Carbon-13 NMR signals of some natural coumarins and their derivatives

The ¹³C NMR spectra of the natural coumarins ostruthin, osthol, aegelinol (enantiomer of decursinol), luvangetin, seselin, anomalin, oxypeucedanin (and its enantiomer prangolarin) and oxypeucedanin hydrate and some of their derivatives have been studied. Self-consistent resonance assignments have been made following chemical shift theory and using simple models. Carbon-hydrogen coupling constants of some compounds are also reported. The alkoxy group/s at C-5 and/or C-8 in linear furocoumarins, as well as in linear pyranocoumarins, have unusually small shielding effects on the ortho- and para-carbons. This study also indicates that the C-4a and C-8 resonance assignments of osthol, made earlier, should be reversed.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some phosphorane-amino compounds

The ¹³C NMR spectra of a series of compounds of the type R¹P(NR₂²)_nPh_3?n X^? are reported. A net trend toward larger ¹J(PC) values with an increasing number of dialkylamino substituents is observed.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some labdane diterpenoids

Carbon-13 signal assignments of the labdane diterpenoids phlogantholide-A, its diacetate and isophlogantholide-A are reported. The assignments of the ¹³C NMR signals of 14-deoxyandrographolide and its diacetate, made earlier, have now been confirmed by lanthanide shift studies on the former and also by ¹³C spectral studies on anhydroandrographolide diacetate and 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide diacetate.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy of some pentacyclic triterpenoids

Carbon-13 NMR signal assignment of a number of polyoxygenated triterpenes of the olean-12-ene and urs-12-ene series, carried out by considering the changes in chemical shift produced by the change of oxygenation pattern(s), and using methyl oleanolate as a model, are reported.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some chlorinated polycyclodiene pesticides

Carbon-13 NMR spectra have been obtained for aldrin, dieldrin, isodrin, endrin, heptachlor, heptachlor oxide and 24 of their degradation/conversion products. Chemical shifts were assigned on the basis of (1) comparison among the spectra, (2) single frequency, off-resonance decoupling experiments, (3) substituent effects derived for norbornanes and (4) spectra obtained with an added lanthanide shift reagent. The substituent effects previously reported for norbornanes were found to be applicable for establishing trends in the chemical shifts for many of the compounds studied.     

Carbon-13 NMR Spectra of some aryl substituted ferrocenes

The carbon-13 spectra of some para and meta substituted phenylferrocenes have been analysed. The substituent-caused shifts are discussed and compared with similarly substituted biphenyls. Correlations with Hammett parameters and with the reactivity parameters of Swain and Lupton have been attempted.     

Carbon-13 NMR study of some isomeric n-nitroindazole derivatives

The ¹³C NMR spectra of 1,5- and 2,x-dinitroindazoles “x=4-7” and 3-bromo-1,x-dinitroindazoles are recorded and discussed. The data on he 2,x-dinitroindazoles confirm our previous structurea assignment based on ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The ¹³C NMR spectra established that in the novel 3-bromo-1,x-dinitroindazoles the N-nitro group is attached at N-1.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some o-carbonyl benzeneselenenyl derivatives

The ¹³C NMR signals have been assigned for some ortho-carbonyl benzene-selenenyl derivatives, COR.C₆H₄. Sex, where R = H, CH₃, OCH₃ and OC₂H₅ and X = Cl, Br, CN, SCN, SeCN and CH₃. The effects of the nature of R and X have been discussed.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some polychlorinated telomerisation products

The study of 28 specially selected compounds containing chlorine shows that ¹³C NMR signals of the CCl₃, CCl₃CH₂ and CH₂Cl groups are registered in the ranges of 93 to 105, 49 to 71 and 38 to 59 ppm (from TMS), respectively and are readily identified in ¹³C NMR spectra of polychloro compounds. The weak electron withdrawing ability of the CCl₃CHCl and CH₂Cl groups, as well as the extremely strong influence of CCl₃ and CH₂Cl groups on the methylene group between them in 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane, is noted.     

Carbon-13 NMR studies on some 5-substituted quinoxalines

Eleven 5-substituted quinoxalines (NO₂, NH₂, COOH, OCH₃, CH₃, OH, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, the latter five not reported previously) have been synthesized by standard methods. Their ¹³C NMR spectra have been measured in DMSO-d₆ and assigned on the basis of substituent parameters, by line widths and by intensities. The chemical shifts compare favorably with those calculated using benzene substituent parameters, and are very close to those of corresponding carbons in 1-substituted phenazines. The correlation with the chemical shifts of the corresponding positions in 1-substituted naphthalenes is also close except for those of carbons 4a and 8a in the quinoxalines which, due to their proximity to nitrogen, are downfield (in some cases 12 ppm) of the signals of the corresponding carbons in naphthalene. 5-Fluoroquinoxaline was also measured in CDCl₃, CD₃COCD₃, CD₃CN, CD₃OD, C₆D₆ and CD₃COOD. In all solvents an abnormally low ²J(CF) (～ 12 Hz) was found for C-4a and no C? F spin-spin splitting could be detected for the three-bond coupling of C-8a. Similar abnormalities were found in 2-fluoroaniline and 2-fluoroacetanilide. There are linear relationships between the Q parameter of the substituent and the chemical shift of carbons 4a, 5 and 6. A linear relationship also exists between the chemical shift of C-8 (‘para’ position) and the Hammett σ_p parameter of the substituent.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectral studies on some labdane diterpenoids

Carbon-13 NMR signal assignments of the labdane diterpenoids andrographolide and 14-deoxyandrographolide, along with their acetates, and isodeoxyandrographolide have been made. This study indicates that the C-6 and C-11 resonance assignments of isovirescenol-B, made earlier, should be interchanged.     

Carbon-13 NMR studies of some paramagnetic transition-metal acetylacetonates some linewidth considerations

Carbon 13 isotropic shifts and linewidths have been measured for a series of paramagnetic transition-metal acetylacetonates. The results have been compared with the corresponding NMR parameters of the contiguous protons. The relaxation pathway of the ¹³C spins is controlled by hyperfine interactions with the unpaired electron spins and, in cases where the proton linewidth is also dominated by the hyperfine mechanism, good agreement is obtained between the experimental ¹³C/¹H linewidth ratio and that calculated on the basis of the contact shifts. Pseudocontact interactions can be important in determining the total isotropic shift for both the ¹³C and ¹H nuclei and contrary to previous studies, it is suggested that such effects are also important for V(III) and Mn(III) acetylacetonate.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some tetra- and pentacyclic triterpenoids

The carbon-13 NMR spectra of lanosta-8-en-3β-ol, lanosta-8, 24-dien-3β-ol, lanosta-7,9(11)-dien-3β-ol, lanostan-3β-ol, eupha-8-en-3β-ol, eupha-8,24-dien-3β-ol, ursa-12-en-3β-ol (α-amyrin) and oleana-12-en-3β-ol (β-amyrin) have been obtained and completely assigned. The results of this study provide chemical shift data for methyl, methylene, methine and quaternary carbon atoms in tetra- and pentacyclic triterpenoid spectra. The carbon-13 NMR spectrum of a triterpenoid provides a unique fingerprint for the molecule.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some 4-substituted phenacyl bromides

The ¹³C NMR signals for some 4- substituted phenacyl bromides were assigned. The experimental chemical shifts of the aromatic ring carbons are in close agreement with those calculated using substituent chemical shifts. Both the carbonyl and the α-methylene carbons exhibit upfield shifts compared with those of the corresponding 4-substituted acetophenones.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some epoxides derived from dicyclopentadiene

The ¹³C NMR spectra of a series of epoxides derived from endo- and exo-dicyclopentadiene and their partially hydrogenated compounds were determined to examine the substituent effects arising from the introduction of the oxirane ring in comparison with those found in other ring systems. The ¹³C signals of some epoxides were assigned by using lanthanide shift reagents. Characteristic substituent effects exerted by an oxirane ring were demonstrated. Marked steric γ-effects of ?8—13 ppm were observed at the bridge carbon signal in the bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane skeleton. Differences were found in the substituent effects between endo- and exo-dicyclopentadiene epoxides, and have been discussed in relation to the molecular geometry.     

Carbon-13 NMR of polybutadiene

By using the carbon-13 NMR technique, it is shown that there are no cis-1,4–trans-1,4 linkages in a n-BuLi-catalyzed polybutadiene. The polymer consists of “blocks” of cis-1,4 units and trans-1,4 units separated by isolated vinyl units. Preliminary evidence suggests this might also be true for other types of 1,3-diene polymerization. Some of the implications of this finding on the mechanism of polymerization are discussed. Tacticity triad distributions are readily determined in polybutadienes with high 1,2 addition contents.     

Carbon-13 NMR of fluorocyclopropanes

Carbon-13 and hydrogen NMR data are presented for several cyclopropanes with one to four fluorine atoms attached to the ring. Substituents directly attached to a ring carbon are found to unshield that carbon to an extent increasing with their electronegativity, but remote substituents may have an opposite effect. Relative orientation of the substituent groups, especially if they are bulky, also has a strong influence on the ring-carbon shifts. Chemical shifts of carbons in methyl groups attached to the ring change to an extent which is additive in the effects of gem and cis substituents. One-bond coupling of ring carbons with fluorines is affected both by geminal and vicinal substituents, in a way generally related to their electronegativity. It is tentatively concluded that two-bond coupling between ring carbons and ring-attached fluorines depends in magnitude primarily on what groups are cis to the fluorine. Two-bond coupling between a carbon atom in a ring-attached methyl and the hydrogen gem to the methyl appears to be vanishingly small, but there is appreciable three-bond coupling of the methyl carbons to vicinal hydrogens.