison P?N

The ¹H NMR spectra of several 1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinanes bearing an extracyclic P? N bond have been analysed. The ³J(POCH) couplings are strongly dependent upon the orientation of the bond around the phosphorus atom. Depending upon the nature of the bonds attached to the nitrogen atom, the dioxaphosphorinane ring may adopt either a fixed chair conformation with the P? N bond in the axial or equatorial orientation, or it may be in equilibrium between two chair conformations where the P? N bond is alternately axial or equatorial. The equilibrium is fast on the NMR time scale.     

Lanosterol Biosynthesis: The Critical Role of the Methyl‐29 Group of 2,3‐Oxidosqualene for the Correct Folding of this Substrate and for the Construction of the Five‐Membered D Ring

Lanosterol synthase catalyzes the polycyclization reaction of (3S)‐2,3‐oxidosqualene ( 1 ) into tetracyclic lanosterol 2 by folding 1 in a chair‐boat‐chair‐chair conformation. 27‐Nor‐ and 29‐noroxidosqaulenes ( 7 and 8 , respectively) were incubated with this enzyme to investigate the role of the methyl groups on 1 for the polycyclization cascade. Compound 7 afforded two enzymatic products, namely, 30‐norlanosterol ( 12 ) and 26‐normalabaricatriene ( 13 ; 12 / 13 9:1), which were produced through the normal chair‐boat‐chair‐chair conformation and an atypical chair‐chair‐boat conformation, respectively. Compound 8 gave two products 14 and 15 ( 14 / 15 4:5), which were generated by the normal and the unusual polycyclization pathways through a chair‐chair‐boat‐chair conformation, respectively. It is remarkable that the twist‐boat structure for the B‐ring formation was changed to an energetically favored chair structure for the generation of 15 . Surprisingly, 14 and 15 consisted of a novel 6,6,6,6‐fused tetracyclic ring system, thus differing from the 6,6,6,5‐fused lanosterol skeleton. Together with previous results, we conclude that the methyl‐29 group is critical to the correct folding of 1 , with lesser contributions from the other branched methyl groups, such as methyl‐26, ‐27, and ‐28. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the methyl‐29 group has a crucial role in the formation of the five‐membered D ring of the lanosterol scaffold.     

Studies of some monocyclic and bicyclic arylacetonitriles

The high-resolution (1)H, (13)C, (1)H-(1)H COSY and (1)H-(13)C COSY NMR spectra have been recorded in CDCl(3) for arylacetonitriles 1-12 and analyzed. The arylacetonitriles 3-7 exist in two isomeric forms E (methyl group is anti to cyano group) and Z (the methyl group is syn to cyano group) in solution. Normal chair conformation with equatorial orientations of phenyl rings at C-2 and C-6 for monocyclic nitriles 1 and 2, epimeric chair structure EC (axial configuration of methyl group at C-3) for both the E and Z isomers of arylacetonitrile derivatives (3-7) and a distorted boat form, B(3), for the N-acylacetonitrile derivatives (8-10) have been proposed based on NMR data. The bicyclic nitriles 11 and 12 exist in twin chair conformations in solution. DFT calculations and chemical shifts also support these conformations. Geometry optimizations for 1-12 were carried out according to density functional theory using B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) basis set and for 1 and 8 the theoretical geometrical parameters have been compared with those of single crystal measurements.     

Conformational Studies of Marine Polyhalogenated α-Chamigrenes Using Temperature-Dependent NMR Spectra. Cyclohexene-ring flipping and rigid-chair cyclohexane ring in the presence of equatorial halogen atoms at C(8) and C(9)

Temperature-dependent NMR spectra indicate that the α-chamigren-3-ones (?) -11 , (+) -12 , (+) -14 (?) -15 , (+) -16, 18 , and 19 bearing equatorial halogen atoms at C(8) and C(9) undergo slow conformational flipping of the envelope-shaped enone ring, while the cyclohexane ring is maintained in the chair conformation. The α-chamigren-3-ols (+) -20 and (+) -21 , obtained by hydride reduction of (+) -12 , behave similarly, with slow half-chair inversion of the cyclohexenol ring. In each case, both conformers are about equally populated and detectable by NMR, except in the case of (+) -15 , where repulsive interactions between Br? C(2) and H_eq?C(7) make the population of the conformer 15b with Me—C(5) faced to H_ax?C(10) so low that it escapes direct ¹H-NMR detection. The energy barriers to these conformational motions are viewed to arise mainly from repulsive interactions between Me—C(5) and the axial H-atoms at C(8) and C(10), while, contrary to previous beliefs, no twist-boat conformations of the cyclohexane ring intervene. Similar conclusions hold for the 4,5-epoxides of both (?) -6 and (+) -7 . Clean Jones oxidatio of (?) -2 to 17 , where the CH₂?C(5) bond is maintained, and acid dehydration-isomerization of the α-chamigrene (+) -21 to the β-chamigrene (+) -24 , reflect the special stability of β-chamigrenes, providing a reason for their frequent occurrence in nature.     

Pimaricin—VIII : Structural and configurational studies by electron impact and field desorption mass spectrometry, 13C (25.2MHz) and 1H (270 MHz)-NMR spectroscopy

Attempts to obtain a molecular ion from the polyene macrolide antibiotic pimaricin by EI and FD mass spectrometry were unsuccessful The loss of carbon dioxide and a varying number of water molecules from the molecular ion made a molecular-weight determination impossible ¹³C NMR spectroscopy of N-acetylpimaricin, its dodecahydroderivative, and of HH-2, a hydrogenation-hydrogenolysis product of N-acetylpimaricin, confirmed that the antibiotic has structure 3 containing a hemi-ketalic ring and lacking an OH group at C-8. The value of the anomeric coupling constant, J_c-1-h-1, indicates that the mycosamine moiety is β-glycosidically bound to the aglycone.The structure and configuration of the antibiotic have been studied by analysis of the 270 MHz ¹H-NMR spectra of N acetylpimaricin and HH-2. By comparison of the two spectra and by extensive decoupling experiments, all signals in the spectrum of N-acetylpimaricin have been assigned to the protons in structure 3. From chemical-shift, coupling constant, and integral values, it was deduced that the mycosamine ring is pyranoid with a chair conformation, the hemi-ketal is 6 membered and occupies a chair conformation with the substituents in equatorial positions, the epoxy protons as well as the olefinic protons are trans to each other, and the antibiotic is diastereomerically pure.     

Opioid conformations: The remarkable effect of C-14 substituents on ring c conformations of 6α and 6β epimers of 6-substituted epoxymorphinan opioid ligands

High field ¹H nmr studies have shown that the nature of the C -14 substituents has a remarkable influence on ring C conformation of epoxymorphinan opioids which have a 6α-hydroxyl group. In sharp contrast to the ring C twist-boat conformation observed in those 6α-hydroxy compounds which also have a 14-hydroxyl group (α-naltrexol; α-oxymorphol), ring C exists predominantly as a chair conformer in 6α-hydroxy compounds which have a proton bound to C -14 (dihydromorphine; dihydrocodeine). The 6β-hydroxy compounds (β-naltrexol; β-oxymorphol) have a ring C chair conformation in agreement with earlier studies.     

Conformational Studies of Marine Polyhalogenated α-Chamigrenes Using Temperature-dependent NMR spectra inverted-chair and twist-boat cyclohexane moieties in the presence of an axial halogen atom at C(8)

α-Chamigren-3-one (+) -8 bearing an axial CI-atom at C(8) exists as a largely dominant conformer with Me—C(5) at the envelope-shaped enone ring pointing away from CI_ax?C(8) at the cyclohexane ring (= B) in the ‘normal’ chair conformation, as shown by ¹H-NMR. In contrast, the α-chamigren-3-ols (+) -9 and (+) -10 , obtained from hydride reduction of (+) -8 , show a temperature-dependent equilibrium of conformers where the major conformers have ring B in the inverted-chair (and twist-boat for (+) -9 ) conformation to avoid repulsions between Me?C(5) and CI_ax–C(8) (Scheme 1). This is in agreement with the conformation of the epoxidation product (+) -12 of (+) -9 where Me–C(5) is pushed away from CI_ax–C(8) in a ring-B chair similar to that of (+) -8 (Scheme 2). Introduction of a pseudoequatorial Br-atom at C(2) of (+) -8 , as in enone (+) -15 (Scheme 3), does not affect the conformation; but a pseudoaxial Br? C(2) experiences repulsive interactions with H_eq–C(7), as shown by the ¹H-NMR data of the isomeric enone (+) -16 where the ‘normal’-chair conformer Cβ -16 is in an equilibrium with the inverted chair conformer ICβ -16 (Scheme 3). These results and the accompanying paper allow a unifying view on the conformational behavior of marine polyhalogenated α-chamigrenes. This view is supported by the acid-induced isomerization of α-chamigrene (+) -9 (inverted chair) to β-chamigrene (+) -17 (‘normal’ chair; Scheme 4), the driving force being the lesser space requirement of CH₂?C(5) than of Me–C(5). This explains why β-chamigrenes are so common in nature.     

Etude par RMN du 13C d'Epoxydes en Série Diterpénique

A ¹³C NMR study of various epoxides prepared from methyl esters of resin acids possessing the pimarane skeleton reveals that the chemical shifts of carbons in α, β, γ or δ position to the epoxide oxygen are influenced by the configuration of the epoxide ring.     

Heterocyclic N-glycosyl derivatives—XIII: Reaction of 6-chloropurine and benzotriazoles with acetylated glycals

Acid-catalysed reactions of tri-O-acetyl-D-glucal with benzotriazole, 5,6-dimethylbenzotriazole, 5,6-dichlorobenzotriazole and 6-chloropurine have been found to give anomeric mixtures of the corresponding 2′,3′-unsaturated N-glycosyl derivatives with the α-anomers preponderating. When tri-O-acetyl-D-galactal was used the 3′,4′,6′-tri-O-acetyl-α- and β-D-lyxo-hexopyranosyl nucleoside analogs were obtained. The conformation and anomeric configuration of all the N-glycosyl compounds obtained were assigned by NMR studies.     

A new disaccharide,glaucobiose from Chinese drug “Pai-ch'ien”: A comparison of 13C NMR with its diastereomeric isomer,strophanthobiose

The structure of a new disaccharide named glaucobiose (4) has been established, and the ¹³C NMR of its methyl β- (5) and α-glycoside (6), and that of methyl β-strophanthobioside (2) were studied.     

Orbital interactions and their effects on 13C NMR chemical shifts for 4,6-disubstituted-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxanes. A theoretical study

A theoretical study is employed to describe the orbital interactions involved in the conformers' stability, the energies for the stereoelectronic interactions, and the corresponding effects of these interactions on the molecular structure (bond lengths) for cis- and trans-4,6-disubstituted-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxanes. For cis-4,6-disubstituted-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxanes, two LPO --> sigma*C(2)-Me(8) interactions are extremely important and the energies involved in these interactions are in the range 6.81-7.58 kcal mol(-1) for the LP(O)(1) --> sigma*C(2)-Me(8) and 7.58-7.71 kcal mol(-1) for the LP(O)(3) --> sigma*C(2)-Me(8) interaction. These two LP(O) --> sigma*C(2)-Me(8) interactions cause an upfield shift, indicating an increased shielding (increased electron density) of the ketal carbon C(2) as well as the axial Me(8) group in the chair conformation. These LP(O) --> sigma*C(2)-Me(8) hyperconjugative anomeric type interactions can explain the 13C NMR chemical shifts at 19 ppm for the axial methyl group "Me(8)" and 98.5 ppm for the ketal carbon "C(2)". The observed results for the trans derivatives showed that for compounds 2a-c (R = -CN, -C[triple bond]CH, and -CHO, respectively) the chair conformation is predominant, whereas for 2d,f-h [-CH3, -Ph, -C6H4(p-NO2), -C6H4(p-OCH3), respectively] the twist-boat is the most stable compound and for 2e [-C(CH3)3] is the only form.