Conformational equilibrium isotope effects in glucose by (13)C NMR spectroscopy and computational studies.

Anomeric equilibrium isotope effects for dissolved sugars are required preludes to understanding isotope effects for these molecules bound to enzymes. This paper presents a full molecule study of the alpha- and beta-anomeric forms of D-glucopyranose in water using deuterium conformational equilibrium isotope effects (CEIE). Using 1D (13)C NMR, we have found deuterium isotope effects of 1.043 +/- 0.004, 1.027 +/- 0.005, 1.027 +/- 0.004, 1.001 +/- 0.003, 1.036 +/- 0.004, and 0.998 +/- 0.004 on the equilibrium constant, (H/D)K(beta/alpha), in [1-(2)H]-, [2-(2)H]-, [3-(2)H]-, [4-(2)H]-, [5-(2)H]-, and [6,6'-(2)H(2)]-labeled sugars, respectively. A computational study of the anomeric equilibrium in glucose using semiempirical and ab initio methods yields values that correlate well with experiment. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis of glucose and dihedral rotational equilibrium isotope effects in 2-propanol strongly imply a hyperconjugative mechanism for the isotope effects at H1 and H2. We conclude that the isotope effect at H1 is due to n(p) --> sigma* hyperconjugative transfer from O5 to the axial C1--H1 bond in beta-glucose, while this transfer makes no contribution to the isotope effect at H5. The isotope effect at H2 is due to rotational restriction of OH2 at 160 degrees in the alpha form and 60 degrees in the beta-sugar, with concomitant differences in n --> sigma* hyperconjugative transfer from O2 to CH2. The isotope effects on H3 and H5 result primarily from syn-diaxial steric repulsion between these and the axial anomeric hydroxyl oxygen in alpha-glucose. Therefore, intramolecular effects play an important role in isotopic perturbation of the anomeric equilibrium. The possible role of intermolecular effects is discussed in the context of recent molecular dynamics studies on aqueous glucose.     

Conformational equilibria in isomeric methylcyclohexanols studied by 13C NMR spectroscopy

The conformational equilibrium constants for isomeric methylcyclohexanols (cis- and trans-1,2-, 1,3- and 1,4-methylcyclohexanols) have been determined from peak area measurements in the completely proton decoupled low temperature ¹³C NMR spectra of the individual conformers. The ¹³C chemical shifts are discussed in terms of the additive model.     

Conformational study of anticholinesterase carbamates in the furylbenzene series by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy

The structural analysis of carbamates derived from 2-(α-furyl)benzaldoximes and 2-(α-furyl)benzyl alcohols was carried out by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The conjugative and steric effects of alkyl substituents introduced on the benzene rings were found to modify the relative orientation of the aromatic and furan rings. The existence of a close relationship between the stereochemistry of the studied compounds and their anticholinesterase activity has been proposed.     

Supramolecular interactions probed by 13C-13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy

We present a robust solid-state NMR approach for the accurate determination of molecular interfaces in insoluble and noncrystalline protein-protein complexes. The method relies on the measurement of intermolecular (13)C-(13)C distances in mixtures of [1-(13)C]glucose- and [2-(13)C]glucose-labeled proteins. We have applied this method to Parkinson's disease-associated α-synuclein fibrils and found that they are stacked in a parallel in-register arrangement. Additionally, intermolecular distance restraints for the structure determination of the fibrils at atomic resolution were measured.     

Conformational study of N-vinyl-2-isopropyl- and N-vinyl-2-cyclopropylpyrroles by1H and13C NMR

In N-vinyl-2-isopropylpyrrole the isopropyl group is in a conformation with the CH₃ group in an anti position to the vinyl group. On introducing a substituent at the 3 position of the ring the isopropyl group passes into a gauche and (or) a syn conformation, leading to an increase in the dihedral angle between the plane of the vinyl group and the pyrrole ring. In N-vinyl-2-cyclo-propylpyrrole the cyclopropyl group is 80% in the gauche form, which is attributed to the repulsion between the electrons of the -shells of the cyclopropyl and pyrrole fragments.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1031–1038, May, 1991.     

Investigation of isomeric forms of 2-aminobenzothiazoles by 13C NMR spectroscopy

A method is presented for distinguishing the amino and imino isomers in a series of benzothiazoles by ¹³ C NMR. It is shown that this method is suitable for determination of the position of the side chain.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1265–1267, September, 1991.     

Determination of enantiomeric excess by 13C NMR spectroscopy

Oxazolidine derivatives of β-amino alcohols such as ephedrine have been resolved by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy using Eu(hfc)₃ as a chiral shift reagent. The method is quantitative in the determination of enantiomeric excess, and is advantageous where ¹H NMR is of limited use owing, for example, to significant line broadening.     

Conformational analogies of morphine agonists and antagonists as revealed by carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy

The extreme similarity (except in the vicinity of the nitrogen atom) of the ¹³C spectra of the agonist-antagonist pairs oxymorphone-naloxone and morphine-nalorphine and their respective hydrochlorides suggests that the N-methyl and N-allyl compounds have analogous conformations. This makes unlikely an interpretation of the agonist-antagonist dichotomy in terms of confonnational differences. Both morphine hydrochloride and nalorphine hydrochloride exist as mixtures of two diastereomers: ca 83% of the isomer with equatorial N-alkyl and 17% of the isomer with axial N-alkyl (ΔG°=O.95 kcalmol^?1).     

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.     

13C NMR spectroscopy of oleanane derivatives

The chemical shifts of the carbon atoms in the¹³C NMR spectrum of 188 natural and synthetic oleanane derivatives published up to 1988 are given. The possibilities of¹³C NMR spectroscopy for the identification and study of the structures of new derivatives are discussed.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 3–31, January–February, 1992.     

三取代环丙烷的^1^3C核磁共振谱研究

前文曾报道三取代环丙烷的质子核磁共振谱及其解析结果,讨论了取代基对化学位移和偶合常数的影响.环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱研究报道极少。Monti等人研究了甲基、溴代和乙炔基环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱,发现在多取代的环丙烷中,取代基相互之间的影响是很显著的.Clague等人亦报道了一系列环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱,但未有详细的分析.本文报道10种尚未见载于文献的三取代环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱,数据见表1. 在1,2,3-三取代环丙烷中,由于取代基的相互作用,影响环上碳的化学位移的因素是比较复杂的.从我们测定化合物的数据来看,取代基为CH_3的环上碳的平均化学位移为29.24     

Differentiation of diastereomeric bornane derivatives by 13C NMR spectroscopy

Three diastereomeric bornane derivatives have been assigned configurational structures by ¹³C NMR measurements in the presence of Yb(dpm)₃.     

Protonation of pyrimidotriazinediones by1H and13C NMR spectroscopy

On the basis of an analysis of the changes in the chemical shifts of the signals in the¹H and¹³C NMR spectra on the pyrimidotriazinedione and trifluoric acid concentrations in CDCl₃ it was established that the protonation of rheumycin and fervenulin takes place at the N(₂) atom, whereas the protonation of isofervenulin takes place competitively at the N(₁), N(₂), and O(₆) atoms. The equilibrium constants of the investigated protonation processes were measured.A study of the chemical peculiarities of the behavior of Ia, b in aqueous acidic media (H₂O-HCl, D₂O-DCl) was described in [6].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1532–1538, November, 1988.     

13C NMR spectra of 8-mercaptoquinoline and 8-hydroxyquinoline

The signals in the¹³C NMR spectra of quinoline and its 8-substituted derivatives (SH, SCH₃, OH, OCH₃, NH₂, I, and CH₃), 8,8-diquinolyl disulfide, the 8-hydroxy-N-methylquinolinium ion, and the protonated and anionic forms of 8-hydroxy- and 8-mercaptoquinoline were assigned. The increments of the substituents in the neutral forms of these compounds correlate satisfactorily with those in substituted benzenes and the Swain-Lupton parameters (r = 0.94–0.99). The differences in the ortho increments of the substituents are due to a change in the electron densities on the carbon atoms and also to steric hindrance. The effect of an intramolecular hydrogen bond on the¹³C chemical shift of the quinoline ring of 8-hydroxy- and 8-mercaptoquinoline was examined. The¹³C chemical shifts correlate satisfactorily with the total charges (q) on the carbon atoms in the neutral forms of these compounds. A similar correlation is satisfied to a lesser extent for the protonated and anionic forms because of a change in the bond orders.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 657–662, May, 1980.     

Conformations and 13C NMR chemical shifts of some polyamides in the solid state as studied by high-resolution 13C NMR spectroscopy

High-resolution ¹³Carbon nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of Nylons 4, 6, and 66 in the solid state were measured over a wide range of temperature. From the results, it was found that resonance lines of crystalline and noncrystalline components were separable and their chemical shifts were determined. The ¹³C chemical shift behavior is closely related to their conformation. The origin of the conformational effects on the chemical shifts is discussed.     

A high-temperature thermometer for 13C NMR spectroscopy

The chemical shift difference between the carbon atoms in neat dichloroacetic acid is temperature dependent. The temperature dependence was calibrated against the melting points of pure organic compounds to provide an NMR thermometer for ¹³C spectroscopy.