Carbon chemical shifts of 1,1-diphenylethylene and α-methylstyrene dimer dianions

The natural abundance C-13 NMR spectra of 1,1-diphenylethylene and α-methylstyrene dimer dianions have been obtained using the proton noise decoupling technique. The extra negative charge distributions in the carbanions have been discussed and compared with those obtained from the proton chemical shifts. The chemical shifts of the two ortho carbons in a phenyl ring are equivalent to each other for the former carbanion but not for the latter.     

Solid-state NMR studies of methyl celluloses. Part 1: regioselectively substituted celluloses as standards for establishing an NMR data basis

Three methyl celluloses with completely uniform substitution pattern, 2-O-methyl cellulose (1), 3-O-methyl cellulose (2) and 6-O-methyl cellulose (3), were prepared according to the cationic ring opening polymerization approaches starting from substituted 1,2,4-orthopivalate derivatives of d-glucose. These samples allowed for the first time to sort out the methyl substitution effects on solid-state NMR chemical shifts and relaxation. Dipolar dephasing experiments allowed the detection and assignment (¹H, ¹³C) of the methyl groups. In 1 and 2, these resonances overlapped with those of C-6, whereas in 3, the methyl signal experienced a low-field shift into the region of C-2,3,5. ¹³C T₁ experiments were used to verify different relaxation behavior of the carbon sites, particularly the short relaxation time of at the carbon substitution site next to the methyl groups. This effect was used to unambiguously identify the ¹³C chemical shifts of the carbons carrying the methoxyl substituent, although they overlap with all resonances in the C-2,3,5 region. The data obtained for the standard samples with uniform substitution will now be used as the basis for determining methylation patterns and substitution degree in commercial methyl celluloses.     

Dual substituent parameter analysis of the ethyl and ipso 13C n.m.r. chemical shifts of some ring-substituted ethylbenzenes and ethylnaphthalenes

The natural abundance ¹³C n.m.r. spectra of a series of para-substituted ethylbenzenes, 4-substituted-1-ethylnaphthalenes and a limited series of 6-substituted-2-ethylnaphthalenes have been examined at low dilution in deuterochloroform solvent. The ethyl carbons and C_ipso in the phenyl series (i.e. have been assigned, and substituent chemical shifts for these carbons calculated and analysed by the Dual Substituent Parameter treatment. (Chemical shifts of all ring carbons have been obtained, but not assigned). Generally speaking, electron-withdrawing substituents lead to positive (i.e. downfield) substituent chemical shifts for CH ₂ and negative substituent chemical shifts for C H₃, i.e. ‘normal’ and ‘inverse’ behaviour respectively. C_ipso in the phenyl series exhibits a ‘normal’ dependence. The dependences of the various substituent chemical shifts on inductive and resonance parameters are discussed, and compared with the behaviour of side chain carbons in other substituted benzene systems.     

Etude en Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire du Carbone-13 de Quelques Aminopyrazoles. Sur le Problème de la Détermination des Constantes d'Equilibre Tautomère

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 32 pyrazoles were measured in hexadeuterated dimethyl sulphoxide and in hexamethylphosphorotriamide. Substituent effects (methyl and amino groups on the pyrazolic carbons, and methyl, n-butyl and phenyl groups on the nitrogen) were calculated by multilinear regression analysis. The general problem of the ¹³C NMR study of annular tautomerism in azoles is discussed and illustrated by the 3(5)-aminopyrazole case.     

13C chemical shifts of symmetrically substituted biphenyls: Unambiguous signal assignment for the carbons ortho and para to an aryl group

The natural abundance ¹³C NMR spectra of 2,2′-dimethyl-, 2,2′-dimethoxy- and 2,2′-dihydroxybiphenyls, and a series of 2,2′-dimethoxy-5,5′-disubstituted biphenyls were recorded. Unambiguous signal assignments of the carbons ortho and para to an aryl ring in biphenyls were made by selective deuteration and/or the graphical method for ¹H single frequency off-resonance decoupled spectra. Contrary to the reported assignments, it was shown that the signal for C-6 in 2,2′-dimethylbiphenyl clearly appears at lower field than that for C-4. The signals for the ortho carbons (C-6) of 2,2′-dimethoxy-5,5′-disubstituted biphenyls generally appeared at lower fields than those for the para carbons (C-4). The validity of applying deuterium isotope shifts to the assignments of ¹³C chemical shifts of di- and tetra-substituted biphenyls is also discussed.     

Substituent effects on carbon-13 chemical shifts of para-substituted benzylbenzenes

Carbon-13 chemical shifts of fourteen para-substituted benzylbenzenes have been determined. The relative substituent chemical shifts (SCS) of the methylene carbons and the aromatic ring carbons (C-4, C-1′ and C-4′) correlated well with the Hammett substituent effects using the dual substituent parameter method. The transmission of substituent effects through the benzylbenzene system is briefly discussed.     

13C NMR study of N-unsubstituted aziridines: I—steric effects,pseudoconjugation

¹³C chemical shifts for twenty-nine alkyl and phenyl substituted N-unsubstituted aziridines have been measured. Additivity parameters for methyl, phenyl and aziridyl carbons have been derived with the aim of testing the consistency of the assignments made on the basis of chemical shift considerations and off-resonance decoupling information. The observed chemical shifts are discussed in terms of steric and pseudoconjugation effects.     

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. VIII—18α- and 18β-glycyrrhetic acid derivatives

The ¹³C NMR data of six pairs of 18α/18β-glycyrrhetic acid derivatives are presented. It is shown that the configuration at C-18 can easily be recognized by inspecting the chemical shifts of several characteristic carbons, e.g. C-12, C-13, C-18 and C-28. The shifts of these carbons originated by the change of the D/E ring junction proved to be largely independent of the substitution at C-3 and C-20.     

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.     

Proximity and the heteroatom effects on the carbon-13 chemical shifts of methyl-substituted phenols,anilines and thiophenols

Upfield substituent-induced ¹³C chemical shifts for aryl carbons of polymethyl substituted benzenes, phenols, anilines and thiophenols were investigated as a function of the proximity between substituents X and CH₃ (X = CH₃, NH₂, OH and SH). The results indicate that the induced shifts of the substituted aryl carbons are, in general, independent of the polar substituent but depend on the number of adjacent substituted aryl carbons. A ?2.0 ppm upfield shift was found for a substituted aryl carbon adjacent to one substituted aryl carbon and a ?3.8 ppm upfield shift for a substituted aryl carbon bound by two substituted aryl carbons. It is suggested that the near additivity of the upfield shifts is the result of changes in the bond order between the aromatic ring carbons in the region of the substituted aryl carbons due to distortion of the ring. The ¹³C chemical shifts of the methyl substituents for methyl substituted phenols, anilines and thiophenols were determined, and it was found that the values could be predicted from the additivity parameters reported for the analogous methylbenzenes plus an additional pair-interaction term associated with the through-space electronic influence of the heteroatom.     

Identification of 4,5-unsymmetrically substituted l-amino- and 1-(N-arylacetylamino)-1,2,3-triazoles by 13C-NMR

¹³C nmr chemical shifts are used for the structural assignment of isomeric 1-amino-1,2,3-triazoles and 1-(N-arylacetylamino)-1,2,3-triazoles unsymmetrically substituted with phenyl, methyl or hydrogen in the 4,5-positions of the triazole ring. A signal at 11 ± 0.6 ppm indicates a 4-methyl triazole derivative, whereas a signal at 7.9 ± 1 ppm indicates a 5-methyl triazole. A signal at 120 ± 0.5 ppm (C-5) indicates a hydrogen in the 5-position (unsubstituted triazole).     

13C chemical shifts and conformational analysis of S-methylthiolanium cations

The ¹³C NMR spectra of all cations obtained by methylation at sulphur of the mono-and dimethylthiolanes are reported. The methyl substituent on sulphur affects the shieldings of the adjacent carbons in a manner which allows easy identification of the cis and trans isomers. For most compounds the ¹³C pattern is consistent with a half-chair ring conformation with maximum staggering at C-3, C-4. Only with methyl groups at the 1,2-or 1,2,3-positions is the half-chair appreciably deformed. It is suggested that in these cases the preferred conformation is a quasi-envelope with C-3 at the top.     

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Substituent-induced chemical shift effects on cyclopropyl carbons of 4-substituted cyclopropylbenzenes

Carbon-13 chemical shifts of the cyclopropyl carbons of eleven 4-substituted cyclopropylbenzenes have been measured under conditions effectively corresponding to infinite dilution in DCCI₃. The substituent-induced chemical shifts (SCS) of both the α and β carbons of the cyclopropane ring were found to be downfield with electron-attracting groups and upfield for electron-donating groups. The trends for the β carbons correspond to those observed for the β carbons of 4-substituted phenylethenes, while the trends of the α carbons are similar to those found for the α carbons of 4-substituted isopropyl benzenes. The results for the β carbons can be rationalized by postulating a substantial contribution from a hyperconjugative resonance effect involving the σ system of the benzene ring (and its 4-substituent) and the C-α—C? β bonds of the cyclopropane ring. The effects on the α carbons are in accord with a very reasonable smaller inductive polarization of the C-α? C-β bonds than encountered for the carbons of corresponding ethenyl- or ethynylbenzenes.     

The structure of plasma-polymerized toluene: A solid-state 13C-NMR study of isotopically labeled polymers

A detailed magic angle spinning ¹³C-NMR investigation of the intractable polymer prepared by plasma polymerization of toluene and isotopically labeled toluene led to a proposed model for the structure of the polymer and suggested some of the likely processes that occur in the gas phase leading to film formation. From the ¹³C spectra four resolved resonances permitted the determination of the contribution of nonprotonated and protonated unsaturated as well as methyl and other aliphatic carbons to the polymer structure. Specific ¹³C isotopic labeling of the methyl and phenyl C-1 toluene carbons in the injected liquid vapor allowed the destination of these carbons in the deposited polymer to be traced. The dominant structure is derived primarily from two precursors: benzyl radical and toluene itself. The ¹³C data further requires a net saturation of ca. 30% of the toluene double bonds and a net displacement of hydrogen by carbon on ca. 20% of the toluene ring carbons.     

13C NMR study of ortho-, meta- and para- substituted phenyldiphenylamines: Substituent effect correlations

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 11 substituted triphenylamines have been determined and the assignment of these resonances made using intensities, ¹H and ¹⁹F couplings and predictions from bond additivity relationships. ¹³C chemical shifts at carbons bearing the substituent and at carbons ortho to the substituent correlated reasonably well with the Q parameter. A multiple regression analysis of chemical shifts with the field and resonance parameters of Swain and Lupton and the Q parameter produced significantly better correlations than those obtained when Q was omitted for these positions. ¹³C chemical shift correlations for carbons meta and para to the substituent were not significantly better than when Q was omitted. Significant correlations were obtained between field and resonance parameters and ¹³C chemical shifts of C-o and C-p, and C-i, C-o, C-m and C-p of the non-substituent bearing phenyl rings in ortho- and para-substituted phenyldiphenylamines, respectively.     

13C NMR spectra of non-labelled and 15N-mono-labelled azo dyes

¹³C NMR spectra of four types of azo coupling products from benzenediazonium chloride have been measured and interpreted, viz. hydrazo compounds with an intramolecular hydrogen bond (3-methyl-1-phenylpyrazole-4,5-dione 4-phenylhydrazone), azo compounds without an intramolecular hydrogen bond (4-hydroxyazobenzene), azo compounds with an intramolecular hydrogen bond (2-hydroxy-5-tert-butylazobenzene) and an equilibrium mixture of both the tautomers of 1-phenylazo-2-naphthol. The absolute values of the J(¹⁵N¹³C) coupling constants have been determined by recording the spectra of the ¹⁵N isotopomers, and have been used, in some cases, for ¹³C signal assignment. A relationship has been found between the chemical shifts of the C-1′ to C-4′ carbons of the phenyl group (from the benzenediazonium ion) or the ¹J(¹⁵N¹³C) coupling constant, and the composition of the tautomeric mixture.     

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.     

Investigation of the torsional angle at the glycosidic bond in 5′-amino-5′-deoxythymidine derivatives by carbon-13 n.m.r. spectroscopy

The conformational preference of the thymine base ring with respect to the sugar ring in β,β,β,-trichloroethyl 5′amino-5′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate has been studied by ¹³C n.m.r. spectroscopy. The magnitude of the three bond vicinal coupling constant, J(C-2, H-1′), for β,β,β-trichloroethyl 5′-amino-5′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate and the similarity between the chemical shifts for the furanose carbons C-1′, C-2′, and C-3′ in β,β,β-trichloroethyl 5-′-amino-5′-deoxythymidine-5′-phosphate and in β,β,β-trichloroethyl thymidine 5′-phosphate indicate that the amino analogue exists in aqueous solution predominantly in the anti conformation, as is the case with natural nucleotides.     

Application of biosynthetic 13C-enrichment using [1-13C]-, [2-13C]- and [1,2-13C2]-acetate as precursor for 13C NMR spectral assignment of higher plant metabolites. The assignments of some bryonolic acid derivatives

The ¹³C NMR spectra of some derivatives of bryonolic acid (1) (D:C-friedoolean-8-en-3β-ol-29-oic acid) were assigned by means of ¹³C-enrichment, lanthanide-induced shifts (LIS) and comparison of chemical shift data between derivatives. The ¹³C-enriched species of 1, i.e., 1a, 1b and 1c were biosynthesized by Luffa cylindrica (Cucurbitaceae) callus fed with [1-¹³C]-, [2-¹³C]- or [1,2-¹³C₂]-acetate, respectively. Methyl acetylbryonolates 2, 2a, 2b and 2c, methyl bryonolates 3, 3a, 3b and 3c, methyl bryononates 4 and 4a, diacetyl-3β,29-diols (3,29-diacetyl-D:C-friedoolean-8-en-β,29-diol) 5, 5a, 5b and 5c, and 3-acetyl-3β,29-diols 6, 6a and 6b were prepared from 1, 1a, 1b and 1c, and their ¹³C NMR spectra were recorded. The ¹³C concentration of the ¹³C-enriched species was high enough to exhibit the satellite peaks clearly, and the analysed data were very useful for this study. Thus, total assignments for 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 were established. It was found that conversion of the methoxycarbonyl group at C-29 into an acetoxymethyl group caused complex changes in the chemical shifts of the C, D- and E-ring carbons and those of the methyl carbons linked to these rings.     

Geometrical isomerism and 13C spectra of the β-substituted Enones R1?C(1)O?C(2)HC(3)H?R2

The ¹³C chemical shifts of the unsaturated carbons were measured in 31 cis and trans pairs of β-substituted enones R₁? C(1)O? C(2)H?C(3)H? R₂. In these polarized ethylenes the chemical shifts of the olefinic carbons are simply related by the equation δ_c=δ_t+A. The steric and electronic effects introduced by the R₁ and R₂ substituents influence the chemical shifts of C-2 and C-3 in both isomers. It is shown that the sign and magnitude of the intercept A mainly reflect the π-charge electronic density changes which arise in the cis isomer and are transmitted via the π-framework. The effect of the steric interaction on the chemical shift of C-3 in the cis isomers is postulated to be related to the symmetry of the substituents. Therefore, the differential shielding of C-3 is indicative of the conformational structure of the cis molecule.