A multinuclear magnetic resonance study of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in some Schiff and Schiff-Mannich bases in solution and in the solid state

Two Schiff bases; N, N′-bis(5-bromosalicylidene)-1,2-diaminoethane, BS, and 7-[(1-{5-bromo-2-hydroxyphenyl} methylidene)amino]-4-methylcoumarin, Sc, and two appropriate Schiff–Mannich bases, N, N′-bis{5-bromo-3-[(diethylamino)methyl]salicylidene}-1,2-diaminoethane, BSM, and 7-[(1-{5-bromo-3-[(diethylamino)methyl]-2-hydroxyphenyl} methylidene)amino]-4-methylcoumarin, SMc, capable of intramolecular hydrogen bonding have been investigated by multinuclear magnetic resonance methods in both solid and liquid phases. In all of the compounds under investigation tautomeric equilibrium involving an intramolecular hydrogen bond has been found. The Schiff–Mannich bases, which can form two different kinds of H bonds at room temperature, form relatively weak H bonds with the imino nitrogen atoms. At low temperatures the tautomeric proton exchange becomes slow on the NMR time scale and both hydrogen-bonded forms can be observed by ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N NMR methods. In the solid state the tautomeric process is frozen and only one H-bonded form is present. On the basis of 13C and ¹⁵N CPMAS NMR spectra this is identified as the form with hydrogen bonds involving the imino groups. This conclusion is in good agreement with previous results obtained by X-ray diffraction methods.

The investigated Schiff bases (BS and Sc) form relatively weak H bonds. The proton position in the hydrogen bridge, estimated from ¹⁵N and ¹³C chemical shifts, is very similar in both the solution and solid phases. In chloroform solution the observed tautomeric equilibria are almost insensitive to a temperature change within the range 223 to 303 K.     

甲醛缩氨基脲及其有关化合物的~(15)N和~(13)C核磁共振研究

本文测定了12个甲醛缩氨基脲类化合物的~(15)N和~(13)C NMR谱,研究并对比了不同取代基对~(15)N和~(13)C化学位移的影响,结果表明:~(15)N化学位移对分子结构和取代基的电子效应更加敏感,变化范围更大.对N-苯甲醛缩氨基脲~(15)N化学位移与Hammatt取代常数σ的相关性进行了研究,并与苯胺的取代效应作了对比.     

Solid state 13C NMR of 30-crown-10 ether and 30-crown-10.4H2O

The ¹³C NMR solution spectra of 30-crown-10 ether and its tetrahydrate show only one resonance at all accessible temperatures. In contrast, the solid state ¹³C NMR spectrum of the 30-crown-10.4H₂O shows two resonances in the ratio of 4:1, separated by 1.2 ppm. In the case of 30-crown-10 itself, six resolvable ¹³C resonances in the ratio of 4:1:1:2:1:1 are observed in the solid with an overall chemical shift dispersion of 5 ppm. The remarkably different spectral behavior of these two systems in the solid state is discussed in terms of the torsional environments of the crystallographically unique carbons and the results of GIAO calculations of isotropic ¹³C shieldings for simpler model compounds. Results of dipolar dephased ¹³C CPMAS spectra indicate that 30-crown-10 does not undergo a large amplitude molecular motion, in contrast to earlier results for 18-crown-6. Only a small amount of residual intensity is found in the dipolar dephased spectrum of 30-crown-10.4H₂O, indicating that it also is relatively rigid in the solid.     

A 13C field-cycling NMR relaxometry investigation of proton tunnelling in the hydrogen bond: dynamic isotope effects, the influence of heteronuclear interactions and coupled relaxation

Concerted double proton transfer in the hydrogen bonds of a carboxylic acid dimer has been studied using 13C field-cycling NMR relaxometry. Heteronuclear 13C-1H dipolar interactions dominate the 13C spin-lattice relaxation which is significantly influenced by the polarisation state of the 1H Zeeman reservoir. The methodology of field-cycling experiments for such heteronuclear spin-coupled systems is studied experimentally and theoretically, including an investigation of various saturation-recovery and polarisation-recovery pulse sequence schemes. A theoretical model of the spin-lattice relaxation of this coupled system is presented which is corroborated by experiment. Spectral density components with frequencies omega(C), omega(C) + omega(H), and omega(C) - omega(H) are mapped out experimentally from the magnetic field dependence of the 13C and 1H spin-lattice relaxation and the proton transfer rate at low temperature is determined from their widths. Any dynamic isotope effect on the proton tunnelling in the hydrogen bond arising from 13C enrichment in the skeletal framework of the dimer is found to be smaller than experimental uncertainties (approximately 5%).     

Precision and sensitivity optimization of quantitative measurements in solid state NMR

This work presents a methodology for optimizing the precision, accuracy and sensitivity of quantitative solid state NMR measurements based on the external reference method. It is shown that the sample must be exclusively located within and completely span the coil region where the NMR response is directly proportional to the sample amount. We describe two methods to determine this "quantitative" coil volume, based on whether the probe is equipped or not with a gradient coil. In addition, to improve the sensitivity and the accuracy, an optimum rotor packing design is described, which allows the sample volume of the rotor to be matched to the quantitative coil volume. Experiments conducted on adamantane and NaCl, which are representative of a soft and hard material, respectively, show that one order of magnitude increase in experimental precision can be achieved with this methodology. Interestingly, the precision can be further improved by using the ERETIC method in order to compensate for most instrumental instabilities.     

Solid state NMR study of sodium thiocyanate/poly(ethylene oxide) electrolytes

¹H-, ¹³C-, ²³Na-solid state NMR measurements have been used to characterise the morphology and the dynamics of several NaSCN-PEO mixtures. Selective ¹³C-MAS experiments allowed to determine the composition of the (PEO)_nNaSCN samples in terms of the different phases present, as well as the real stoichiometry of the crystalline complex. ¹H- and ¹³C-spin-lattice relaxation times provided estimates of the dimensions of the different domains and gave information on the dynamics of the polymer chains. ²³Na-MAS spectra and 2D nutation experiments allowed to individuate the presence of different environments for the sodium cations on the basis of their quadrupolar interactions.     

Solid-state 13C NMR study of poly(vinyl alcohol) gels

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with 55% and 61% syndiotacticity, and their related dry and hydrated gels obtained by two different freeze–thawing cycles have been investigated using the solid-state ¹³C CP-MAS NMR technique. From a comparative analysis of the spectra, evidence was obtained that the gelation process largely disrupts the intramolecular hydrogen-bonded network of the PVA. The addition of water to the dry gels favours their swelling, destroying intra-chain hydrogen bonds between hydroxyl groups as a function of the degree of tacticity and the gelation procedure, and promotes the formation of new networks of interchain hydrogen bonds. Information on the dynamics of the polymeric domains in the kilohertz range has been obtained from the analysis of the spin relaxation times T_1ρ(¹H) and T_1ρ(¹³C), indicating that homogeneous arrangements of the amorphous or swollen polymeric chains exist, independent of the preparation method or the tacticity of the PVA chains.     

Structural and 14N EFG Information on Solid Imidazole by 13C CP/MAS NMR Data

Residual dipolar coupling between carbons and ¹⁴N nuclei in the ¹³C CPMAS NMR spectrum of solid imidazole is studied. Calculations of expected splittings with a previously reported equation leads to the complete assignment of the solid state carbon chemical shifts. Additionally, information is provided on the location of ¹⁴N electric field gradient axes at the N-H site.     

Solid state C NMR analysis of human gallstones from cancer and benign gall bladder diseases

Natural abundance ¹³C cross polarized (CP) magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis of human gall bladder stones collected from patients suffering from malignant and benign gall bladder disease was carried out which revealed different polymorphs of cholesterol in these stones. All gall bladder stones in present study had cholesterol as their main constituent. ¹³C CP-MAS NMR analysis revealed three forms of cholesterol molecules in these stones, which are anhydrous form, monohydrate crystalline with amorphous form and monohydrate crystalline form. Our study revealed that stones collected from patients associated with chronic cholecystitis (CC) disease have mostly different polymorph of cholesterol than stones collected from patients associated with gall bladder cancer (GBC). Such study will be helpful in understanding the mechanism of formation of gallstones which are associated with different gall bladder diseases. This is the first study by solid state NMR revealing different crystal polymorphism of cholesterol in human gallstones, extending the applicability of ¹³C CP-MAS NMR technique for the routine study of gallstones.     

The equation of state approximation of solid hydrogen in wide interval of densities

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The coefficients of the second order Birch equation for static lattice of solid hydrogen are determined.     

Spectroscopic manifestations of the intramolecular hydrogen bond in ordinary and sterically hindered porphyrins

Spectroscopic manifestations of the intramolecular hydrogen bond (IHB) in ordinary and sterically hindered porphyrins were investigated by the methods of IR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. It is shown that the IHB plays a part in the formation of the νNH and γNH vibrations of porphyrins. By changing the type and value of the distortion of the macroring at the expense of steric effects of interaction of volumetric substituents, the parameters and spectroscopic manifestations of the IHB can be varied in a significantly larger range as compared with ordinary tetrapyrroles having nearly quadratic and planar macrorings. Reported at the VIIIth International Conference on Spectroscopy of Porphyrins and Their Analogs, Minsk, September 22–26, 1998. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 4, pp. 522–527, July–August, 1999.     

13C NMR Study of the Natural Glycosides Vicine and Convicine

¹³C NMR parameters have been obtained for vicine and convicine in DMSO, D₂O/DMSO and D₂O. Complete assignment of the spectra has been achieved. Interpretation of spin-lattice relaxation rates and heteronu-clear NOES has yielded evidence of intramolecular structuring in the case of vicine and not in that of ronvirine and also of a complex network of solute-solvent interactions.     

13C NMR Chemical Shifts of Heterocycles: Empirical Substituent Effects in 5-Halomethylisoxazoles

Evaluation by empirically derived equations for the Substituent effect (α, β, γ, δ) on the ¹³C NMR chemical shifts for C-3, C-4. C-5 and halomethyl-substituent carbon (C-6) in isoxazoles 1-5 [where C-3 substituent (R¹) = H, alkyl or phenyl, C-4 Substituent (R²) = H, alkyl, and C-5 substituent (R³) = di-or trihalomethyl, methyl and H], taking as reference the compound la, is reported. From the calculated values for the α, β, γ, δ effects for each substituent it was possible to estimate the chemical shift of each carbon of the compounds 1–5. The ¹³ C chemical shifts of the C-3, C-4, C-5, C-6 of these compounds, can be estimated with good precision: 94% of the calculated chemical shifts are found to be within ±1.0ppm, and 100% are found to be within ±1.5ppm.     

13C NMR in the Structural Assignment of Fused Furoxans

The chemical shifts and multiplicities of the two bridgehead carbons in the ¹³C NMR spectra of various fused furoxans are snown to provide a general method for assigning structure in these tautomeric systems.     

Application of Solid-State C NMR Spectroscopy and Dipolar Dephasing Technique to Determine the Extent of Condensation in Technical Lignins

Solid-state ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and dipolar dephasing technique was used to determine the extent of condensation in various technical lignins. The accuracy of dipolar dephasing method was first investigated with the aid of some lignin model compounds and two various methods to determine the degree of condensation were compared. On the basis of the model compound experiments both methods based on dipolar dephasing technique can be applied to investigate the extent of condensation in lignin. The lignin results indicate that technical softwood lignins, as well as enzymatically isolated wood lignin, are more condensed than milled wood lignin, which is generally assumed to represent native lignin. Residual lignins isolated after oxygen delignification and peroxide bleaching stages were found more condensed than residual lignin in unbleached pulps. In studies of the spent liquor lignins of flow-through kraft pulping the extent of condensation was found to increase as the cooking proceeded.     

A 15N NMR Study of Protonation and Deprotonation of 4,5-Dicyanoimidazole and Its 2-Amino Analogue

Protonation and deprotonation of the title compounds, was studied by means of ¹⁵N NMR. The shieldings of the ring nitrogen atoms are found to be very sensitive to changes in the amount of protonation. In contrast the ¹⁵N shieldings of the cyano and amino groups are found to be relatively insensitive to protonation effects and are unsuitable for estimating the degree of protonation occurring.     

High resolution heteronuclear correlation NMR spectroscopy between quadrupolar nuclei and protons in the solid state

A high resolution two-dimensional solid state NMR experiment is presented that correlates half-integer quadrupolar spins with protons. In this experiment the quadrupolar nuclei evolve during t1 under a split-t1, FAM-enhanced MQMAS pulse scheme. After each t1 period ending at the MQMAS echo position, single quantum magnetization is transferred, via a cross polarization process in the mixing time, from the quadrupolar nuclei to the protons. High-resolution proton signals are then detected in the t2 time domain during wPMLG5* homonuclear decoupling. The experiment has been demonstrated on a powder sample of sodium citrate and 23Na-1H 2D correlation spectra have been obtained. From the HETCOR spectra and the regular MQMAS spectrum, the three crystallographically inequivalent Na+ sites in the asymmetric unit were assigned. This MQMAS-wPMLG HETCOR pulse sequence can be used for spectral editing of half-integer quadrupolar nuclei coupled to protons.     

Identification and Quantitative Determination of Dipropylene Glycol in Terpene Mixtures Using 13C NMR Spectroscopy

A method that allows direct identification and quantitative determination of dipropylene glycol (DPG) using ¹³C NMR spectroscopy was developed. The quantitative procedure was checked and validated with commercially available DPG, controlled with two DPG-added essential oils, and then applied to commercial “Extraits de parfum” (perfume extracts).     

应用FTIR和~(13)C NMR表征制革废水处理过程的溶解性有机物特性

制革业是我国重要的工业门类,年废水排放量2亿t以上。制革废水中油脂、皮屑、胶原蛋白等大分子有机物含量较高,同时兼具高盐、高碱、高负荷的特点,已被相关部门列为重点监控的工业污染源。在制革废水的处理方面,不仅要关注进出水的水质参数,同时也要监测废水处理过程污染物的转化规律,以便为废水处理工艺的优化和废水处理设备的研发提供基本数据。溶解性有机物(DOM)广泛存在于各类水体中,是表征废水理化性质和净化程度的重要参数。目前,对于制革废水处理过程DOM性质的研究尚很欠缺。以此为切入点,采用元素分析、热重分析、红外光谱和核磁共振表征制革废水不同处理工段的DOM样品。研究发现:制革废水处理时间的延长导致DOM中C元素含量升高,H/C原子比先增加后降低,说明大分子有机物首先被分解为小分子链状结构,最终存在于水体的是极难降解的终极结构组分。DOM脂肪族化合物和蛋白组分的热解发生在第二阶段(110~530℃),第三阶段(530~800℃)主要完成芳环的降解或C—C键的断裂。废水原水DOM主要含有—OH,—NH2,CO等官能团,FTIR图谱证明了废水处理中后期高聚合度芳香族物质的存在,这是微生物新陈代谢作用的结果。DOM中烷基C含量先增加后减少,含量最大值(25.25%)出现在二级生化池;芳香C含量的最小值(28.28%)出现在二级生化池,而后迅速上升,暗示了废水处理过程含C官能团种类和数量的交替变化规律。对制革废水DOM性质的跟踪识别有助于从总体上推断污染物的净化机制。