Investigations by (13)C NMR spectroscopy of ethene-initiated catalytic CO hydrogenation

13C NMR spectroscopy shows that the n-alkene and n-alkane products from the catalytic hydrogenation of CO in the presence of (13)C(2)H(4) probes over Ru/150 degrees C, Co/180 degrees C, Fe/220 degrees C, or Rh/190 degrees C (1 atm, CO:H(2) 1:1, "mild conditions") contain terminal (13)CH(3)(13)CH(2)- units. This is consistent with their formation by a regiospecific polymerization of C(1) species derived from CO and initiated by (13)C(2)H(4). Although the activities toward individual products differed somewhat, similar distributions and similar product labeling patterns were obtained over all the four catalysts. 1-Butene and the higher 1-n-alkenes from all the catalysts were largely (13)CH(3)(13)CH(2)(CH(2))(n)()CH=CH(2) (n = 0-3), propene formed over Ru or Co was (13)CH(3)(13)CH=CH(2), while both (13)CH(3)(13)CH=CH(2) and (13)CH(2)=(13)CHCH(3) were formed over Fe or Rh. Comparison of the conclusions from these probe experiments with those from isotope transient experiments by other workers indicates that the ethene initiator does not significantly modify the course of the CO hydrogenation. The reaction products are largely kinetically determined, and the primary products are mainly linear 1-n-alkenes, while the n-alkanes and 2-n-alkenes largely arise via secondary processes. Since the distribution of products and the labeling in them is so similar, it is concluded that one basic primary mechanism applies over all the four metals. Several different reaction paths involving a polymerization of surface methylene, [CH(2(ad))], have been proposed. Although the predictions based on several of these mechanisms agree with many of the results, the alkenyl + [CH(2(ad))] mechanism, initiated by a surface vinyl [CH(2)=CH((ad))], most easily accommodates the experimental evidence. An alternative path involving sequential addition of surface methylidyne and hydride either to a growing alkylidene chain (alkylidene + [CH(ad) + H(ad)]) or to an alkyl chain (alkyl + [CH((ad)) + H(ad)]) has recently been proposed by van Santen and Ciobica. The [CH(2(ad))] mechanism offers an easier explanation for the formation of the various alkenes, the distribution of products, and of the initiation, while the [CH(ad) + H(ad)] mechanism can explain any n-alkanes formed as primary products and not derived from alkenes. At higher reaction temperatures over Ru and Co, considerable (13)C(1) incorporation (from natural abundance in the CO and from cleavage of the (13)C(2)H(4) probe) was found in all the hydrocarbons. Thus, at higher temperatures (13)C(1(ad)) in addition to (13)C(2(ad)) species participate in both chain growth and initiation. In summary, adsorbed CO is transformed very easily into surface C(1(ad)), probably [CH(2(ad))] in equilibrium with [CH((ad))+H(ad)], which act as the propagating species.     

Structural study of three isomers of Tm@C(82) by (13)C NMR spectroscopy

The (13)C NMR spectra were measured for three isomers of Tm@C(82), which is one of the divalent metallofullerenes. The molecular symmetries were determined for each isomer: isomer I has C(s) symmetry, isomer II has C(2) symmetry, and isomer III has C(2v) symmetry. Moreover the cage structure of Tm@C(82)(III) was found to be C(82)(9). As a result, it was revealed that Tm@C(82)(III) has a cage identical to that of La@C(82), which is one of the trivalent metallofullerenes.     

Determination of enantiomeric excess by 13C NMR spectroscopy

Oxazolidine derivatives of β-amino alcohols such as ephedrine have been resolved by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy using Eu(hfc)₃ as a chiral shift reagent. The method is quantitative in the determination of enantiomeric excess, and is advantageous where ¹H NMR is of limited use owing, for example, to significant line broadening.     

Supramolecular interactions probed by 13C-13C solid-state NMR spectroscopy

We present a robust solid-state NMR approach for the accurate determination of molecular interfaces in insoluble and noncrystalline protein-protein complexes. The method relies on the measurement of intermolecular (13)C-(13)C distances in mixtures of [1-(13)C]glucose- and [2-(13)C]glucose-labeled proteins. We have applied this method to Parkinson's disease-associated α-synuclein fibrils and found that they are stacked in a parallel in-register arrangement. Additionally, intermolecular distance restraints for the structure determination of the fibrils at atomic resolution were measured.     

13C INEPT diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) with internal references

13C INEPT Diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) with an internal reference system was developed to study the aggregation state of THF-solvated LDA dimeric complex. Six components are clearly identified in the diffusion dimension, and their DOSY-generated 13C INEPT spectrum slices agree extremely well with their respective INEPT spectra. The correlation between log D and log FW of the linear least-squares fit to reference points of all components is exceptionally high: (r = 0.9985).     

Metallocene ion pairs: A direct insight into the reaction equilibria and polymerization by 13C NMR spectroscopy

The reaction equilibria of Cp₂Ti¹³CH₃Cl and Cp₂Ti(CH₃)₂ with AlMe₃ (TMA) and/or methylaluminoxane (MAO) have been investigated by ¹³C NMR. Several adducts have been identified. A study of the ¹³C 90% enriched ethylene polymerization in an NMR tube in the presence of the above catalytic systems, in the most experimentally significant conditions, and a comparison of the NMR data with the catalytic activity have been made as well. It has been shown that: i) some species are side products, inactive for addition ethylene polymerization; ii) active cation-like species such as Cp₂TiMe⁺Cl·[AlMeO]_n- and Cp₂TiMe⁺Me·[AlMeO]_n- are formed in titanocene-MAO systems. Concerning the role of AlMe₃, contained in MAO solutions, it has been shown that: a) AlMe₃ is mainly bound to MAO; b) if some “free” AlMe₃ exists in solution it is not the actual cocatalyst in the metallocene-MAO based catalytic systems; c) the amount of AlMe₃ influences either active or inactive species.     

三取代环丙烷的^1^3C核磁共振谱研究

前文曾报道三取代环丙烷的质子核磁共振谱及其解析结果,讨论了取代基对化学位移和偶合常数的影响.环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱研究报道极少。Monti等人研究了甲基、溴代和乙炔基环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱,发现在多取代的环丙烷中,取代基相互之间的影响是很显著的.Clague等人亦报道了一系列环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱,但未有详细的分析.本文报道10种尚未见载于文献的三取代环丙烷的~(13)C核磁共振谱,数据见表1. 在1,2,3-三取代环丙烷中,由于取代基的相互作用,影响环上碳的化学位移的因素是比较复杂的.从我们测定化合物的数据来看,取代基为CH_3的环上碳的平均化学位移为29.24     

13C NMR spectroscopy of oleanane derivatives

The chemical shifts of the carbon atoms in the¹³C NMR spectrum of 188 natural and synthetic oleanane derivatives published up to 1988 are given. The possibilities of¹³C NMR spectroscopy for the identification and study of the structures of new derivatives are discussed.Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 3–31, January–February, 1992.     

13C NMR spectroscopy of coumarin derivatives

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 209 naturally occurring and synthetic coumarin derivatives are listed and a number of methods for signal assignments are explained. Substituent effects on ¹³C chemical shifts (SCS) in monosubstituted coumarins and non-additivities of SCS in coumarins with more than one substituent are discussed in detail.     

Differentiation of diastereomeric bornane derivatives by 13C NMR spectroscopy

Three diastereomeric bornane derivatives have been assigned configurational structures by ¹³C NMR measurements in the presence of Yb(dpm)₃.     

13 C NMR spectroscopy of substituted xanthones—II: 13C NMR spectral study of polyhydroxy xanthones

The ¹³C NMR chemical shifts of eleven hydroxy-, two hydroxymethoxy xanthones, and xanthone-C-glucoside, mangiferin, are presented and analyzed. Hydroxy substituent effects depending on substituent position as well as on shielded ring carbon position have been evaluated. Hydroxy substituent increments for xanthones are proposed. Effects of hydroxylation on carbonyl carbon shift and the methylation of hydroxy group and the corresponding shift increments which are of diagnostic value have been observed and discussed.     

The mechanism of the hantzsch pyridine synthesis: A study by 15N and 13C NMR spectroscopy

The mechanism of the reactions of ammonia and benzaldehyde with three different beta-dicarbonyl compounds to form the corresponding dihyropyridines has been followed by NMR. In each case the pathway is shown to involve the reaction of benzaldehyde with one molecule of beta-dicarbonyl to give chalcone, and of the ammonia with a second molecule of beta-dicarbonyl to give an enamine. The rate determining stage is shown to be the Michael addition of the chalcone to the enamine.     

Kinetics and mechanism of organocatalytic aza-Michael additions: direct observation of enamine intermediates

The imidazoles 1a-g add to the CC-double bond of the iminium ion 2 with rate constants as predicted by the equation log k = s(N)(N + E). Unfavourable proton shifts from the imidazolium unit to the enamine fragment in the adduct 3 account for the failure of imidazoles to take part in iminium-activated aza-Michael additions to enals.     

Protonation of pyrimidotriazinediones by1H and13C NMR spectroscopy

On the basis of an analysis of the changes in the chemical shifts of the signals in the¹H and¹³C NMR spectra on the pyrimidotriazinedione and trifluoric acid concentrations in CDCl₃ it was established that the protonation of rheumycin and fervenulin takes place at the N(₂) atom, whereas the protonation of isofervenulin takes place competitively at the N(₁), N(₂), and O(₆) atoms. The equilibrium constants of the investigated protonation processes were measured.A study of the chemical peculiarities of the behavior of Ia, b in aqueous acidic media (H₂O-HCl, D₂O-DCl) was described in [6].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1532–1538, November, 1988.     

Comparative conformational studies of cyclic derivatives by 13C NMR spectroscopy

The ¹³C chemical shift of the substituted or functionalized carbon of various medium and large rings is plotted against ring size (6–15 carbons). The curves thus obtained allow a conformational analysis of the corresponding derivatives.