Solid State NMR Characterisation of Encapsulated Molecules in Mesoporous Silica

Ibuprofen molecules have been encapsulated in mesoporous MCM-41 type-silica functionalised or not by amino groups. They have been characterised by ¹³C and ¹H solid state NMR spectroscopy. The ¹³C MAS single pulse or cross polarization NMR spectra, as well as the ¹H MAS NMR spectra demonstrate an extremely high mobility of the ibuprofen molecules when the matrix is not functionalised. On the contrary, when the silica matrix is functionalized by amino groups, the ¹³C NMR response shows less mobility suggesting the existence of interactions between the amino groups and the carboxylic groups. Benzoic acid as well as benzamide have also been encapsulated and their NMR responses compared to that of ibuprofen.     

1H, 13C and 199Hg NMR Studies of the Complexation of HgCl2 by Imidazolidine-2-Thione and its Derivatives

Abstract

Mercury(II) complexes of imidazolidine-2-thione and its derivatives have been synthesized and their ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁹⁹Hg NMR spectra measured. HgCl₂ forms L₂HgCl₂ type complexes (where L = imidazolidine-2-thione and its derivatives). The NH group of the ligand is shifted downfield by about +1.37 ppm in the ¹H NMR after complexation. The C-2 carbon in the ¹³C NMR is shifted by—6.50 ppm for mono N-substituted ligands, but by—5.30 ppm for N,N''-disubstituted ligands. The ¹⁹⁹Hg NMR resonance is shifted by about—60 ppm for N-substituted ligands, but—140 ppm shifts were observed for N',N'-disubstituted ligands.     

Partial synthesis of octanor-13β-dammarane

The partial synthesis of octanor-13β-dammarane — one of the basic compounds for calculating the effects of substituents in the¹³C NMR spectra of tetracyclic triterpenoids of the dammarane series — has been effected.     

Carbon-13 chemical shift assignments of the nitration products of pyrene

¹³C and ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra have been obtained in order to identify the six nitration products of pyrene—1-nitropyrene, 1,3-dinitropyrene, 1,6-dinitropyrene, 1,8-dinitropyrene, 1,3,6-trinitropyrene and 1,3,6,8-tetranitropyrene. ¹³C chemical shifts in DMSO-d₆ were assigned using empirical rules, with particular emphasis on the additivity of the substituent effects. Carbon spectra of separated dinitromixtures enabled identification of the previously unreported 1,3-isomer, and proton spectra differentiated the 1,6- and 1,8- isomers.     

The structure of 1,6,6aλ4-trithiapentalene and substituted 1,6,6aλ4-trithiapentalenes studied by means of NMR spectroscopy

¹³C NMR spectra of unsubstituted 1,6,6aλ⁴-trithiapentalene and a series of methyl and phenyl substituted 1,6,6aλ⁴-trithiapentalenes have been recorded. The spectra have been assigned by comparison with ¹H NMR data based on coupling constants from undecoupled spectra. From the chemical shift of C-3a it is concluded that the double bond character of the C-3a—S-6a is low. The relaxation times for C-2 and C-3 only show small differences; this seems not to be in favour of a fast interconversion between two thiocarbonyl forms. The NMR data obtained seem thus to be in accordance with a bicyclic naphthalene-like structure with ten delocalised π-electrons.     

Carbon-13 NMR study of isoxazolopyridine systems

The ¹³C NMR spectra of all azabenzenoid isoxazolopyridines and some of their chloro derivatives are discussed. All ¹³C resonances were unambiguously assigned by means of gated decoupled spectra, from which one-bond and long-range ¹³C? ¹H coupling constants have been determined from line splittings.     

Configuration and conformation of methyl 2,3-anhydro-4-deoxy-pyranosides by 1H and 13C NMR spectra

¹³C NMR spectra of 24 methyl 2,3-anhydro-4-deoxy-pento and hexopyranosides have been obtained. ¹H NMR spectra were also recorded for comparison purposes. The ¹³C NMR data can be used for differentiation of the stereo-isomeric epoxide configuration. ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra give some insight, though still of qualitative nature, into conformation of epoxy compounds.     

Proton,carbon, silicon and tin nmr studies on methyl-trichlorosilane and methyltrichlorostannane in isotropic and anisotropic phases

The natural-abundance ¹H, ¹³C, ²⁹Si, ¹¹⁷Sn and ¹¹⁹Sn NMR spectra of methyltrichlorosilane and methyltrichlorostannane in isotropic and anisotropic phases have been recorded and analyzed, and the geometries of these molecules deduced. The indirect contribution to the Si—H and Sn—H couplings is negligible, while the relative anisotropies of the indirect Si—C and Sn—C coupling constants are 68% and 190%, respectively. The degree of orientation in methyltrichlorosilane is observably larger than values measured previously.     

High resolution NMR spectroscopy of heteroaromatic cations. I. 13C?1H coupling constants in the pyridinium cation

High-resolution ¹H? {¹⁴N} and proton-coupled natural-abundance ¹³C? {¹⁴N} double resonance spectra have been recorded for pyridinium tetrafluoroborate dissolved in CD₃CN. Iterative analysis of these spectra has provided the accurate values and relative signs of all possible long-range ¹³C—¹H coupling constants. These are compared with the respective values in pyridine and pyridine-N-oxide and discussed in terms of the relationship with the electronegativity of the N-substituent. Experimental conditions allowing the observation of well-resolved proton-coupled ¹³C NMR spectra of charged heteroaromatics are also presented.     

Metabolite assignment of ultrafiltered synovial fluid extracted from knee joints of reactive arthritis patients using high resolution NMR spectroscopy

Currently, there are no reliable biomarkers available that can aid early differential diagnosis of reactive arthritis (ReA) from other inflammatory joint diseases. Metabolic profiling of synovial fluid (SF)—obtained from joints affected in ReA—holds great promise in this regard and will further aid monitoring treatment and improving our understanding about disease mechanism. As a first step in this direction, we report here the metabolite specific assignment of ¹H and ¹³C resonances detected in the NMR spectra of SF samples extracted from human patients with established ReA. The metabolite characterization has been carried out on both normal and ultrafiltered (deproteinized) SF samples of eight ReA patients (n = 8) using high-resolution (800 MHz) ¹H and ¹H─¹³C NMR spectroscopy methods such as one-dimensional ¹H CPMG and two-dimensional J-resolved¹H NMR and homonuclear ¹H─¹H TOCSY and heteronuclear¹H─¹³C HSQC correlation spectra. Compared with normal SF samples, several distinctive ¹H NMR signals were identified and assigned to metabolites in the ¹H NMR spectra of ultrafiltered SF samples. Overall, we assigned 53 metabolites in normal filtered SF and 64 metabolites in filtered pooled SF sample compared with nonfiltered SF samples for which only 48 metabolites (including lipid/membrane metabolites as well) have been identified. The established NMR characterization of SF metabolites will serve to guide future metabolomics studies aiming to identify/evaluate the SF-based metabolic biomarkers of diagnostic/prognostic potential or seeking biochemical insights into disease mechanisms in a clinical perspective.     

13C NMR spectra of thiophenes. III—Bromothiophenes

The ¹³C NMR spectra of all bromo substituted thiophenes have been obtained at 15·085 MHz. ¹³C signal assignments for monobromothiophenes have been confirmed by comparison with the spectra of their partially deuteriated derivatives; a revision is made for the assignment in 3-bromothiophene. The substituent effect of bromine is generally additive for the ¹³C chemical shifts. The substituent effect on various types of ¹³C, ¹H coupling constants is also obtained and discussed.     

Determination of long range dipolar couplings in ferroelectric liquid crystals

Long range dipolar coupling constants have been determined in three ferroelectric liquid crystals in their racemic forms using ¹³C NMR. Two of these liquid crystals are esters of α-chloroacids and 4-octyloxy-4'-hydroxybiphenyl, and have a very large spontaneous polarization in the smectic C* phase. The strategy used in the present study is the observation and measurement of ²H-¹³C splittings in the ¹³C spectra of monodeuterated compounds. The order parameters were calculated from the 1D spectra, and some of the coupling constants are compared with the ¹H-¹³C coupling constants previously obtained from 2D experiments. In addition, the deuterium quadrupole splitting of these compounds was determined from their ²H NMR spectra. The experiments were carried out over the whole mesomorphic ranges of the liquid crystals, covering the smectic A and smectic C phases.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of monosubstituted pyrazines

Carbon-13 NMR chemical shifts and one-bond carbon–hydrogen coupling constants have been obtained at 15·09 MHz. The trends in the carbon chemical shifts obtained for the pyrazines parallel those of monosubstituted benzenes and 2-substituted pyridines, except for the direct effect of substitution where the pyrazines resemble pyridines not benzenes. The substituent effects on the ¹³C NMR spectra are generally quite similar to those in the ¹H NMR spectra. The ¹³C NMR spectrum of the tautomeric hydroxypyrazine has been compared with the ¹³C NMR spectra of 2-, 3- and 4-hydroxypyridines. Hydroxy compounds that can exist as a cyclic amide show a large meta substituent effect on the chemical carbon shift.     

NMR investigations on alanyl-[15% 13C, 95% 15N]-proline: 15N chemical shifts and 13C?15N coupling constants

The dipeptide alanylproline has been prepared with the proline residue both ¹³C (15%) and ¹⁵N (95%) enriched. ¹⁵N NMR spectra of alanylproline reveal signals for both possible conformations—cis and trans—of the dipeptide backbone in solution. Different pK values for both conformers are obtained from the pH dependence of the ¹⁵N chemical shifts using a least square programme based on the Henderson–Hasselbach equation. These different values are discussed in terms of interaction between the α-amino group and the carboxylate group and between the carboxylate oxygen and the carbonyl oxygen of the dipeptide via hydrogen bonding. Further evidence for these interactions is obtained from the pH dependence of the ratio of the ¹⁵N NMR signal intensities of the two conformers. One, two or three bonded ¹³C? ¹⁵N coupling constants measured in the ¹³C NMR high resolution spectra have different values in the cis and trans isomers of alanylproline and thus indicate different geometry in the pyrrolidine ring.     

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.     

13C NMR spectra of some coumarins of Haplophyllum obtusifolium

Coumaris ofHaplophyllum obtusifolium Ledeb. — obtusinin, capensin, and fraxetin 7-O--D-glucopyranoside — have been investigated by¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Several distinctive features of their NMR spectra have been observed. A complete assignment of the¹³C NMR spectra of these coumarins has been made and their structures have been confirmed.Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances, Uzbek SSR Academy of Sciences, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 796–799, November–December, 1987.     

13C Pulse fourier transform NMR of menthol stereoisomers and related compounds

¹³C NMR spectra of menthol stereoisomers have been determined. The correlations of chemical shifts of these ring carbons with those of stereoisomeric 2-isopropylcyclohexanols are examined. Observed chemical shifts of 1-Me carbons are compared with those predicted from the chemical shifts of stereoisomeric 1-methyl-4-t-butylcyclohexanes. ¹³C NMR spectra of menthyl acetates, and cis and trans p -menthanes have also been examined.     

Intramolecular mobility of pentacoordinated tin compounds

The ¹¹⁹Sn NMR and ¹³C NMR data are reported for N-alkyl-5,5-di-t-butyldiptychoxazstannolidines. The activation parameters of an intramolecular process are estimated from the temperature dependence of the ¹H NMR spectra in different polar solvents, The NMR data support the dissociation—inversion mechanism for this process.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy of kawa-pyrones

¹³C NMR spectra of six kawa-pyrones (styryl α-pyrones) have been assigned. The assignments are based on the splitting pattern in the coupled spectra, comparison of the chemical shifts with those of model compounds and by application of additivity relationships. The ¹³C NMR of styrene was also reinvestigated.     

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.