Carbon-13 NMR spin-lattice relaxation times of isotactic and syndiotactic sequences in amorphous polypropylene

Spin-lattice relaxation times (T₁) for methyl, methylene, and methine carbons in an amorphous polypropylene have been measured as a function of temperature from 46 to 138°C. The carbons from isotactic sequences characteristically exhibited the longest T₁'s of those observed. The T₁ differences increased with temperature with the largest difference occuring for methine carbons where a 32% difference was observed. Activation energies were determined for the motional processes affecting T₁'s for isotactic and syndiotactic sequences with essentially no dependence upon configuration noted.     

13C NMR relaxation study of molecular motions in tetraphenyltin and tetra(p-tolyl)tin in solution

The Woessner approach is applied to the 13C relaxation data for tetraphenyltin (1) and tetra(p-tolyl)tin (2) in CDCl3 solution over the temperature range 5-42 degrees C to obtain correlation times for rotational motions and hence the activation barriers. Quantum mechanical computations were carried out to obtain the rotational energy barriers for comparison. For 2 the relaxation data indicate (1) slower ring rotation than in 1, (2) highly hindered internal rotation of the methyl group. IR and chemical shift data support the hypothesis of hyperconjugation of the methyl correlated with interaction between the pi-electrons and the 5d orbitals of tin in the (p-tolyl)Sn moiety to account for the hindrances to the rotations of the ring and the methyl. The activation barrier for the tolyl group rotation is found to be much higher than that for the phenyl rotation. However, the Woessner approach yields an anomalously high barrier for the methyl rotation. An explanation based on correlated rotations of the tolyl ring and the methyl is offered.     

Folded structures of L-leucylglycine oligopeptides and their aggregational behavior in aqueous solution: Raman scattering spectra and proton NMR spin-lattice relaxation studies

The aggregational behavior of three L-leucylglycine oligopeptides (residue numbers of glycine are 3, 4, and 5) in aqueous solution was investigated by the use of Raman scattering and 1H NMR spin-lattice relaxation methods. The results indicate that their oligopeptides take up a folded structure to form dimeric aggregates above their critical aggregation concentration. The application of one-dimensional aggregate theory to these systems provides the following prediction. Elongation up to 6 glycine residues makes it possible to form dimeric aggregates, but further elongation (up to 7 glycine residues) makes the aggregates very unstable, and up to 8 or 9 glycine residues makes the formation of dimeric aggregates very difficult. The one-dimensional aggregate theory may be used to predict the existence of peptide aggregates through intermolecular hydrogen bonding.     

Rotational correlation times of adenosine 5′-monophosphate in solution as deduced from 1H and 13C spin-lattice relaxation times

Rotational correlation times (τ_T) of the 5′-AMP molecule deduced from spin-lattice relaxation times (T₁) of different protons in the molecule agree fairly well with each other in the temperature range of 3.5–74°C. The same is true with τ_T values deduced from ¹³CT₁ values. These results indicate that the internal motions are slow as compared to the overall rotation of the 5′-AMP molecule.     

Conformational study of phosphothreonine in aqueous solution. H and 13C NMR results

The 270 MHz ¹H and 22.6 MHz ¹³C NMR spectra of DL -phosphothreonine in D₂O have been measured and analysed as a function of pD. The trans-trans conformation of the fragment H-α? C-α? C-β? O? P predominates at all pD values. The C-β—O gauche contribution is notably larger for pD values in the range 7≤pD<10 than for acidic or more basic solutions which is in accordance with earlier results for phosphoserine (PSer).     

Micellization in aqueous solution of an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide triblock copolymer, investigated with 1H NMR spectroscopy, pulsed-field gradient NMR, and NMR relaxation

(1)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been applied to study the temperature and concentration-induced micellization of a poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) triblock copolymer, Pluronic P105, in D(2)O solutions in the temperature range from 5 to 45 degrees C and the concentration range from 0.01 to 15% (w/v). The intrinsic probes, the chemical shift, and the half-height width of the PO CH(3) signal are very sensitive to the local environment and can be used to characterize the temperature and concentration-dependent aggregation process. When the temperature approaches the critical micellization temperature or the polymer concentration reaches the critical micellization concentration, the chemical shift of the PO CH(3) signal moves toward lower ppm values and the half-height width of the PO CH(3) signal shows a sudden increase. It indicates that the methyl groups are experiencing a progressively less polar environment and transferring from water to the hydrophobic micellar core. The hydrodynamic radius of the unimers and the micelles are determined as be 1.8 and 5.0 nm by means of pulsed-field gradient spin-echo (PGSE) NMR. They were independent of temperature and concentration. The drastic shortening of spin-lattice relaxation time T(1) for the PO CH(3)/CH(2) protons in the transition region suggested that the PPO blocks are located in a "liquid-like" micellar core, whereas the exponential increase of T(1) for the PEO CH(2) protons implied that the PEO blocks are still keeping in contact with surrounding water. Thermodynamics analysis according to a closed association model shows that the micellization process is entropy-driven and has an endothermic micellization enthalpy.     

Carbon-13 NMR. The analysis of the relaxation times T1 of benzofuran and of a series of its methyl derivatives. Correlations between molecular motions and structural properties

Carbon-13 relaxation times (T₁) and nuclear Overhauser enhancements (η) have been measured for benzofuran and a series of its methyl derivatives. The contributions of dipolar (T₁ ^DD) and spin rotation (T₁^SR) mechanisms have both been determined. The temperature dependence of T₁ has been studied. The relationships between molecular motions and structural properties have been emphasized. The overall motional anisotropy of the benzofuran molecule is increased by substitution in positions 2 and 5. The internal rotation of a methyl group may change depending on its position in the molecule and on the influence of other methyl groups in its close neighbourhood.     

Orientations of the principal components of electric field gradients and internal motions in dihydrogen ligands from the 2H T1 NMR relaxation data in solution

The deuterium spin-lattice relaxation times in (D2) ligands of W, Ru and Os complexes are reviewed and analyzed in terms of the fast internal (D2) motions: free rotation, librations and 180 degrees jumps. The analysis was performed using quadrupolar coupling constant (DQCC) parameters taken from the solid-state 2H NMR spectra and density function theory calculations. It is shown that the calculated DQCC values can be corrected for further use in interpretations of deuterium relaxation times for Ru and Os dihydrogen complexes. The resulting data led to a criterion for using the relaxation data to distinguish fast-spinning dihydrogen ligands. It is shown that the principal components of electric field gradient tensors at D in the dihydrogen ligands are oriented closer to M-D directions.     

A direct hydrogen-1, carbon-13, and nitrogen-15 NMR study of lutetium(III)-isothiocyanate complexation in aqueous solvent mixtures

A direct, low-temperature hydrogen-1, carbon-13, and nitrogen-15 nuclear magnetic resonance study of lutetium(III)-isothiocyanate complex formation in aqueous solvent mixtures has been completed. At –100°C to –120°C in water-acetone-Freon mixtures, ligand exchange is slowed sufficiently to permit the observation of separate¹H,¹³C, and¹⁵N NMR signals for coordinated and free water and isothiocyanate ions. In the¹³C and¹⁵N spectra of NCS^–, resonance signals for five complexes are observed over the range of concentrations studied. The¹³C chemical shifts of complexed NCS^– varied from –0.5 ppm to –3 ppm from that of free anion. For the same complexes, the¹⁵N chemical shifts from free anion were about –11 ppm to –15 ppm. The magnitude and sign of the¹⁵N chemical shifts identified the nitrogen atom as the binding site in NCS^–. The concentration dependence of the¹³C and¹⁵N signal areas, and estimates of the fraction of anion bound at each NCS^–:Lu³⁺ mole ratio, were consistent with the formation of [(H₂O)₅Lu(NCS)]²⁺ through [(H₂O)Lu(NCS)₅]^2–. Although proton and/or ligand exchange and the resulting bulk-coordinated signal overlap prevented accurate hydration number measurements, a good qualitative correlation of the water¹H NMR spectral results with those of¹³C and¹⁵N was possible.     

Molecular determinants for drug-receptor interactions Part 14. X-ray molecular structure and theoretical conformational (MNDO, MM2) studies of the narcotic dualist buprenorphine hydrochloride

The X-ray molecular structure of buprenorphine hydrochloride [(C₂₉H₄₂O₄N)⁺Cl⁻] was determined. The molecule forms colourless tetragonal crystals; the space group is P4₁2₁2₁ with eight molecules per unit cell of dimensions a = 11.507(2) Å and c = 41.952(9) Å. The structure was determined by direct methods and refined by the full-matrix least-squares procedure to R = 0.056 for 2251 observed reflections. The protonated buprenorphine (BPNH⁺) in the solid state adopts the T-shape form typical of benzomorphan compounds; the substituent group at the N atom is in the equatorial configuration and the cyclopropylmethyl side-chain is almost perpendicular to the piperidine ring. Theoretical studies of the conformations and the rotational energetics of BPNH⁺ were performed using both the semiquantitative MNDO and the force field (MM2) methods. The latter method predicted four low energy conformations about the N-C(21) and C(21)-C(22) bonds. Two of these were more significantly populated (59% and 30%). They may easily interconvert through only a single torsional process. The less-populated (30%) conformation was consistent with that adopted in the solid state. The MNDO method predicted different low energy conformations of the N-cyclopropylmethyl moiety. Neither method reproduced the favoured torsional angles adopted by the structurally analogous naltrexone molecule which has the opposite pharmacological profile.     

Comparison of aqueous molecular dynamics with NMR relaxation and residual dipolar couplings favors internal motion in a mannose oligosaccharide.

An investigation has been performed to assess how aqueous dynamical simulations of flexible molecules can be compared against NMR data. The methodology compares state-of-the-art NMR data (residual dipolar coupling, NOESY, and (13)C relaxation) to molecular dynamics simulations in water over several nanoseconds. In contrast to many previous applications of residual dipolar coupling in structure investigations of biomolecules, the approach described here uses molecular dynamics simulations to provide a dynamic representation of the molecule. A mannose pentasaccharide, alpha-D-Manp-(1-->3)-alpha-D-Manp-(1-->3)-alpha-D-Manp-(1-->3)-alpha-D-Manp-(1-->2)-D-Manp, was chosen as the model compound for this study. The presence of alpha-linked mannan is common to many glycopeptides, and therefore an understanding of the structure and the dynamics of this molecule is of both chemical and biological importance. This paper sets out to address the following questions. (1) Are the single structures which have been used to interpret residual dipolar couplings a useful representation of this molecule? (2) If dynamic flexibility is included in a representation of the molecule, can relaxation and residual dipolar coupling data then be simultaneously satisfied? (3) Do aqueous molecular dynamics simulations provide a reasonable representation of the dynamics present in the molecule and its interaction with water? In summary, two aqueous molecular dynamics simulations, each of 20 ns, were computed. They were started from two distant conformations and both converged to one flexible ensemble. The measured residual dipolar couplings were in agreement with predictions made by averaging the whole ensemble and from a specific single structure selected from the ensemble. However, the inclusion of internal motion was necessary to rationalize the relaxation data. Therefore, it is proposed that although residual dipolar couplings can be interpreted as a single-structure, this may not be a correct interpretation of molecular conformation in light of other experimental data. Second, the methodology described here shows that the ensembles from aqueous molecular dynamics can be effectively tested against experimental data sets. In the simulation, significant conformational motion was observed at each of the linkages, and no evidence for intramolecular hydrogen bonds at either alpha(1-->2) or alpha(1-->3) linkages was found. This is in contrast to simulations of other linkages, such as beta(1-->4), which are often predicted to maintain intramolecular hydrogen bonds and are coincidentally predicted to have less conformational freedom in solution.     

Molecular dynamics simulation of [Gd(egta)(H(2)O)](-) in aqueous solution: internal motions of the poly(amino carboxylate) and water ligands, and rotational correlation times

Molecular dynamics simulations of [Gd(egta)(H(2)O)](-) (egta(4-)=3,12-bis(carboxymethyl)-6,9-dioxa-3,12-diazatetradecanedioate(4-)) have been performed without any artificial constraint on the first coordination sphere, such as covalent bonds between the Gd(3+) and the coordination sites. Two new crystallographic structures were determined for this gadolinium chelate and used to start two molecular dynamics simulations. [Gd(egta)(H(2)O)](-) and [Gd(egta)](-) were both observed during the simulations, with a mean volume for the reaction of dissociation [Gd(egta)(H(2)O)](-)-->[Gd(egta)](-)+H(2)O of +7.2 cm(3)mol(-1), which corroborates the previously published experimental value of +10.5 cm(3)mol(-1). Changes in the conformation of the complex with the inversion of several dihedral angles are observed in the simulations independently from the water dissociation. Very fast changes of the third-order rotation axis direction of the Gd(3+) coordination polyhedron (of symmetry D(3h)) are observed during the simulations and are related to the mechanism of electronic relaxation of the complex. Different rotational correlation times (tau(R)) were calculated from the simulations on various observables of the complex. Protons of the inner sphere have different tau(R). The mean tau(R) of the two Gd-HW(HW=hydrogen of water molecule) vectors is 72% lower than tau(R) of the complex, and 75% lower than tau(R) of the vector Gd-OW (OW=oxygen of water molecule). This discrimination of the tumbling rates should be taken into account in future global (17)O NMR, EPR and NMRD (nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion) data analysis.     

13C-labeled N-acetyl-neuraminic acid in aqueous solution: detection and quantification of acyclic keto, keto hydrate, and enol forms by 13C NMR spectroscopy

Aqueous solutions of N-acetyl-neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac, 1) labeled with (13)C at C1, C2, and/or C3 were analyzed by (13)C NMR spectroscopy to detect and quantify the acyclic forms (keto, keto hydrate, enol) present at varying pHs. In addition to pyranoses, solutions contained the keto form, based on the detection of C2 signals at approximately 198 ppm (approximately 0.7% at pH 2). Spectra of [2-(13)C] and [3-(13)C] isotopomers contained signals arising from labeled carbons at approximately 143 and approximately 120 ppm, respectively, which were attributed to enol forms. Solution studies of [1,2,3-(13)C3] 1 substantiated the presence of enol (approximately 0.5% at pH 2). Enol was not detected at pH > 6.0. A C2 signal observed at approximately 94 ppm was identified as C2 of the keto hydrate (approximately 1.9% at pH 2), based partly on its abundance as a function of solution pH. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to study the effect of enol and hydrate structure on J(CH) and J(CC) values involving C2 and C3 of these forms. Solvated DFT calculations showed that (2)J(C2,H3) in cis and trans enols have similar magnitudes but opposite signs, making this J-coupling potentially useful to distinguish enol configurations. Solvent deuterium exchange studies of 1 showed rapid incorporation of (2)H from (2)H2O at H3 axial in the pyranoses at p(2)H 8.0, followed by slower exchange at H3 equatorial. The acyclic keto form, which presumably participates in this reaction, must assume a pseudo-cyclic conformation in solution in order to account for the exchange selectivity. Weak (13)C signals arising from labeled species were also observed consistently and reproducibly in aqueous solutions of (13)C-labeled 1, possibly arising from products of lactonization or intermolecular esterification.     

NMR and potentiometric determination of the high pK values and protonation sequence of dipyridino-hexaaza-28-crown-8 and its interactions with selenate,sulfate and nitrate ions in aqueous solution

The aqueous protonation and anion-binding SeO ₂ ^–/4 SO _2– ⁴ , and NO _– ³ ) constants of the macrocyclic polyamine ligand, dipyridino-hexaaza-28-crown-8(L), were measured in 0.1M KCl using a potentiometric titration technique. The protonation sequence of the aza groups of L was studied in D₂O from the chemical shifts of the nonlabile protons so as to find the charge distribution geometry as a function of pD. The study indicates that in 0.1M KC1 fully protonated L forms stable l: 1 complexes with SeO _2– ⁴ (logK=3.68) and SO _2– ⁴ (logK=3.55), but not with NO _– ³ (logK < l.5). All of the amine pK values were above 6.3, thus allowing the use of the protonated form of this ligand over a wide pH range.     

Molecular tweezer and clip in aqueous solution: unexpected self-assembly, powerful host-guest complex formation, quantum chemical 1H NMR shift calculation

The newly prepared water-soluble naphthalene tweezer 2a and anthracene clip 4a (substituted both with lithium methanephosphonate groups in the central spacer unit) undergo an unexpected self-assembly in aqueous solution. The highly ordered intertwined structures of the self-assembled dimers [2a]2 and [4a]2 were elucidated by quantum chemical 1H NMR shift calculations. 2a and 4a form extremely stable host-guest complexes with N-methylnicotinamide 8 in methanol and water as well. According to the thermodynamic parameters determined by 1H NMR titration experiments at various temperatures the self-assembly of 2a and 4a and their strong binding to NMNA 8 observed in aqueous solution are enthalpy driven (DeltaH < 0); the enthalpic driving force is partially compensated by an unfavorable entropy (TDeltaS < 0). Self-assembly and the host-guest binding are therefore beautiful examples of the nonclassical hydrophobic effect.     

Compounds of tungsten(VI) with citric acid: A spectrophotometric,polarimetric and hydrogen-1, carbon-13 N.M.R. study of the formation and interconversion equilibria in aqueous solution

Summary Tungsten(VI)-citrate complexes, which occur in aqueous solution, were studied by polarimetric and absorbance measurements. The pH of the medium is the principal variable controlling complex formation and interconversion equilibria. At high pH (>6), the stable complexes are monomers with 12 and 11 stoichiometry, depending on the tungsten(VI)-citrate ratio, while at lower pH two different dinuclear complexes are formed. The intervals of existence of these species with the pH, the number of equivalents of acid necessary for their formation, as well as the conditional stability constant, have also been calculated.The structure of these compounds have been investigated by¹H and¹³C-n.m.r. spectroscopy. The n.m.r. results indicate the existence in all these species of strong, covalent metal-toligand oxygen bondingvia the carboxylic oxygen atom and the adjacent hydroxylic oxygen.     

Carbon-13 fourier transform NMR studies of organotin compounds : III. Carbon-13 chemical shifts and tin-119—carbon-13 spin—spin coupling constants in acyclic,monocyclic and bicyclic organostannanes

Carbon-13 NMR parameters for 33 organotin compounds with a variety of structurul features were investigated in order to obtain information about the relationship between their structure and ¹³C NMR parameters. It was found that the substitution of a proton by a trialkyltin group generally produces an upfield shift for the directly bonded carbon. The γ-nuclei usually resonate at lower fields except where there is appreciable steric strain while the β-carbons undergo relatively constant shifts of approximately 3.5 to 4.5 ppm to lower fields. The magnitude of direct bond coupling Jz-sfnc;¹J(¹¹⁹Sn¹³C)z-sfnc; is influenced by the hybridization of the tin and the directly attached carbon atoms. In rigid organitins, the vicinal coupling constants show a Karplus type variation. In aliphatic organotins, the values of the vicinal¹¹⁹Sn¹³C coupling indicates a flexible molecular framework with a clear cut preference for certain conformations.