Dual substituent parameter analysis of the ethyl and ipso 13C n.m.r. chemical shifts of some ring-substituted ethylbenzenes and ethylnaphthalenes

The natural abundance ¹³C n.m.r. spectra of a series of para-substituted ethylbenzenes, 4-substituted-1-ethylnaphthalenes and a limited series of 6-substituted-2-ethylnaphthalenes have been examined at low dilution in deuterochloroform solvent. The ethyl carbons and C_ipso in the phenyl series (i.e. have been assigned, and substituent chemical shifts for these carbons calculated and analysed by the Dual Substituent Parameter treatment. (Chemical shifts of all ring carbons have been obtained, but not assigned). Generally speaking, electron-withdrawing substituents lead to positive (i.e. downfield) substituent chemical shifts for CH ₂ and negative substituent chemical shifts for C H₃, i.e. ‘normal’ and ‘inverse’ behaviour respectively. C_ipso in the phenyl series exhibits a ‘normal’ dependence. The dependences of the various substituent chemical shifts on inductive and resonance parameters are discussed, and compared with the behaviour of side chain carbons in other substituted benzene systems.     

Investigation of substituent effects on the 1H NMR spectra of chalcones

¹H NMR spectra of 26 substituted chalcones (3-aryl-1 phenyl-2-propene-1-ones and 1-aryl-3-phenyl-2-propene-1-ones) have been studied. The chemical shifts of the α and β protons to the carbonyl group were correlated with Hammett s? parameters. To gain information on the effect of the transmission of the resonance and inductive contributions of the substituents on the chemical shifts of H-α and H-β, two parameter correlations with ?? and ?? parameters were also perfomed. The chemical shifts of the aromatic protons of the para-disubstituted benzene ring correlated with the a_i substituent increments.     

Hydrogen rearrangement in molecular ions of alkyl benzenes: Appearance potentials and substituent effects on the formation of [C7H8]+ ions

The mechanism of the formation of [C₇H₈]⁺ ions by hydrogen rearrangement in the molecular ions of 1-phenylpropane and 1,3-diphenylpropane has been investigated by looking at the effects of CH₃O and CF₃ substituents in the meta and para positions on the relative abundances of the corresponding ions and on the appearance energies. The formation of [C₇H₈]⁺ ions from 1,3-diphenylpropane is much enhanced at the expense of the formation of [C₇H₇]⁺ ions by benzylic cleavage, due to the localized activation of the migrating hydrogen atom by the γ phenyl group. A methoxy substituent in the 1,3-diphenylpropane, exerts a site-specific influence on the hydrogen rearrangement, which is much more distinct than in 1-phenylpropane and related 1-phenylalkanes, the rearrangement reaction being favoured by a meta methoxy group. The mass spectrum of 1-(3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-trideuteromethoxyphenyl)-propane shows that this effect is even stronger than the effect of para methoxy groups on the benzylic cleavage. From measurements of appearance potentials it is concluded that the substituent effect is not due to a stabilization of the [C₇H₇X]⁺ product ions. Whereas the [C₇H₇]⁺ ions are formed directly from molecular ions of 1-phenylpropane and 1,3-diphenylpropane, the [C₇H₈]⁺ ions arise by a two-step mechanism in which the s? complex type ion intermediate can either return to the molecular ion or fragment to [C₇H₈]⁺ by allylic bond cleavage. Obviously the formation of this s? complex type ion, is influenced by electron donating substituents in specific positions at the phenyl group. This is borne out by a calculation of the ΔH_f values of the various species by thermochemical data. Thus, the relative abundances of the fragment ions are determined by an isomerization equilibrium of the molecular ions, preceding the fragmentation reaction.     

Correlation of substituted aromatic β‐diketones' characteristic protons chemical shifts with Hammett substituent constants

Influence of dibenzoylmethane's substituents in meta and para positions on chemical shift values of tautomers' characteristic protons was investigated in four solvents with ¹H NMR spectroscopy: acetone‐d₆, benzene‐d₆, CDCl₃ and deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO‐d₆). It was proved that the influence of substituents on chemical shifts strongly depends on the kind of the solvent; the greatest changes were observed in benzene‐d₆ and the smallest in CDCl₃. In acetone‐d₆ and DMSO‐d₆, the influence of substituents on chemical shifts is similar and the most regular. It allowed a fair correlation of chemical shifts of para‐substituted dibenzoylmethane derivatives' characteristic protons with Hammett substituent constants in these solvents. In CDCl₃, characteristic protons' chemical shifts were near ¹H NMR spectroscopy measurement error limits, and, therefore, correlation with Hammett substituent constants in this solvent was unsatisfactory. In benzene, although the changes of chemical shifts are the most evident, the changes are also the most irregular, and, therefore, correlation in this solvent failed completely. Results of meta‐substituted derivatives were much more irregular, and their correlation with Hammett substituent constants was poor in all investigated solvents. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

13C NMR spectra of p- and m-substituted phenyl N-methyl- and phenyl N,N-dimethyl-carbamates

¹³C NMR spectra of p- and m-substituted phenyl N-methylcarbamates, phenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamates and p- and m-substituted phenyl propionates were recorded, and their para ¹³C SCS (substituent chemical shifts) were analysed by DSP (dual substituent parameters) and DSP-NLR (non-linear resonance) equations. It was found that the fixed substituent Y, ? OCONHCH₃, ? OCON(CH₃)₂ and ? OCOC₂H₅, were all mild in the sense that DSP analysis gave a good correlation, leaving little room for improvement by the DSP-NLR treatment. Further, the three series of compounds gave similar ρ_I and ρ_R values (para derivatives, 3.2–3.3 and 17.7–18.0; meta derivatives, 5.1–5.2 and 21.8–22.0). Examination of the corresponding analyses of similar compounds indicated that the ρ_I and ρ_R values and, hence, their ratio ρ_R/ρ_R = λ, depended primarily on the nature of the atom through which the fixed substituent Y (e.g. α-C, α-N and α-O) was bonded to the aromatic ring when the Y substituents are mild. The extent of this tendency for compounds with active fixed substituents is also discussed.     

Ab initio MO calculations and 17O NMR at natural abundance of para-substituted acetophenones

¹⁷O NMR chemical shifts and calculated (ab initio MO theory) electron densities are reported for a series of para-substituted acetophenones, X? C₄H₆? COCH₃, where X = NH₂, OCH₃, F, Cl, CH₃, H, COCH₃, CN, NO₂. The ¹⁷O shifts are very sensitive to the para substituent and cover a range of some 51 ppm. Donors induce upfield shifts and acceptors downfield shifts. The substituent chemical shifts (SCS) correlate precisely with σ_I and σ_R⁺ using the Dual Substituent Parameter (DSP) method. The derived transmission coefficients ρ_I and ρ_R indicate that polar and resonance mechanisms contribute approximately equally to the observed substituent effects. The shifts also correlate well with calculated π-electron densities (slope = 1500 ppm per electron) confirming their electronic origin. λ values are also reported, and the role of the average excitation energy, ΔE, in determining ¹⁷O SCS values is discussed. It is concluded that variations in ΔE are minor and that the local Δ-electron density is the dominant feature controlling ¹⁷O SCS values.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of a series of para-substituted phenyl isothiocyanates. Linear free energy relationships for carbon-13 substituent chemical shifts

Carbon-13 chemical shifts are reported for 16 para-substituted phenyl isothiocyanates measured at 1 and 10 mol % in chloroform-d solution. Data for the ? N?C?S group were not obtained at 1 mol %, but concentration effects for the other resonances were negligible. Hammett, dual substituent parameter (DSP) and DSP-nonlinear resonance (DSP-NLR) analyses were used to evaluate substituent effects on the substituent chemical shifts (SCS) for the ipso-carbon (C-1), C-2, and the ? N?C?S carbon atoms. A good Hammett correlation was observed for C-1 (ν_p⁺ = 8.1 ppm, r = 0.98 at 1 mol %) but was improved for the higher order correlations with the following results, DSP:ρ _I = 5.4, ρ_R° = 22.2, r = 0.998; DSP-NLR: ρ_I = 5.6, ρ_R° = 20.5, ? = ?0.22, r = 0.999. The 10 mol % data were very similar except the value of ? was ?0.26 and confirms the phenyl-bonded ? N?C?S moiety as a mild electron acceptor substituent. Hammett correlations were unsuccessful for the C-2 data, but fairly good results were obtained from the higher order analyses. For the 1 mol % data, DSP: ν_I = 1.6, ν_R° = ?2.0, r = 0.976; DSP-NLR: ν_I = 1.8, ν_R° = ?2.6, ? = 1.1, r = 0.982. Excellent correlations were obtained for the 10 mol % ? N?C?S carbon data. Hammett: ν_p° = 6.2, r = 0.997; DSP: ν_I = 5.9, ν_R° = 7.0, r = 0.997; DSP-NLR: ν_I = 5.8, ν_R° = 7.6, ? = 0.25, r = 0.997. The positive ν values in these three correlations contrast the negative values usually observed for carbonyl and thiocarbonyl carbons, and more closely parallel results previously reported for the β-carbon of styrenes and benzylidene anilines with para-substituents in the aniline ring.     

The relationship between 19F and 13C substituent chemical shifts and electron densities. 2—p-phenylacetyl fluorides

The ¹⁹F substituent chemical shifts (SCS) of a series of para-phenylacetyl fluorides (X? Ph? CH₂? COF) are reported and compared with the related benzoyl fluoride series (X? Ph? COF). A dual substituent parameter analysis of the results for the new series shows that both inductive and resonance effects are reduced by one third when compared with the benzoyl fluorides. ¹³C shifts for the side chain carbonyl were also measured and found to follow a reversed trend in substituent effects, consistent with a pi polarization mechanism. SCS values for the fluorine and its adjacent carbon are not directly related. Ab initio (STO-3G) calculations of the carbon and fluorine electron density for this series have been compared with the appropriate SCS values. From the electron densities and the observation that the fluorine SCS values follow a normal direction, whilst those for electron densities and the observation that the fluorine SCS values follow a normal direction, whilst those for the adjacent carbon are reversed, it is concluded that fluorine SCS values (and Δqπ values) result from polarization of the C? F pi bond and do not merely monitor changes in electron density of the adjacent carbon.     

17O NMR studies of ortho‐substituent effects in substituted phenyl tosylates

¹⁷O NMR spectra for 35 ortho‐, para‐, and meta‐substituted phenyl tosylates (phenyl 4‐methylbenzenesulfonates), 4‐CH₃‐C₆H₄SO₂OC₆H₄‐X, at natural abundance in acetonitrile at 50 °C were recorded. The ¹⁷O NMR chemical shifts, δ(¹⁷O), of the sulfonyl (SO₂) and the single‐bonded phenoxy (OPh) oxygens for para and meta derivatives correlated well with dual substituent parameter treatment using the Taft inductive, σ_I, and resonance, σº_R, constants. The influence of ortho substituents on the sulfonyl oxygen and the single‐bonded phenoxy oxygen chemical shifts, δ(¹⁷O), was found to be nicely described by the Charton equation: δ(¹⁷O)_ortho = δ(¹⁷O)_H + ρ_Iσ_I + ρ_Rσ°_R + δE_s^B when the data treatment was performed separately for electron‐donating +R substituents and electron‐attracting ?R substituents. Electron‐attracting meta and para substituents in the phenyl moiety caused deshielding while the electron‐donating meta, para and ortho +R substituents produce shielding effects on the sulfonyl (SO₂) and single‐bonded phenoxy (OPh) oxygens. The influence of ortho inductive and resonance effects in the case of +R substituents was found to be approximately twice higher than the corresponding influence from the para position. Due to the steric effect of ortho substituents a decrease in shielding of the oxygens at the sulfonyl group (δE_s^B > 0, E_s^B < 0) was detected. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Linear Free‐Energy Relationships Applied to the 13C NMR Chemical Shifts in 4‐Substituted N‐[1‐(Pyridine‐3‐ and ‐4‐yl)ethylidene]anilines

Two series of 4‐substituted N‐[1‐(pyridine‐3‐ and ‐4‐yl)ethylidene]anilines have been synthesized using different methods of conventional and microwave‐assisted synthesis, and linear free‐energy relationships have been applied to the ¹³C NMR chemical shifts of the carbon atoms of interest. The substituent‐induced chemical shifts have been analyzed using single substituent parameter and dual substituent parameter methods. The presented correlations describe satisfactorily the field and resonance substituent effects having similar contributions for C1 and the azomethine carbon, with exception of the carbon atom in para position to the substituent X. In both series, negative ρ values have been found for C1′ atom (reverse substituent effect). Quantum chemical calculations of the optimized geometries at MP2/6‐31G++(d,p) level, together with ¹³C NMR chemical shifts, give a better insight into the influence of the molecular conformation on the transmission of electronic substituent effects. The comparison of correlation results for different series of imines with phenyl, 4‐nitrophenyl, 2‐pyridyl, 3‐pyridyl, 4‐pyridyl group attached at the azomethine carbon with the results for 4‐substituted N‐[1‐(pyridine‐3‐ and ‐4‐yl)ethylidene]anilines for the same substituent set (X) indicates that a combination of the influences of electronic effects of the substituent X and the π₁‐unit can be described as a sensitive balance of different resonance structures.     

Struktur-Reaktivitätsuntersuchungen mit heterosubstituierten Nitrilen—VII: 13C-, 14N- und 19F-NMR-Spektroskopische Untersuchungen an Verbindungen vom Typ Ar?X?CN

The chemical shifts of aromatic nitriles of the general structure para-Y? C₆H₄? X? CN with X = O, S, Se and N(CH₃) have been investigated by the ¹³C NMR technique. For cyanates (X = O) the ¹⁴N shifts and for Y = F the ¹⁹F shifts were likewise measured. The chemical shifts and the corresponding ¹³C shift increments Δ_n have been found to correlate with the appropriate substituent constants σ_R⁰, σ_p⁰ and σ_I, as well as with the π-electron densities calculated in the PPP approximation.     

Carbon-13 NMR study of substituted benzyl N,N-dimethylcarbamates

The ¹³C NMR chemical shifts of m- and p-substituted benzyl N,N-dimethylcarbamates were measured in CDCl₃. The meta and para ¹³C substituent chemical shifts were analysed by means of dual substituent parameter (DSP) equations. Good correlations were obtained, especially for the para-carbon substituent chemical shifts. The computed transmission coefficients, ρ_I and ρ_R, are consistent with the general features of the fitting parameters. It has been shown that no significant electron demand is imposed by the ? CH₂OCON(CH₃)₂ substituent.     

The relationship between 19F substituent chemical shifts and electron densities: meta- and para-substituted benzoyl fluorides

The ¹⁹F substituent chemical shifts (SCS) of meta- and para-benzoyl fluorides are found to correlate well with substituent parameters using the dual substituent parameter (DSP) equation, indicating that they reflect electronic perturbations induced by the substituent. The direction of the SCS values is such that donating substituents cause upfield shifts whilst acceptors cause downfield shifts. STO-3G calculations indicate that substituents induce only very small changes in π-electron density about the fluorine atom, but that these changes correlate reasonably well with the observed SCS values. For the para series, the slope of the relationship between δq and ¹⁹F SCS is 5000 ppm/electron, indicating the great sensitivity of the flourine atom to small changes in electron density.     

The Family of Ferrocene‐Stabilized Silylium Ions: Synthesis, 29Si NMR Characterization,Lewis Acidity,Substituent Scrambling,and Quantum‐Chemical Analyses

The purpose of this systematic experimental and theoretical study is to deeply understand the unique bonding situation in ferrocene‐stabilized silylium ions as a function of the substituents at the silicon atom and to learn about the structure parameters that determine the ²⁹Si NMR chemical shift and electrophilicity of these strong Lewis acids. For this, ten new members of the family of ferrocene‐stabilized silicon cations were prepared by a hydride abstraction reaction from silanes with the trityl cation and characterized by multinuclear ¹H and ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy. A closer look at the NMR spectra revealed that additional minor sets of signals were not impurities but silylium ions with substitution patterns different from that of the initially formed cation. Careful assignment of these signals furnished experimental proof that sterically less hindered silylium ions are capable of exchanging substituents with unreacted silane precursors. Density functional theory calculations provided mechanistic insight into that substituent transfer in which the migrating group is exchanged between two silicon fragments in a concerted process involving a ferrocene‐bridged intermediate. Moreover, the quantum‐chemical analysis of the ²⁹Si NMR chemical shifts revealed a linear relationship between δ(²⁹Si) values and the Fe???Si distance for subsets of silicon cations. An electron localization function and electron localizability indicator analysis shows a three‐center two‐electron bonding attractor between the iron, silicon, and C′_ipso atoms, clearly distinguishing the silicon cations from the corresponding carbenium ions and boranes. Correlations between ²⁹Si NMR chemical shifts and Lewis acidity, evaluated in terms of fluoride ion affinities, are seen only for subsets of silylium ions, sometimes with non‐intuitive trends, indicating a complicated interplay of steric and electronic effects on the degree of the Fe???Si interaction.     

Arylthallium trifluoroacetates carbon-13 and fluorine-19 nuclear magnetic resonance: The substituent effect of the bis(trifluoroacetato)- thallium(III) group

¹³C NMR data for a series of arylthallium trifluoroacetates (ArTlX₂, X = OCOCF₃) are reported and assigned. The range of carbon—thallium couplings to be expected, the dependence on the disposition of coupled nuclei, and chemical shift effects are discussed. The Tl(OCOCF₃)₂ group is shown to be a powerful electron withdrawing group, from both the ¹³C data and ¹⁹F substituent chemical shifts of the p-fluorophenyl derivative.     

A correlation of substituent effects with proton chemical shifts in aromatic tetrazolic acids

The effect of substituents on the proton chemical shifts and spin–spin coupling constants in ortho-, meta- and para-substituted 5-phenyltetrazoles (tetrazolic acids) in DMSO–CH₃CN (1:1, v/v) was studied. With the meta- and para- substituted compounds the additivity rule of chemical shifts was obeyed, thereby enabling increments characterizing the effects of individual substituents in monosubstituted benzenes to be determined. By employing the Smith and Proulx equation, the chemical shifts of the aromatic protons were correlated with the F, R and Q substituent constants. The values of these constants are 1.02, ?0.004 and 5.49, respectively, for the tetrazolyl substituent.     

1H-, 31P- and 13C-NMR spectra of some 2-arylsulphonylamido-2-thiono-5-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes

Some 2-arylsulphonylamido-2-thiono-5-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphospholanes (1), containing two chiral centres, give NMR spectra in which splittings of the ¹H and ¹³C signals of the 5-methyl substituent and of the ³¹P signal indicate that they exist in an approximately 70:30% ratio of two racemic mixtures, Z and E respectively, diastereomeric to each other. These splittings were invariably observed for compounds 1a, containing a monosubstituted sulphonylamido group (Y = H) and various substituents at position 4′ of the aryl group, X = H, CH₃, OCH₃, F, CI and Br. The methylenic protons in position 4 of the phospholane ring are diastereotopic and therefore magnetically non-equivalent. Benzene-induced shifts were measured for the Z isomers of compounds 1a, X = H, F and for compound 1b, containing an N-disubstituted sulphonylamido group (Y = CH₃) and X = H; the tentative interpretation of these shifts places the more shielded diastereotopic methylene proton on the same side of the ring as the 5-methyl substituent. The H? P and H? H coupling constants indicate that the preferred conformation of the dioxaphospholane ring should be a ‘twisted envelopey’ shape with the 5-methyl substituent in the equatorial position.     

Catalytic activity of bis(dialkylamino)carbenium salts in hydrosilylation reactions

Bis(dialkylamino)carbenium salts {[(Me₂N)₂CCl]⁺}₂MCl₄ ²⁻ (M=Ni, Pd) and {[Me₂NC(X)NR₂]⁺}₂PtCl₆ ²⁻ (R=Me, All; X=H, Cl, Me) are efficient catalysts for hydrosilylation of allyl phenyl ether, triallylamine, allyl chloride, allylamine, and 1-octene with various hydrosilanes. The catalytic activity is dependent on the salt composition and the nature of the metal M, the saturated compound, and the hydrosilane used. The catalysts used are usually insoluble in the reaction mixture, active, and stable. In some cases, carbenium salts are more selective than Speier's catalyst. Novel catalysts, silica-immobilized dialkylaminocarbenium salts, have been prepared. The kinetics of the reaction have been considered. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1041–1044, May, 1997.     

Mössbauer studies on ferrocene complexes X. Steric and polar factors in ferrocenyl ketones and carbenium ions

A series of new ferrocenyl alcohols of the types

and FcCH(OH)R where R = 1-adamantyl, 9-anthracyl and mesityl nave been synthesised. The ¹H NMR spectra of these carbenium ions derived from these alcohols have been measured and discussed, together with those of the ketone precursors in CF₃CO₂H. Mössbauer spectra were obtained for the above derivatives in frozen solid solution in CF₃CO₂H. For the protonated ketones only small differences in quadrupole splitting (QS) were observed as the structure of the aryl or alkyl groups was varied, all having QS values of 0.23–0.36 mm s^?1 lower than that of ferrocene. For the aryl carbenium ions the enhanced QS correlated reasonably well with Hammett σ⁺ values (r = 0.953, 7 points). No systematic trends in QS were observed for the o, m and p series of substituents. The more sterically hindered carbenium ions show a significant lowering of QS due to the Cp rings twisting out of the carbenium ion sp² plane. In the case of the anthracyl derivative, no appreciable change in QS occurred on forming the carbenium ion indicative of stabilisation of the ion by the anthracyl rather than the ferrocenyl moiety. The different modes of stabilisation of the protonated ketones and the carbenium ions are discussed.     

Application of principal component analysis to 13C NMR shifts of chalcones and their thiophene and furan analogues: A useful tool for the shift assignment and for the study of substituent effects

¹³C NMR shifts of 54 chalcones and their thiophene and furan analogues are analyzed by principal component analysis. Thus, a mathematical model is derived for the variation of the carbon shifts in each of seven classes. Two component models are found to be adequate by cross-validation. The first component corresponds to ordinary σ_para values, while the second one differentiates benzenes, thiophenes and furans. This type of data analysis is a useful tool for checking the consistencies of spectral parameters. The model parameters, which describe systematic variations within each class, are also used for the study of substituent effects and discussed in relation to substituent constants in linear free energy relationships.