Standardization of chemical shifts of TMS and solvent signals in NMR solvents

The standard for chemical shift is dilute tetramethylsilane (TMS) in CDCl3, but many measurements are made relative to TMS in other solvents, the proton resonance of the solvent peak or relative to the lock frequency. Here, the chemical shifts of TMS and the proton and deuterium chemical shifts of the solvent signals of several solvents are measured over a wide temperature range. This allows for the use of TMS or the solvent and lock signal as a secondary reference for other NMR signals, as compared with dilute TMS in CDCl3 at a chosen temperature; 25 degrees C is chosen here. An accuracy of 0.02 ppm is achievable for dilute solutions, provided that the interaction with the solvent is not very strong. The proton chemical shift of residual water is also reported where appropriate.     

1H chemical shifts in NMR: Part 23, the effect of dimethyl sulphoxide versus chloroform solvent on 1H chemical shifts

The 1H chemical shifts of 124 compounds containing a variety of functional groups have been recorded in CDCl3 and DMSO-d6 (henceforth DMSO) solvents. The 1H solvent shift Delta delta = delta(DMSO) - delta(CDCl3) varies from -0.3 to +4.6 ppm. This solvent shift can be accurately predicted (rms error 0.05 ppm) using the charge model of alpha, beta, gamma and long-range contributions. The labile protons of alcohols, acids, amines and amides give both, the largest solvent shifts and the largest errors. The contributions for the various groups are tabulated and it is shown that for H.C.C.X gamma-effects (X = OH, NH, =O, NH.CO) there is a dihedral angle dependence of the gamma-effect. The group contributions are discussed in terms of the possible solvent-solute interactions. For protic hydrogens, hydrogen bonding is the dominant interaction, but for the remaining protons solvent anisotropy and electric field effects appear to be the major factors.     

Towards the automatic analysis of 1H NMR spectra: Part 3. Confirmation of postulated chemical structure

A method is proposed which automatically compares experimental and predicted ¹H chemical shifts, integrals and scalar couplings and allows the structure on which the predictions are based to be confirmed or refuted. The method is comparatively insensitive to the variable presence of labile protons but is sensitive to the reliability of chemical shift prediction. Nonetheless, even with current commercially available ¹H chemical shift prediction, amongst a set of unrelated compounds the structure can be confirmed with 99% confidence. Where the compounds are closely related, the confidence decreases to approximately 60%, or 88% when labile protons are excluded. If closely related pairs are nominated explicitly, a specific criterion can be set for each pair, allowing every pair to be differentiated. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

N7‐ and N9‐substituted purine derivatives: a 15N NMR study

The ¹⁵N NMR chemical shifts of N⁷‐ and N⁹‐substituted purine derivatives were investigated systematically at the natural abundance level of the ¹⁵N isotope. The NMR chemical shifts were determined and assigned using GSQMBC, GHMBC, GHMQC and GHSQC experiments in solution. ¹⁵N cross‐polarization magic angle spinning data were recorded for selected compounds in order to study the principal values of the ¹⁵N chemical shifts. Geometric parameters obtained by using RHF/6–31G** and single‐crystal x‐ray structural analysis were used to calculate the chemical‐shielding constants (GIAO and IGLO) which were then used to assign the nitrogen resonances observed in the solid‐state NMR spectra and to determine the orientation of the principal components of the shift tensors. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Increments for 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts in areneboronic acids

A series of areneboronic acids were studied by NMR spectroscopy. Increments for the ¹H and ¹³C chemical shifts caused by the boronic acid substituent B(OH)₂ in areneboronic acids were determined. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

1H and 13C NMR spectra of N-substituted morpholines

(1)H and (13)C NMR data for N-substituted morpholines 1-20 were measured using 1D (DEPT, 1D NOE difference) and 2D NMR spectroscopic methods including (1)H-(1)H COSY, long-range (1)H-(1)H COSY, NOESY, gHMBC and gHMQC experiments. At room temperature the (1)H NMR spectra of protonated compounds 2 and 9 show the chair conformation for the morpholine ring. Spin-spin coupling constants were deduced from the resolution-enhanced proton spectra.     

Structure of the products of condensation of hydroxylamine with trifluoromethyl-beta-diketones: assignments of the diastereotopic protons of the 4-methylene group in 5-hydroxy-5-trifluoromethyl-delta2-isoxazolines

The combined use of 1H NMR spectroscopy with theoretical calculations of chemical shifts (GIAO) and coupling constants (B3LYP/6-311 ++G**) of a 5-hydroxy-5-trifluoromethyl-Delta2-isoxazoline has enabled solving the problem of the assignments of the diastereotopic protons in this compound. This result has been extended to 5-hydroxy-5-trifluoromethyl-Delta2-pyrazolines and the corresponding 5-trichloromethyl derivatives.     

Towards the automatic analysis of 1H NMR spectra: Part 4--additional requirements of flow-NMR

Flow-NMR allows more rapid and convenient acquisition of NMR spectra. Its main application area has therefore been in multiple parallel synthesis or combinatorial chemistry. At the same time, there is a significant need to automate the analysis of the resultant spectra. However, flow-NMR brings spectral imperfections, which compromise attempts to automate this analysis. This study proposes experimental and computational expedients to accommodate the effects of residual solvent peaks, 13C satellites, finite signal-to-noise ratio, impurities, presaturation on integral calculations, the 'silent' region and how multiplet areas can be scaled to numbers of protons in this environment.     

1H and 13C NMR spectral assignments of isoquinuclidine-3,5-dione derivatives

The 1H and 13C NMR spectra of six 5-substituted 2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane derivatives were fully assigned by COSY and HSQC experiments.