13C NMR studies of some hydroxycoumarins and related compounds

The ¹³C chemical shifts and one-bond carbon-hydrogen coupling constants have been obtained for some hydroxycoumarins and their corresponding acetoxy and methoxy derivatives. The changes in the one-bond carbon-hydrogen coupling constants resulting from the conversion of a hydroxy group to an acetoxy group represent a simple method of assignment of the ¹³C NMR signals in coumarins which contain one or more hydroxy groups in the benzenoid ring.     

13C NMR studies of reduced porphyrin compounds. Aromatic delocalization pathways

¹³C NMR spectra of ms-tetraphenylchlorins, new aminoalkyl- and hydroxy-pyrroline substituted ms-tetra-phenylchlorins, and ms-tetraphenylisobacteriochlorins are presented and discussed. Significant changes in the chemical shifts of the α-pyrrole, α-pyrroline and meso skeletal carbons are found in chlorins and isobacteriochlorins in comparison to porphyrins. In contrast, the chemical shifts of the β-pyrrole carbons are almost unaffected by the structural modifications in chlorin and isobacteriochlorin. The chemical shifts of the α-pyrrole carbons in the various chlorins and isobacteriochlorins are strongly affected by the substitutents of the pyrroline ring, or by the introduction of an additional pyrroline ring in isobacteriochlorins. The results show that most of the electron density is concentrated in the unreduced part of the molecule, i.e. in the pyrrole rings and, especially, on the α-pyrrole carbons and is transferred or removed through the aromatic pathway by substituents on the pyrroline ring. These observations are supporting evidence that the α-pyrrole, α-pyrroline and meso-carbons are in the aromatic pathway and favour the proposal of a 16 atom dianion as the preferred delocalization pathway in chlorins and isobacteriochlorins.     

NMR investigation of alkaloids. XI.13C NMR spectra and structure of codonopsine and codonopsinine

An assignment of the signals in the¹³C NMR spectra of the alkaloids codonopsinine and codonopsine has been made on the basis of selective double heteronuclear resonance experiments. Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 536–538, July–August, 1989.     

13C NMR spectra of 3-substituted phlorophenone compounds

The ¹³C NMR spectra of a series of 3-allyl-, 3-prenyl- and 3-benzyl-phlorophenone compounds are reported. Relative substituent effects are discussed.     

13C NMR spectra of biologically active compounds.

The¹³C spectra of 25 new substituted cyclopropanes of the pyrethoid series have been investigated and a stereochemical assignment has been made of the stereoisomers formed. As the criterion for stereochemical assignment it is proposed to use the values of the chemical shifts for the -carbon atoms of the substituents in the cyclopropane ring.Institute of Chemistry, Bashkir Branch, USSR Academy of Sciences, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 266–272, March–April, 1989.     

1H and 13C NMR studies of 7-azaindole and related compounds

The ¹H and ¹³C chemical shifts, proton-proton coupling constants, and one-bond carbon-hydrogen coupling constants have been obtained for 7-azaindole, 1-methyl-7-azaindole, their corresponding methyl iodide salts, and the related compound 7-methyl-7H-pyrrolo [2,3-b]pyridine. are different from those of either 7-azaindole or 1-methyl-7-azaindole.     

The NMR investigation of alkaloids. VII.13C NMR spectra and structure of “kopsanone” and kopsinilam

On the basis of a study of the¹³C NMR spectra of a base fromVinca erecta previously regarded as kopsanone, and the known alkaloid kopsinilam, it has been shown that the former is 5,22-dioxokopsane.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 344–346, May–June, 1984.     

13C CP/MAS NMR studies of vitamin E model compounds

13C cross-polarization magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) NMR data for 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol (2), 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid (Trolox c) (3) and its acetate (4), 2-methoxy-2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol (5), 2-hydroxy-2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman-6-ol (6) and 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchroman (7) are reported. A deshielding of 7.7 ppm for the carboxylic carbon was observed in solid Trolox due to formation of intermolecular hydrogen bonds within cyclic dimers. Such crystal packing permits effective cross-polarization and fast relaxation (short T1rho(H)). The impact of the proton concentration on the CP dynamics is reflected by the longer T(CP) and T1rhoH for Trolox-d2 (deuterated at mobile proton sites). The calculated GIAO RHF shielding constants are sensitive to intramolecular effects: rotation around the C-6-O bond (changes of sigma up to 8 ppm) and conformation at C-2.     

Bilirubin acidity. Titrimetric and 13C NMR studies.

Acidimetric titration of bilirubin IX-alpha, dissolved in excess aqueous sodium hydroxide, showed that two protons are dissociated with pK values well below 7 and that one or several additional acidic groups titrate with pK around 12.9. Precipitation of the nearly insoluble acid precluded determination of the two lower pK values by titration in aqueous solution. In dimethyl sulfoxide solution, four acidic protons were demonstrated, titrating two by two without precipitation. 13C NMR spectra of bilirubin IX-alpha were recorded and complete assignments were made by comparison with the spectra of bilirubin XIII-alpha and mesobilirubin etc. Such spectra, recorded after addition of 2 and 4 mol of base per mol of bilirubin IX-alpha, showed that both carboxyl groups are titrated by the first 2 mol of base, and both lactams by the following 2 mol of base. Cotitrations of bilirubin IX-alpha with other acids, o- and m-hydroxybenzoic acid and 2-pyridone, were used to determine relative pK values in dimethyl sulfoxide solution, and pK values for the four acidic protons of bilirubin IX-alpha in aqueous solution were calculated from the Born equation. Both carboxyl groups exhibited pK = 4.4, and both lactams pK = 13.0, in good agreement with values expected from the chemical structure of the bilirubin molecule. The implications of these findings for understanding the mechanism of bilirubin neurotoxicity are discussed.     

13C NMR studies of methylnucleosides

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 22 methylated ribonucleosides and deoxyribonucleosides have been measured and assigned. The chemical shift differences between methylated and unmodified nucleosides are correlated with their characteristic modifications of structure. The significance of the chemical shift and tautomeric variations is discussed.     

13C and 1H NMR spectroscopic studies on the structure of N-methyl-3-pyridone and 3-hydroxypyridine

Carbon and proton NMR spectra of 3-hydroxypyridine and its O-methyl and N-methyl derivatives have been analysed, and are compared with the spectra of the corresponding 2- and 4-substituted pyridines. It is shown, that contrary to quantum chemical predictions and in agreement with chemical experience, 3-hydroxy-pyridine has a phenolic structure in solution. For the N-methyl derivative, however, carbon and proton NMR data clearly demonstrate that this compound should be formulated as N-methyl-3-pyridone. The general problem of the 3-pyridones is discussed on the basis of calculated π-electron densities, IR and NMR data.     

13C NMR of polycyclic aromatic compounds. A review

The analysis of the ¹³C NMR spectra of polycyclic aromatics is discussed briefly. Basic trends of chemical shifts are mentioned, but the emphasis is placed on substituent-induced chemical shifts (SCS). Semi-empirical approaches and regressional analysis are treated. The factors controlling SCS are discussed and steric, mesomeric and π-inductive effects are analysed. CH, CF, CC, CP and C, Metal coupling constants are investigated and the influence of steric effects, bond order, mesomerism and angle distortions in relation to some of these coupling constants is discussed. Relaxation times are described in a series of compounds. The effects of dissolved oxygen or radicals are shown and the use of T₁ as a monitor of molecular tumbling is depicted. The impact of ¹³C NMR on the understanding of charged aromatic species, both positive and negative ions, is mentioned and new information about reaction intermediates in electrophilic aromatic substitution is outlined. The possibility of using ¹³C NMR to investigate charge transfer complexes is also discussed. Among other subjects treated are automerization, deuterium exchange and biosynthetic incorporation of labelled materials and, finally, quantitative analysis is briefly touched upon.     

13C NMR data for organometallic compounds

The first examples of indium porphyrins containing a bi- or tri-nuclear framework are reported. Synthesis is realised by nucleophilic substitution of a metallate anion ^-MLn (MLn = Co(CO)₄, CpMo(CO)₃, CpW(CO)₃, Mn(CO)₅) or ^2-M'Ln (M'Ln = Fe(CO)₄) on a chloroindium(III) porphyrin. The structures of the products are established on the basis of ¹H NMR and IR measurements.     

13C NMR studies of isomeric piperidine derivatives with opiate properties and related compounds

The ¹³C NMR spectra of a series of methyl substituted 3-arylpiperidines and 4-aryl-4-piperidinols and related compounds are reported, and chemical shift data analysed in terms of the configuration and conformation of isomeric pairs. Special attention is given to the γ chemical shift parameter of axial methyl, and the effects of a nitrogen lone pair orbital and hydroxyl or acyloxy group on the chemical shifts of ring and methyl carbons.     

Dynamic 13C NMR studies on the internal rotation in tetraarylallyl anions

Proton noise decoupled ¹³C NMR spectra of lithium 1,1,3,3-bis (2,2′-biphenylylene)propenide and lithium 1,1,3,3-tetraphenylpropenide have been studied, and complete assignments have been made based on several methods, e.g. ¹³C? ¹³C coupling constants of selectively labelled compounds and low-temperature splitting of temperature dependent signals. The barriers to rotation about the partial double bonds of the allyl group have been determined by ¹³C DNMR resulting in the thermodynamic parameters of activation ΔG = 57 kj mol^?1, ΔH^≠ = 56.5 kj mol^?1, ΔS^≠ = ?3J mol^?1K^?1 and ΔG = 55.5 kj mol^?1, ΔH^≠ = 63 kj mol^?1, ΔS^≠ = 26 kJ mol^?1K^?1, respectively. The results are discussed, including the hitherto known data about the topomerisation process.     

13C NMR spectra of benzofuroxan and related compounds

The ¹³C n.m.r. spectrum of benzofuroxan at ?15°C is assigned on the basis of selective decoupling experiments and by comparison with the ¹³C chemical shifts of model compounds. The ¹³C spectra were also measured in trifluoroacetic acid as a solvent. From the temperature dependence of the ¹³C spectrum of benzofuroxan in CDCl₃, a barrier of 14·0 ± 0·2 kcal mol^?1 is obtained for the degenerate tautomerism in this compound.     

13C NMR spectra of biologically active compounds

The diastereomeric effects on the¹³C NMR chemical shifts of thirteen epimeric pairs of 16-aryloxy-11-deoxyprostaglandins of the E₁ and F₁ series caused by the change in the configuration of the 15-hydroxy group, which are differential parameters for assigning epimers to the 15- and 15-stereochemical series, have been determined.For Communication (VIII), see [1].Institute of Chemistry, Bashkir Scientific Center, Urals Branch, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Ufa. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 123–128, January–February, 1991.