Nitrogen-15 magnetic resonance spectroscopy XVI—natural-abundance spectra of aromatic amines

The ¹⁵N chemical shifts of aniline, the toluidines, xylidines, and several halogen and oxygen substituted anilines have been measured at the natural abundance level of ¹⁵N. Substituent parameters obtained by multiple regression analysis show that the methyl group induces comparable upfield shifts at the ortho and para positions (2·37 and 2·55 ppm/methyl, respectively) and a small (0·77 ppm/methyl) upfield shift at the meta position. The chemical shifts correlate reasonably well with ¹⁹F shifts of similarly substituted fluorobenzenes, with C-1 of the anilines themselves and with Hammett sigma values. While the shifts of C-methyl substituted anilines do not correlate with the methyl resonances of corresponding polymethylbenzenes, those of the halo- and alkoxyanilines show a reasonable parallelism with corresponding ¹³C-methyl shifts. The results are interpreted in terms of possible modes of transmission of electron density in an alternating and additive manner through the sigma framework.     

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of some methyl and phenyl substituted 2H-azirines

Carbon-13 n.m.r. spectra have been obtained for some methyl and phenyl substituted 2H-azirines. The higher field resonance of C-2 than that of the corresponding aziridine carbon is interpreted in terms of ring strain. Substituent effects on the chemical shifts of the azirine ring carbons are discussed. A set of additivity parameters for the methyl and phenyl groups are obtained which can be used for the calculation of the chemical shifts of the azirine ring carbons. The substituent effect of an azirine ring on the chemical shift of benzene is also discussed in comparison with those of some other substituents. A high degree of s character (48.5%) in the exocyclic orbital of C-3 is indicated by a large J(¹³C-3,H) value (242.5 Hz).     

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. I—Monosubstituted adamantanes and adamantanones

The chemical shifts of 4_ax and 4_eq substituted adamantanones are compared with those calculated with the aid of a given additivity rule. It is found that both δ carbons are shielded with respect to the substituent. In contract to the situation for the y-atoms, however, the δ_syn atom is less shielded than the δ_anti atom. In most cases the additivity rule predicts the chemical shifts with an accuracy of approximately 1 ppm. Exceptions are carbon atoms 4 and 9 of the 4_eq substituted adamantanones. In both cases the measured values are 4 to 6 ppm upfield. This can possibly be explained by an electronic interaction between the carbonyl group and the substituent.     

Pairwise effects of chlorine substituents on the 13C NMR chemical shifts of dichlorobicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes (norbornanes)

The ¹³C NMR spectra of nine dichlorinated bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes (norbornanes) have been measured and assigned. The pairwise effects of chlorine substituents which cause deviations from the additivity of single-substituent effects were investigated and are discussed. The largest effect found is the high-field shift of carbons bearing vicinal cis substituents. In the case of geminal substitution deviations from additivity were found to be to low field and large in the γ, smaller in the β and negligible in the α chemical shifts. The observed deviations for 1,3-disubstituted cases vary from ?3.2 to +1.1 ppm at different carbons, allowing no simple explanation. Replacement of α-hydrogen in a diaxial 1,3-arrangement by CH₃, OH or CI causes the single substituent effect, namely the γ_a effect, to change considerably.     

13C and 19F chemical shifts of bridgehead halogenated adamantanes

The ¹³C chemical shifts of the sixteen bridgehead substituted mono-, di-, tri- and tetrahaloadamantanes (halo = F, Cl, Br, I) and four mixed 1,3-dihaloadamantanes are reported. The effect of bridgehead halogens on the shift values of carbons in β and δ positions is well correlated by the simple additivity relationship based on substituent shifts of 1-monohaloadamantanes. A substituted α-carbon is shifted upfield with an increase in the number of halogens at other bridgehead positions and this shift is relatively greater in the order F < Cl < Br < I. This observed upfield shift of α-carbons is opposite to the downfield shift expected from additivity. An unsubstituted bridgehead γ-carbon is moved to lower fields by one, two and three bromines (or iodines) at other bridge-heads while, in contrast, a third fluorine weakly shields the remaining unsubstituted γ-carbon. Some special noncumulative effects of halogens operating across the 1,3-bridgehead positions of adamantane are indicated by the data. The ¹⁹F chemical shifts of 1-fluoro-, 1,3-difluoro-, 1,3,5-trifluoro- and 1,3,5,7-tetrafluoroadamantanes are contrary to expectations based on inductive effects in that they move progressively upfield. Other 1-fluoroadamantanes with chloro, bromo, or methyl groups present also show substituent-induced chemical shifts which shield the fluorine.     

The combined effects of two chlorine substituents and the non-additivities of chemical shifts in aliphatic dichloro esters

Carbon-13 NMR spectra were measured for 25 methyl esters of aliphatic dichlorocarboxylic acids for substituted propanoic to hexanoic acids. Observed ¹³C shifts are compared with calculated shift values obtained from the shifts of the corresponding monochloro esters by applying a simple sum method. The greatest failures from additivity are observed for αβ and αα substituted carbons. The combined effects of two chlorine substituents were determined, and compared with those obtained from chlorine substituent effects in monochloro esters by assuming additivity. The trends displayed by the combined effects, and also by the non-additivity effects, are discussed.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of DDT,its analogues and related compounds

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of mono- and disubstituted aromatic compounds including DDT, its analogues, homologues, derivatives and certain model compounds have been studied. The Savitsky scheme of carbon chemical shifts in disubstituted benzenes is applicable to these compounds. The data obtained show that in mono- and disubstituted aromatic compounds containing two different substituents in the α- and β-positions of the side chain, the substituted ring carbon atom shifts follow the additivity rule and can be calculated from substituent increments. Mutual effects of substituents in the ring and in the side chains are analysed. The chlorine atoms in α-position to the phenyl ring give rise to an additive α-effect of about 25 ppm, as in perchloroalkanes. The influence of a β-chlorine atom in the side chain on the substituted carbon atom in the ring is, however, only 3 ppm as against the usual value of about 10 ppm for the β-effect in alkyl chains. Moreover, the first β-chlorine substituent has no noticeable influence on the substituted ring carbon chemical shift: the effect of 3 ppm is transferred to the para-carbon atom almost without attenuation. The ring substituted carbon atom signal shifts caused by the γ-effect of chlorine in the side chain are similar to those observed in aliphatic chains. The ortho-chlorine substituents shift the side chain α-carbon atom signal by 3.6-5.2 ppm to high field compared to para-chlorophenyl compounds. This is similar to the chlorine γ-effect in aliphatic chains.     

Carbon-13 NMR studies of quinolines and isoquinolines. II. Chlorine–nitrogen interactions and N-oxide effects

Carbon-13 chemical shift assignments are reported for four chloroquinolines, six chloroisoquinolines, one dichloroquinoline, four dichloroisoquinolines, four methylchloroquinolines, two methylchloroisoquinolines, quinoline N-oxide, isoquinoline N-oxide, five methylquinoline N-oxides, two methylisoquinoline N-oxides and three chloroisoquinoline N-oxides. Chlorine substituent chemical shift (SCS) effects are reported for the alpha, ortho, meta, para and peri positions. Consistent patterns are observed for the para and peri positions, a vinylogous ortho pattern is reported and the additivity of these SCS effects is demonstrated. Alpha SCS effects vary widely from 1.1 ppm upfield in 1-chloroisoquinoline to 6.7 ppm downfield in 4-chloroquinoline. These results, together with those in the literature, permit the definition of steric and nitrogen lone-pair contributions which modify the ‘normal’ chlorine SCS effect, and these modifying contributions are shown to be roughly additive. Large (6–16 ppm) upfield shifts are observed for the carbons ortho and para to the N-oxide group. The individual magnitudes of these shifts and their sum are constant and the effects are additive in substituted systems. A 9.5 ppm upfield shift is also observed for C-8 in quinoline N-oxides which is attributed to a space–charge interaction. Substituent chemical shift (SCS) effects for the chloro and methyl groups and the chemical shifts of the methyl carbons are essentially the same in the N-oxides as in the parent heterocycles and are additive, except for those molecules where the substituent is adjacent to the N-oxide moiety, in which cases substantial interactions are observed.     

17O, 13C, 1H NMR and IR spectroscopic investigations of (CH3)nC5H5–nRe(CO)3 analogues (n = 0–5)

¹³C, ¹H NMR investigation of the (CH_3nC₅H_5–nRe(CO)₃ Me_nCpReT) n = 0–5 analogous series showed that the signals of almost all magnetic nuclei shift upfield with increase n, which also occurs in (Me_nCp)₂M compounds (M = Fe²⁺, Co³⁺; n = 0–5). The smaller value of the C(CH₃) signal (1.5 ppm.) shifts upfield when a further methyl group is introduced into the vicinal position, this shift can be attributed to the absence of the second methyl cyclopentadienyl ring. It is noteworthy that methyl cyclopentadienyl ring coordination to the transition-metal atom results in the downfield shift of the substituted carbon atom (C_key) signal. One of the reasons for such a shift might be the reduction in screening effect of the central CpM bond π-electron current on C_key owing to nodal properties of Cp ring e-orbitals. The δ ¹³C(CO), δ ¹⁷O(CO), and v(CO) values reflect successive increases of Re → CO π-back donation with increase in n.     

Substituent Effects on 31P and 13C Chemical Shifts of Substituted Diphenyl 1-anilino-1-arylmethanephosphonates and Their Anions

Abstract

For a series of 31 novel diphenyl 1-anilino-1-arylmethanephosphonates, substituted in the meta and para position of the anilino and/or the aryl ring, ³¹P chemical shifts show good linear correlation with Taft's [sgrave]° parameters, the ³¹P nucleus appearing better shielded in the case of electron-withdrawing substituents. This inverse relationship is due to a field effect of the substituent dipole which polarizes π-electron clouds in the molecule, resulting in a higher P=O double bond order, and thence better ³¹P shielding. A corresponding shift of π-electron density is likewise observed for the ¹³C resonances of the two diastereotopic phenoxy and the anilino or aryl rings, respectively, where-M ands-I substituents cause a downfield shift of para and meta, and an upfield shift of ortho and ipso carbon resonances.     

The carbon-13 chemical shifts and the analysis of the relaxation times T1 and long range 13C−1H coupling constants of quinoline and of 1-(X-quinolyl)ethyl acetate derivatives

The ¹³C chemical shifts and the ¹³C−¹H coupling constants of quinoline (1-(X-quinolyl)ethyl acetate derivatives (where X=−CH(OAc)CH₃ substituted at positions 2,4,5–8) are reported. Substituent chemical shift (SCS) effects for the ethyl acetate group are additive at all positions. A substantial upfield shift of 4.5 and 4.8 ppm was observed at C-4 and C-5, arising from the peri interaction of 5- and 4-ethyl acetate substituents respectively. A vicinal (peri) ³J CCCH coupling constant of approximately 5 Hz is observed between both C₅−H₄ and C₄−H₅. Carbon-13 relaxation times (T₁) and nuclear Overhauser enhancements (η) have been measured for quinoline and its derivatives, and the contributions of dipolar, T₁^DD, and spin rotation, T₁^SR, relaxation have been determined. Intramolecular dipole-dipole interactions are found to provide by far the most important spin-lattice relaxation mechanism whenever protons are bound directly to the carbons under investigation. Non-protonated ring carbons are relaxed by both DD and SR mechanisms. Anisotropic motion has an easily observable effect on the DD contribution to T₁, and can form the basis for spectral assignments, as in 1-phenylethyl acetate. Long-range ¹³C−¹H coupling constants were observed both between ring carbons and between ring carbons with ring side-chain hydrogens. These results have been used for the structure determination of the title compounds.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of saturated heterocycles: XI—Tetrahydropyrans (oxanes)

The ¹³C NMR spectra of 62 oxanes (tetrahydropyrans) with and without methyl substituents at various ring positions, some of them bearing in addition (or instead) ethyl, vinyl, ethynyl, carbomethoxy and methylol substituents at C-2, have been recorded, and the 294 resulting chemical shifts have been correlated by multiple linear regression analysis. Axial and equatorial α-, β-, γ-, δ-, gem- and vic-parameters for shifts caused by methyl groups at all ring positions, and similar parameters for Et,—CH?CH₂,—C?CH, CO₂Me and CH₂OH groups at C-2, are reported. Standard deviations of the parameters are, in most cases, within 0.3 ppm and the agreement of calculated and experimental shifts is excellent. This is probably the largest parameter set of this type extant. ¹³C NMR spectra of a number of additional substituted tetrahydropyrans, and of 3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrans and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans, are tabulated and discussed.     

Use of 13C isotope shifts to assign carbon atoms α and β (and para) to a hydroxy group in alkyl substituted phenols and alcohols

Doublets can be observed for carbons α and β to the hydroxyl in aliphatic alcohols containing equimolar amounts of OH and OD dissolved in (CH₃)₂SO containing CaSO₄ desiccant. Isotopic doublets are also observed for the ipso and ortho carbons in alkyl substituted phenols. Para isotopic doublets are observable in para-substituted phenols containing a large 2-substituent. The isotope shift is positive (low field) for the para carbon, opposite to the negative shifts usually observed.     

17O NMR spectra of equatorial and axial hydroxycyclohexanes and 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxanes and their methyl ethers

¹⁷O chemical shifts of axial hydroxyl groups in cyclohexanols are upfield of those of corresponding equatorial groups, but in 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxanes the opposite is observed: the axial OH resonates downfield of the equatorial OH. The situation is the same in the corresponding methyl ethers and is, thus, not a result of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the axial 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxane, but appears to parallel the effect on ¹³C and ¹⁹F shifts observed in corresponding equatorial and axial 5-methyl- and 5-fluoro-1,3-dioxanes, which has been attributed to an upfield shifting effect of the antiperiplanar γ-located heteroatoms. Surprisingly, the reciprocal effect is not seen in the ring ¹⁷O shifts of the 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxanes. A δ compression shift is seen in the ¹⁷O spectrum of trans-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanol (syn-axial OH and CH₃), analogous to the effect earlier reported in ¹³C spectra. Conversion of four of the alcohols to methyl ethers produces a large upfield effect on the ¹⁷O shift, larger in the cyclohexanols than in the 1,3-dioxane-5-ols. Similar upfield shifts have been recorded in the literature; their extent depends on whether the alcohols are primary, secondary or tertiary.     

Steric gamma effect on 29Si shielding in (CH3)3Si?O?C?R groups

It is shown that a γ-methyl group causes approximately a 3 ppm upfield shift of the silicon resonance in (CH₃)₃Si? O? C? CH₃ fragments. It is estimated that polar effects contribute about 0.8 ppm to this shift leaving a net steric γ upfield shift of 2 ppm. Variations around these average values are interpreted by different conformer populations, the importance of which are illustrated by the shifts in trimethylsiloxy derivatives of adamantane.     

The NMR spectra of porphyrins—19: 13C and proton NMR spectra of metal-free porphyrins with the Type-IX substituent orientation,and of their zinc(II) complexes

The ¹³C and proton NMR spectra of six porphyrins bearing the substituent orientation characteristic of the natural “Type-IX” arrangement are reported and assigned. Significant concentration effects in the spectra of the free base porphyrins, together with the broadening of the C_α (and occasionally C_β) carbon resonances due to NH tautomerism caused a significant loss of data in these spectra. However, the spectra of the corresponding zinc(II) porphyrins (with addition of excess pyrrolidine) show that both these extraneous effects are completely removed to give well-resolved spectra with accurately reproducible chemical shifts. These spectra are assigned and an analysis of the chemical shifts allows the deduction of substituent chemical shift (SCS) parameters for the peripheral substituents at the beta and meso carbons. There is no global effect of these beta substituents, the beta carbon SCS being confined to the immediate pyrrole ring, and the meso carbon SCS to the two adjacent pyrrole rings. The SCS parameters are analyzed and it is shown how they can be used to predict the peripheral and meso carbon chemical shifts of any porphyrin bearing the substituents discussed.     

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.     

Substituent effects on carbon-13 chemical shifts in 2,6-disubstituted adamantanes

Carbon-13 NMR spectral data for a series of symmetrical 2,6-disubstituted adamantanes (O?, CH₂?, CH₃, OH, OCOCH₃) are presented. The substituent effects on ¹³C chemical shifts are additive, except for carbons 2 and 6 in 2,6-adamantanedione. The non-additivity of the substituent effect in the diketone can be interpreted in terms of a through-space interaction of the carbonyl π-electrons; the additivity in the other derivatives indicates that there is no appreciable interaction between the substituents.     

Cyclopropyl-substituted pyrylium salts

The previously unknown 2,4,6-trisubstituted pyrylium salts 1-4 , carrying cyclopropyl and methyl or phenyl substituents in the same molecule, and 5-8 , substituted with isopropyl groups instead of cyclopropyl, were synthesized as perchlorates. The electronic spectra and the C-13 nmr spectra of the two groups of compounds were compared. A cyclopropyl group has a batochromic effect on the electronic spectrum roughly half that exerted by a phenyl; replacement of an alkyl by a cyclopropyl shifts the highest wavelength absorption band by about 20 nm. Presence of phenyl substituents reduces the batochromic effects of cyclopropyl substituents. The effects of both cyclopropyl and phenyl substituents on the electronic spectra are smaller for pyrylium than for tropylium. The nmr signals for all the ring carbons are shifted upfield upon replacement of isopropyl by cyclopropyl; in particular, the effect of substituents in position 2 upon the chemical shift of C(4) indicates that the electron-releasing effect varies in the series alkyl < phenyl < cyclopropyl, in agreement with the findings for 2,6-disubstituted pyrylium salts. The difference between the chemical shifts for the methine and methylene carbons of the three-membered ring is a function of the electron demand of the cationic heterocycle.     

Influence of substituents on the through-space shielding of aromatic rings

A series of naphthalene derivatives, bearing a methyl group and a substituted phenyl ring in a 1,8-relationship, have been synthesized. The chemical shifts of the protons of the methyl group, which are pointed toward the shielding zone of the phenyl ring, were monitored as the phenyl substituents were varied. This work indicates that the shielding effect of the phenyl ring is not so severely altered by the substituents as to significantly influence the chemical shift of the methyl group. Nonetheless, within the small changes observed experimentally, there appears to be a tendency for electron-withdrawing X to shift the methyl signal downfield, whereas electron-donating X-groups cause a more upfield shift. Polarization and field effects are discussed as possible causes for this phenomenon. Chemical shifts computed for selected members of the series, using the recently published procedures of Rablen and Bally, are in agreement with the experimentally observed trends.