A 1H NMR study of tautomerism in some 1-arylamino-3-aryliminopropenes

¹H n.m.r. spectra at ambient temperatures reveal that an equilibrium exists between the ‘all-trans’ and ‘all-cis’ isomers of some of the 1-arylamino-3-aryliminopropenes. The ‘all-cis’ isomer predominates in nonpolar solvents, whereas the ‘all-trans’ isomer is favoured in hydrogen bonding solvents. From a consideration of the magnitudes of the ³J coupling constants, it is reported that the ‘cis-trans’ isomer is the most stable form of the 4-nitrophenyl derivative in dimethyl sulphoxide.     

Multinuclear two-dimensional NMR: Assignments of natural abundance polypeptide 13C, 1H and 15N chemical shifts and demonstration of isomer interconversion

The polypeptide carbobenzoxy-glycyl-L -prolyl-L -leucyl-L -alanyl-L -proline (0.2 M in DMSO-d₆) was investigated using ¹³C, ¹H and ¹⁵N NMR in natural abundance at 4.7 tesla. The existence of cis–trans-Gly-Pro and -Ala-Pro bonds permits up to four isomers, and all four were observed (in a 60:30:7:3 ratio). ¹³C shifts of the proline β-CH₂ resonances are consistent only with the 60% form being trans–trans. The 30% form is either trans–cis or cis–trans (order as above) and was tentatively assigned as cis-trans on the basis of relaxation behavior. Refocused INEPT studies aided the ¹³C assignments. The ¹⁵N data were obtained using both NOE and INEPT excitation, with signals evident for the three major isomers. The spectra were analysed by starting from the ¹³C data, which were assigned based on known regularities in peptide spectra. A ¹³C? ¹H heteronuclear two-dimensional chemical shift correlation experiment allowed direct assignment of proton shifts for major and minor isomers. The NH proton shifts were assigned by running a homonuclear two-dimensional chemical shift correlation experiment and noting the correlation with the previously assigned α-CH protons. The ¹⁵N resonances were then assigned from a ¹⁵N? ¹H heteronuclear two-dimensional chemical shift correlation experiment, relating the ¹⁵N signals directly to the NH proton resonances. Isomer interconversion between the two major isomers was demonstrated by performing a magnetization transfer homonuclear 2D experiment. Off-diagonal intensity was noted relating the major and minor isomer alanine NH proton, as well as for the major and minor isomer leucine NH protons.     

Two-Dimensional NMR Studies of Polyene Systems. I. All-trans-Retinal

Two-dimensional (2-D) NMR results are presented for all-trans-retinal. 2-D J-resolved ¹H-NMR separated the multiplets of the olefinic protons and accurately determined their chemical shifts. 2-D shift-correlated ¹H-NMR gave the connectivities between scalar coupled protons. From the observed H,H long-range couplings the assignment of the methyl resonances was possible. 2-D J-resolved ¹³C-NMR separated overlapping C,H-multiplets and allowed analysis of the C,H long-range couplings, 2-D shift-correlated ¹³C-NMR related each directly bonded C,H-pair in this molecule. The potential of 2-D NMR in resolving and identifying individual resonances in polyene spectra is discussed.     

1H NMR studies of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in N-(pyridyl)amides of 6-methylpicolinic acid N-oxide

The ¹H NMR spectra of seven N-(pyridyl)amides of 6-methylpicolinic acid N-oxide in chloroform were obtained. The influence on the chemical shifts of the N? H protons of temperature, concentration and the CH₃ substituent in the pyridine ring was studied. The N? H protons were found to be shifted to low fields (～14 ppm) owing to the formation of strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The influence of the pyridine ring on the chemical shift of the N? H proton is comparable with the inductive effect of the p-nitrophenyl group. The hindered rotation around the N-pyridyl bond of N-(α-pyridyl)amides of 6-methylpicolinic acid in solution is discussed.     

The complete analysis of the 1H NMR spectra of quinoline and two of its derivatives. sign determinations of inter-ring coupling constants by means of the INDOR technique

The complete ¹H NMR spectral analyses of quinoline and two of its derivatives (4,7-dichloroquinoline and 8-nitroquinoline) have been performed. All the long-range coupling constants were determined both in magnitude and sign. In determining the signs the INDOR technique was very useful and successful, allowing the resolution of transitions as close as a few hundredths of a Hz. The signs of the inter-ring coupling constants alternate with the number of intervening bonds, according to McConnell's rule, except the all-trans⁶J couplings. A linear relationship has been found between the ¹H?¹H and ¹⁹F?¹⁹F inter-ring coupling constants for which the spin polarization is transmitted almost exclusively via the π-electron system.     

A Study of N-Butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)amine and Its Protonated Species by 1H- and 13C-NMR. Spectroscopy

The Schiff base of all-trans-retinal was investigated in organic solution by ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR. at high field. Complete assignment of the ¹H-NMR. peaks of N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)amine ( 2 ) and the N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)-ammonium ion ( 3 ) was achieved by INDOR (internuclear double resonance). The vicinal proton coupling constants of the polyene chain show that the π-bond orders remain unchanged in N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)amine relative to all-trans-retinal ( 1 ), but change towards larger π-delocalization in the N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)ammonium ion. At ?-61° only one isomer of N-butyl-(all-trans-retinylidene)ammonium was observed. This was shown to be trans at the imine linkage and independent of the solvent. The trifluoroacetic acid counter-ion can approach the positive charge of the N-atom in the weakly polar solvent dichloromethane but not in the leveling solvent methanol. In dichloromethane the nature of the 1:1 complex is a H-bonded (O^?…H-N⁺) ion-pair whose rate of breaking and forming is rapid at RT. Strong stabilization of the ion-pair resulted from homo-conjugation with a second molecule of trifluoroacetic acid. Excess of acid efficiently diminished the isomerization rate at the C,N-bond.     

Stereochemical studies, 47, saturated heterocycles, 25 a simple stereospecific synthesis of oxazasteroids

8-Aza-12-oxasteroids have been synthesized in a simple three-step process. As a consequence of two stareocontrolled reactions, the product is a stereospecifically homogeneous isomer with all-$\text{trans}$ ring junctions; its structure has been determined by ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction.     

A MNDO study of the structural and electronic properties of polysilane model compounds

The results of MNDO geometry optimizations on selected H? (SiH₂)_n? H polysilane model compounds are presented. Near energetic degeneracy is indicated for all-trans(T), alternating gauche–trans (GT), and all-gauche (G⁺G⁺) models (n = 10). The most stable (T) and least stable (G⁺G⁺) conformations are separated by only ca. 0.11 eV. The existence of low-energy barriers to moderate structural distortion is also suggested. Orbital localizations and charge density distributions along the “polymer” backbone are found to be sensitive functions of such distortion. The ground-state electronic distribution of the saturated all-trans silane chains are calculated to be considerably more polarizable than the fully conjugated H? (CH)_n? H π-electron framework of comparable length. The one-electron HOMO → LUMO excitation can be viewed essentially as an in-plane Si 3p → Si3s + H1s intramolecular charge transfer transition. The qualitatively different atomic orbital character of the HOMO and LUMO levels yields transition moment components for the separate repeat units which are relatively small. In the case of the rigidly trans conformation, the phase relationships of the transition moment terms are such as to constructively sum to a large net value reflecting strong optical absorption, as is observed experimentally.     

Mechanistic insights into the cis-trans isomerization of ruthenium complexes relevant to catalysis of olefin metathesis

The mechanism of the trans to cis isomerization in Ru complexes with a chelating alkylidene group has been investigated by using a combined theoretical and experimental approach. Static DFT calculations suggest that a concerted single‐step mechanism is slightly favored over a multistep mechanism, which would require dissociation of one of the ligands from the Ru center. This hypothesis is supported by analysis of the experimental kinetics of isomerization, as followed by ¹H NMR spectroscopy. DFT molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the variation of geometrical parameters around the Ru center in the concerted mechanism is highly uncorrelated; the mechanism actually begins with the transformation of the square‐pyramidal trans isomer, with the Ru?CHR bond in the apical position, into a transition state that resembles a metastable square pyramidal complex with a Cl atom in the apical position. This high‐energy structure collapses into the cis isomer. Then, the influence of the N‐heterocyclic carbene ligand, the halogen, and the chelating alkylidene group on the relative stability of the cis and trans isomers, as well as on the energy barrier separating them, was investigated with static calculations. Finally, we investigated the interconversion between cis and trans isomers of the species involved in the catalytic cycle of olefin metathesis; we characterized an unprecedented square‐pyramidal metallacycle with the N‐heterocyclic carbene ligand in the apical position. Our analysis, which is relevant to the exchange of equatorial ligands in other square pyramidal complexes, presents evidence for a remarkable flexibility well beyond the simple cis–trans isomerization of these Ru complexes.     

Light-induced cis/trans isomerization of cis-[Pd(L-S,O)2] and cis-[Pt(L-S,O)2] complexes of chelating N,N-dialkyl-N′-acylthioureas: key to the formation and isolation of trans isomers

Irradiation cis-[M(Lⁿ-S,O)₂] complexes (M = Pt^II, Pd^II) derived from N,N-dialkyl-N′-benzoylthioureas (HLⁿ) with various sources of intense visible polychromatic or monochromatic light with λ < 500 nm leads to light-induced cis?→?trans isomerization in organic solvents. In all cases, white light derived from several sources or monochromatic blue-violet laser 405 nm light, efficiently results in substantial amounts of the trans isomer appearing in solution, as shown by ¹H NMR and/or reversed-phase HPLC separation in dilute solutions at room temperature. The extent and relative rates of cis/trans isomerization induced by in situ laser light (λ = 405 nm) of cis-[Pd(L²-S,O)₂] was directly monitored by ¹H NMR and ¹⁹⁵Pt NMR spectroscopy of selected cis-[Pt(L-S,O)₂] compounds in chloroform-d; both with and without light irradiation allows the δ(¹⁹⁵Pt) chemical shifts cis/trans isomer pairs to be recorded. The cis/trans isomers appear to be in a photo-thermal equilibrium between the thermodynamically favored cis isomer and its trans counterpart. In the dark, the trans isomer reverts back to the cis complex in what is probably a thermal process. The light-induced cis/trans process is the key to preparing and isolating the rare trans complexes which cannot be prepared by conventional synthesis as confirmed by the first example of trans-[Pd(L-S,O)₂] characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, deliberately prepared after photo-induced isomerization in acetonitrile solution.     

Stereochemical characterization of some mono- and diaryl substituted ethylene oxides by NMR spectroscopy

NMR spectra of several styrene, stilbene and stilbazole oxides have been determined, and chemical shifts and coupling constants have been correlated with cis-and trans-configurations. Assignments have been made for all protons, and double resonance technique and ¹³C? H coupling constants have been used in some particular cases. An explanation is proposed for the observation that chemical shifts of oxirane protons are higher for cis than for trans isomers.     

15N and 13C NMR study of the effects of hydrogen bonding and protonation in linear schiff bases: Models for structural studies of rhodopsin and bacteriorhodopsin

The effects of protonation and hydrogen bonding in linear Schiff bases obtained from n-butylamine with butyraldehyde, crotonaldehyde, sorbaldehyde and all-trans-retinal were studied by means of ¹⁵N and ¹³C NMR. The protonation-induced chemical shifts (Δδ) are an order of magnitude larger for ¹⁵N than for ¹³C. For ¹⁵N, this effect was found to increase with the extent of conjugation, culminating in the retinylideneimine (Δδ = ?146 ppm), which constitutes a model for the study of the structure of the Schiff base linkage in visual pigments and related systems. Theoretical calculations of protonation-induced Δδ values based on MINDO/ 3 are in agreement with experimental results.     

Conformational Studies of a Six-Membered Phostone

Abstract

Although 1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinanes generally assume chair conformations,¹ there are examples in which the ring adopts the boat or twist-boat form.¹ Recent studies on the synthesis, stereochemistry, and reactivity of 2-alkoxy-2-oxo-1,2-oxaphosphorinanes (phostones) have revealed both cis and trans isomers of 3-(diphenylhydroxymethyl)-2-ethoxy-2-oxo-1,2-axaphosphorinane² to assume a chair conformation in the solid state. In the present work, the conformational properties of cis and trans-3-methoxycarbonyl-2-methoxy-2-oxo-1,2-oxaphosphorinanes were investigated by X-ray analysis, variable temperature ³¹P, ¹H and ¹H{³¹P} NMR spectroscopy, molecular mechanics, and semiempirical calculations. The X-ray crystal structure of the trans isomer revealed a chair dormation with equatorial phosphoryl and carbomethoxy groups. No changes were observed in the ³¹P NMR spectra of either isomer in the temperature range of 183–333 K. A complete set of vicinal J_HH coupling constants was extracted from the ¹H{³¹P} spectra of each isomer taken at five temperatures over the range of 213–293 K and refined by simulation of the spectra. The best-fit analysis of this data using a generalized Karplus equation³ revealed that the conformation of the trans isomer in solution was close to that found in the solid state. This conformation corresponded to the global energy minimum calculated by both molecular mechanics and PM3 semiempirical method. A substantial contribution from an inverted chair conformation of the cis isomer had to be assumed to achieve a reasonable fit of the coupling constants calculated from the generalized Karplus equation.     

Conformation et spectrométrie de R.M.N.: II

The four isomeric 3-dimethylamino-trans-2-decalols-1,1,4,4-d₄ have been synthesised. Examination of PMR spectra of these compounds allows us to confirm the ‘flattened-chair’ conformation for the cis N(CH₃)₂^a OH^e isomer, whereas the remaining three conserve the double chair conformation. The same type of flattening is also observed in the case of the diaxial quaternary ammonium salt and is even more marked in the cis N(CH₃)₃^a OH^e isomer resulting in a ‘twist-chair’ conformation.     

Relationships between NMR shifts and interaction energies in biphenyls,alkanes, aza-alkanes,and oxa-alkanes with X─H…H─Y and X─H…Z (X,Y = C or N; Z = N or O) hydrogen bonding

Hydrogen–hydrogen C─H^…H─C bonding between the bay-area hydrogens in biphenyls, and more generally in congested alkanes, very strained polycyclic alkanes, and cis-2-butene, has been investigated by calculation of proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) shifts and atom–atom interaction energies. Computed NMR shifts for all protons in the biphenyl derivatives correlate very well with experimental data, with zero intercept, unit slope, and a root mean square deviation of 0.06 ppm. For some congested alkanes, there is generally good agreement between computed values for a selected conformer and the experimental data, when it is available. In both cases, the shift of a given proton or pair of protons tends to increase with the corresponding interaction energy. Computed NMR shift differences for methylene protons in polycyclic alkanes, where one is involved in a very short contact (“in”) and the other is not (“out”), show a rough correlation with the corresponding C─H^…H─C exchange energies. The “in” and “in,in” isomers of selected aza- and diaza-cycloalkanes, respectively, are X─H^…H─N hydrogen bonded, whereas the “out” and “in,out” isomers display X─H^…N hydrogen bonds (X = C or N). Oxa-alkanes and the “in” isomers of aza–oxa-alkanes are X─H^…O hydrogen bonded. There is a very good general correlation, including both N─H^…H─Y (Y = C or N) and N─H^…Z (Z = N or O) interactions, for NH proton shifts against the exchange energy. For “in” CH protons, the data for the different C─H^…H─Y and C─H^…Z interactions are much more dispersed and the overall shift/exchange energy correlation is less satisfactory.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of retinal1 and its related compounds

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of all-trans retinal₁ and vitamin A₁ were measured by the pulse Fourier transform method in CCl₄. All peaks in these spectra were assigned from considerations of chemical shifts, half proton-decoupled spectra, spin-lattice relaxation times and induced chemical shift by the addition of shift reagent. The carbon-13 NMR spectrum was also measured for all-trans retinal₁ which had been exposed to the sunlight for three hours, and the induced isomer was proposed to be 11-s-cis retinal₁.     

1H NMR spectra and electronic structure of 3-arylmethyl-idenephthalide and 3-arylthiomethylidenephthalide derivatives

The ¹H NMR spectra of trans-3-phenylmethylidenephthalide and trans-3-phenylthiomethylidenephthalide derivatives were investigated. After applying a correction for the anisotropy of substituents and/or for changes of ring current in the substituted aromatic ring, linear correlations were obtained between the chemical shifts of protons of the substituted phenyl group and the methine group and s? constants of substituents. The influence of the bridge heteroatom on the transfer of electronic effects of substituents through the molecules under study is discussed.     

Structure and protonation study of the imidazo [1,2-a]-pyrimidine system in 1H nuclear magnetic resonance

The ¹H NMR spectra of imidazo [1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives have been analysed to study the aromatic character and protonation behaviour of this system. By employing the ‘ring currentn’ model and calculations based on the coupled Hartree-Fock method it can be deduced that a large π-electron delocalisation exists in this heterocyclic system and affects the screening constant of the protons. Charge density schemes obtained by SCF techniques agree with the reactivity behaviour of these molecules. A detailed study of protonation carried out by following the ¹H NMR spectra both in trifluoroacetic acid and in aqueous hydrochloric acid shows that the most probable site of protonation is N-1, but leaves open the possibility of a rapid exchange of one proton between N-1 and N-8.     

Carbon-13 NMR studies of twenty-four methyl-substituted morpholines

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of all the isomers of monomethyl-, 2,3-, 2,5-, 2,6-, 3,5-dimethyl-, 2,3,5-, 2,3,6-trimethyl- and 2,3,5,6-tetramethylmorpholine have been obtained at both ambient (25 °C) and low temperature (～ ?100 to ?120 °C). The ring carbon shifts appear to be additive with respect to the position of the methyl groups. A good correlation between predicted and experimental shift values was obtained (r = 0.998₉). The values were used in an attempt to assign, conformationally, the ‘all cis’ isomer 2,3,5,6-tetramethylmorpholine, which from ¹HNMR spin–spin coupling studies has been unsuccessful. Methyl carbon shifts to high field were found for axially oriented carbons. The extracted ‘steric shift’ values for such carbons were compared to their corresponding proton shift data.     

Etude des formes fermées et ouvertes de spiropyrannes benzothiazoliniques en RMN 13C et 1H par transformée de Fourier

Benzothiazolinic spiropyrans, merocyanines and photomerocyanines, thermally stabilised to a high degree, have been studied by means of Fourier transform ¹H and ¹³C NMR. The results show the polarity of open forms such as merocyanines and photomerocyanines, their trans configuration, the alternation of the electronic density on the dimethine bridge between the ‘benzothiazolinic’ and ‘phenolate’ part of these molecules, and also a favoured configuration when photomerocyanines have an alkoxy or aryloxy group on the 3 position.