A review with comprehensive data on experimental indirect scalar NMR spin-spin coupling constants across hydrogen bonds

Scalar NMR spin-spin coupling constants across hydrogen bonds are fundamental in structural studies and as test grounds for theoretical calculations. Since they are scattered among many articles of different kinds, it seems useful to collect them in the most comprehensive way.     

Stereochemical dependence of NMR geminal spin-spin coupling constants

In this work it was sought to explore the versatility of geminal spin-spin coupling constants, (2)J(XY) SSCCs, as probes for stereochemical studies. A set of compounds, where their experimental (2)J(XY) SSCCs through the X-C-Y molecular fragment are predicted to be sensitive to hyperconjugative interactions involving either bonding or antibonding orbitals containing the C carbon atom ('coupling pathway'), were analyzed. SSCC calculations were performed for some selected examples using the second order polarization propagator approximation (SOPPA) method or within the DFT-B3LYP framework. Hyperconjugative interactions were calculated within the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) approach. Results are condensed in two qualitative rules: Rule I(M)-hyperconjugative interactions transferring charge into the coupling pathway yield a positive increase to the Fermi contact (FC), contribution to (2)K(XY) reduced spin-spin coupling constants (RSSCC), and Rule II(M)-hyperconjugative interactions transferring charge from the coupling pathway yield a negative increase to the FC contribution to (2)K(XY) RSSCC.     

Determination of 29Si-1H spin-spin coupling constants in organoalkoxysilanes with nontrivial scalar coupling patterns

Application of polarization transfer techniques such as DEPT and INEPT in (29)Si NMR investigation of bridged silane polymerization requires knowledge of indirect (29)Si-(1)H scalar coupling constants in the silane system. However, the fully coupled (29)Si NMR spectra of these molecules, specifically those containing ethylene bridging groups, are too complicated to measure the coupling constants directly by visual inspection. This is because unlike hydrocarbon systems where one-bond proton-carbon coupling constants exceed other coupling constants by an order of magnitude, in silanes the closest proton-silicon pairs are separated by two bonds and all coupling coefficients (both homonuclear and heteronuclear) are of similar magnitude. In these systems, theoretical tools are required to interpret the spectra of even simple molecules. Here, we determine density functional theory estimates of (29)Si-(1)H scalar coupling constants and use these along with homonuclear coupling constant estimates to resolve the nontrivial nature of these spectra. We also report a Karplus equation consistent with the dihedral angle dependence of the three-bond homo- and heteronuclear coupling in the ethylene bridge. By thermal averaging of DFT coupling constants, a good initial guess of the coupled (29)Si spectral pattern is made, which is easily refined by curve fitting to determine estimates of all coupling constants in the system.     

Ab initio study of the NMR shielding constants and spin-spin coupling constants in cyclopropene

Summary Ab initio calculations of parameters which characterize the NMR spectrum are presented for the cyclopropene molecule. The London orbitals CHF (or GIAO-CHF, Gauge-Independent Atomic Orbital Coupled Hartree-Fock) results for the shielding constants are in good agreement with the experimental data, accurately determined, and with otherab initio values. The calculations of the NMR spin-spin coupling constants have been performed using the Multiconfiguration Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock (MC TDHF) approach. Different basis sets and MC SCF wavefunctions were used to estimate the accuracy of the results. Good agreement is obtained with the coupling constants estimated using the available experimental data.Dedicated to Professor Werner Kutzelnigg on the occasion of his 60th birthday     

NMR spin-spin coupling constants in polymethine dyes as polarity indicators

Herein, we explore the use of spin-spin coupling constants (SSCCs) in merocyanine (MCYNE) dyes as indicators of polarity. For this purpose, we use Car-Parrinello hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) to determine the structures of MCYNE in solvents of different polarity, followed by computations of the SSCCs by using QM/MM linear-response theory. The molecular geometry of MCYNE switches between neutral, cyanine-like, and zwitterionic depending on the polarity of the solvent. This structural variation is clearly reflected in the proton SSCCs in the polymethine backbone, which are highly sensitive to the dielectric nature of the environment; this mechanism can be used as a "polarity indicator" for different microenvironments. This result is highlighted by computing the SSCCs of the MCYNE probe in the cavity of the beta-lactoglobulin protein. The computed SSCCs clearly indicate a non-polar hydrophobic dielectric nature of this cavity.     

Nonempirical calculations of NMR indirect spin-spin coupling constants. Part 15: pyrrolylpyridines

Conformational study of 2-(2-pyrrolyl)pyridine and 2,6-di(2-pyrrolyl)pyridine was performed on the basis of the experimental measurements and high-level ab initio calculations of the one-bond 13C-13C, 13C-1H and 15N-1H spin-spin coupling constants showing marked stereochemical behavior upon the internal rotation around the pyrrole-pyridine interheterocyclic bonds. Both compounds were established to adopt predominant s-cis conformations with no noticeable out-of-plane deviations.     

Basis-set dependence of nuclear spin-spin coupling constants

The convergence of NMR indirect spin-spin coupling constants with the extension of the basis set is analyzed, based on calculations carried out at the multiconfigurational self-consistent-field level for the HF and H₂O systems. For the dominant and difficult Fermi-contact contribution, the standard correlation-consistent basis sets of electronic-structure theory are not suitable, lacking flexibility in the core region. Improved but not satisfactory convergence of the couplings is observed when decontracting the s functions of the correlation-consistent cc-pVXZ basis sets for 2≤X≤6. Next, by systematically extending these basis sets with tight s functions, new sets are obtained that are sufficiently flexible for accurate calculations of indirect nuclear spin-spin couplings, without sacrificing the smooth convergence behavior of the correlation-consistent basis sets. Received: 22 September 1997 / Accepted: 30 December 1997     

Elucidation of the electronic structure of molecules with the help of NMR spin-spin coupling constants: the FH molecule

It is demonstrated how the one-bond NMR spin-spin coupling constant (SSCC) (1)J(FH) can be used as a source of information on the electronic structure of the FH molecule. For this purpose, the best possible agreement between measured and calculated SSCC is achieved by large basis set coupled perturbed density functional theory calculations. Then, the calculated value is dissected into its four Ramsey terms: Fermi contact, the paramagnetic spin-orbit term, the diamagnetic spin-orbit term, and the spin dipole term, which in turn are decomposed into orbital contributions and then described by their spin densities and orbital current densities. In this way, the SSCC gives detailed information about the electronegativity of F, the bond polarity, the bond polarizability, the volume and the polarizability of sigma and pi lone pair orbitals, the s- or p-character of the bond orbital, the nature of the LUMO, and the density distribution around F.     

Probing the proton-transfer coordinate of complexes with F--H...P hydrogen bonds using one- and two-bond spin-spin coupling constants

Scalar coupling constants have been computed using the EOM-CCSD method for equilibrium structures of complexes stabilized by F--H...P hydrogen bonds, as well as structures along the proton-transfer coordinates of these complexes. Variations in the signs and absolute values of (1)J(F--H), (1h)J(H--P) and (2h)J(F--P) have been analyzed and interpreted in terms of changing hydrogen bond type. Of the three phosphorus bases (phosphine, trimethylphosphine and phosphinine) investigated in this study, trimethylphosphine forms the strongest complex with FH, and has the largest two-bond F--P coupling constant. Among the relatively simple phosphorus bases, it would appear to be a leading candidate for experimental NMR study. Similarities and differences are noted between the corresponding coupling constants (J) and the reduced coupling constants (K) across F--H...P and F--H...N hydrogen bonds.     

Interaction energies and NMR indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling constants in linear HCN and HNC complexes

The cooperativity effects on both the electronic energy and NMR indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling constants J of the linear complexes (HCN)n and (HNC)n (n = 1-6) are discussed. The geometries of the complexes were optimized at the MP2 level by using the cc-pVTZ basis sets. The spin-spin coupling constants were calculated at the level of the second-order polarization propagator approximation with use of the local dense basis set scheme based on the cc-pVTZ-J basis sets. We find strong correlations in the patterns of different properties such as interaction energy, hydrogen bond distances, and spin-spin coupling constants for both series of compounds. The intramolecular spin-spin couplings are with two exceptions dominated by the Fermi contact (FC) mechanism, while the FC term is the only nonvanishing contribution for the intermolecular couplings. The latter do not follow the Dirac vector model and are important only between nearest neighbors.     

MBOHO calculations of phosphorus-carbon nuclear spin-spin coupling constants

Summary The novel generalized correlation of the nuclear spin-spin coupling constants with the atomic hybrids and net charges is employed to give a new relationship for calculating the directly bonded phosphorus-carbon coupling constants by use of the maximum bond order hybrid orbital procedure together with the extended Hückel molecular orbital calculation. The calculated coupling constants of phosphorus-carbon are all in good agreement with the experimental data, which shows that the new relationship obtained in the present paper is quite satisfactory for calculation of the phosphorus-carbon coupling constants.The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Excellent University Teacher's Foundation of State Education Commission of China     

NMR study of conjugation effects 15.13C-13C spin-spin coupling constants in phenyl alkyl ether

Conclusions ¹³C-¹³C SSCC were measured for a series of phenyl alkyl ethers. The values through the bond between C² and C³ in mono substituted benzenes most clearly reflect the -electron interaction of the aromatic ring with the substituent, provided the latter contains no atoms from a period of the periodic table higher than the second.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya.No. 1, pp. 113–119, January, 1982.The authors thank N. M. Sergeev for useful discussions while the work was in progress, and V. N. Khlopkov for technical assistance in setting up the experiments.