1H, 13C and 77Se NMR spectra of substituted selenoanisoles

The ¹H, ¹³C and ⁷⁷Se chemical shifts and the ¹J[C(Me)H(Me)], ^1.2J(SeC) and ²J(SeH) coupling constants in 14 para- or meta-substituted selenoanisoles, R? C₆H₄? Se? CH₃, have been measured and the dependence of these parameters on the electronic effects of the substituent R is discussed. A significant (up to 6 ppm) deviation from additivity of the substituent influence on the shielding of the ¹³C ring carbons has been found.     

J(77Se,1H) and J(77Se,13C) couplings of seleno‐carbohydrates obtained by 77Se satellite 1D 13C spectroscopy and 77Se selective HR‐HMBC spectroscopy

Seleno‐carbohydrates are those in which the oxygen of the glycosidic bond or the hydroxyl group is artificially replaced with selenium. This substitution changes ¹H and ¹³C chemical shifts and produces spin coupling constants involving ⁷⁷Se. Coupling constants, such as ^2‐3J(⁷⁷Se, ¹H), are likely to be useful for conformational analyses of glycans because such couplings are never observed in natural glycans. Several papers have discussed the relationship between ^2‐3J(⁷⁷Se, ¹H) and conformation; however, only few reports describe ^1‐3J(⁷⁷Se, ¹³C), which could also be useful. Here, we obtain ⁷⁷Se coupling constants of seleno‐carbohydrates from ⁷⁷Se‐selective HR‐HMBC and ⁷⁷Se satellites in 1D ¹³C spectra and examine their conformations using the Newman projection scheme.     

13C and 77Se NMR spectra of thienoisoselenazoles,selenoloisothiazoles, selenoloisoselenazoles and thienoisothiazoles

Measurements are reported of NH exchange rates of urea, thiourea, acetamide and thioacetamide, using line-shape analysis with natural-abundance ¹⁵N NMR spectra. Base-catalyzed NH-proton exchange of thiourea is 30–40 times faster than for urea, while the corresponding acid-catalyzed exchange is 150 times slower. The base-catalyzed proton exchange for thioacetamide is about 1000 times faster than that of acetamide at 25°C, while the corresponding acid-catalyzed exchange is some 260 times slower.     

13C, 77Se and 125Te NMR in ortho-halogenated seleno- and telluro-phenetoles

⁷⁷Se and ¹²⁵Te chemical shifts have been measured for o-halogenated seleno- and telluro-phenetoles. Correlations exist between these parameters and the halogen electronegativities or the ¹³C chemical shifts, except for the fluorine derivatives. The chalcogen shifts are related to the shifts of various nuclei in halobenzene derivatives, namely ¹H in benzenes, ¹³C in toluenes, ¹⁵N in anilines and ¹⁹F in fluorobenzenes. ⁷⁷Se and ¹²⁵Te chemical shifts are correlated in the o-halogenated seleno- and telluro-phenetoles and in chalcogen analogues of o-methoxy-selenoanisole and -tellurophenetole: Δδ(Te) = 1.60Δδ(Se). The observed gradient is close to values previously reported for other selenides and tellurides, but differs from the value observed in heterocycles. This observation is discussed.     

77Se, 13C and 1H NMR investigations on ortho-carbonyl benzeneselenenyl derivatives

o-Carbonyl benzeneselenenyl compounds with COCH₃, CHO and COOCH₃ as carbonyl functions and SeCl, SeBr, SeSCN, SeSeCN, SeCN and SeCH₃ as selenium-containing groups, have been studied by ¹H, ¹³C and ⁷⁷Se NMR spectroscopy. The IR CO stretching frequencies of these compounds are also reported. If the SeCH₃ derivatives are excluded, the compounds mainly adopt a planar ‘cis’ conformation, due to an interaction between the CO group and the selenium atom. The range of over 800 ppm for the observed ⁷⁷Se chemical shifts makes ⁷⁷Se NMR spectroscopy a powerful tool for physical organic chemists.     

A 13C, 15N and 77Se NMR Study of Some Diseleno Sulfonamides

¹³C, ¹⁵N and ⁷⁷Se NMR data are reported for ten title compounds. Some linear correlations of selenium, nitrogen and carbon chemical shifts values are described. A number of one- and two- bond ⁷⁷Se-¹³C coupling constants values are also given.     

13C and 77Se NMR of some organometallic derivatives with Ti,Zr and Hf

¹³C and ⁷⁷Se NMR was carried out on dicyclopentadienyl derivatives of Ti, Zr and Hf with selenium bonded directly to the metal. Although ¹³C NMR is not sensitive to different substitution, ⁷⁷Se NMR is valuable and reflects the influence of the different organic substituents and the nature of the metals bonded to the selenium atom.     

Efficient chiral discrimination by 77Se NMR

[reaction: see text] Several (77)Se NMR experiments were performed by titrating a sample of selenides with the chiral shift reagent methylbenzylamine (MBA), followed by acquisition of (77)Se NMR spectra. Eventually, we observed the appearance of two anisochronous resonances, with a relatively large separation, from 37 to 56 Hz, corresponding to the formation of the diastereomeric complexes. This methodology avoids derivatization processes, and the studied compound can be easily recovered from the NMR tube.     

Organylselenoacetylene und selenocyanate; 77Se- und 13C-NMR-chemische verschiebungen und 77Se- 13C-spin-kopplungskonstanten

⁷⁷Se and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts and ⁷⁷Se-¹³C spinspin coupling constants of mono- and bis(organylseleno)acetylenes and organyl selenocyanates are shown. The changes of ⁷⁷Se chemical shifts caused by variation of the organyl groups are well reflected by known increments. The δ(⁷⁷Se) and ¹J(⁷⁷Se¹³C) values of the investigated compounds are discussed in relation to the corresponding alkyl- and vinyl-selenides. The ¹J(⁷⁷Se¹³C) values of the selenoacetylenes and selenocyanates as well as alkyl- and vinyl-selenides are linearly dependednt (i) on ¹J(¹³C¹H) values of the corresponding hydrocarbons, hydrogen cyanide respectively and (ii) on the product of the s-characters of the coupled Se and C atoms. These linear correlations prove the predominance of the Fermi contact term for changes of the one-bond ⁷⁷Se¹³C coupling in dependence on hybridization.     

13C,13C coupling constants of conjugated dienes

One bond ¹³C,¹³C- and ¹³C,¹H-coupling constants have been measured for some 1,2-dimethylene-cycloalkanes, as well as for 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene and methylenecyclobutane. The results for 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene confirm the findings for buta-1,3-diene, i.e. that J(C-1, C-2) is smaller for the diene than for the correspondingly substituted monoene. No differences have been found between the ¹J(CC) exocyclic coupling constants of the dimethylene and monomethylene cycloalkanes.     

Synthesis and characterization of chiral smectic C liquid crystalline terpolysiloxanes

A number of tailor-made side chain liquid crystalline terpolysiloxanes, containing chiral cyanohydrin ester, phenyl pyrimidine and fluorinated phenylbenzoate as the side groups, have been synthesized for potential applications as ferroelectric liquid crystal polymers. All the polysiloxanes exhibit the mesomorphic sequence of crystal-chiral smectic C-smectic A-isotropic phases.     

Synthesis of camphor-based chiral P,N-ligands

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Synthesis of [1, 2-13C2]-S-Lysine Hydrochloride

Cobalt catalyzed hydroformylation-amidocarbonylation of 3-cyanopropene by carbon-13 monoxide and acetamide produced a [1,2-¹³C₂]-labelled mixture of 5-cyano-2-acetamidopentanoic acid and 4-cyano-3-methyl-2-acetamidobutanoic acid (n to b ratio of 7 to 3. 55% yield). Acylase I resolution of this mixture gave the free S-amino acids which could be separated by crystallization. Catalytic reduction of the cyano group of the straight chain acid furnished [1,2-¹³C₂] -S-lysine. HCl.     

Dialkynyl selenides: Synthesis, 13C NMR spectra,and molecular orbital calculations

Reactions of SeCl₄ with lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide and terminal acetylenes in the presence of BuLi or AIBN afforded the corresponding dialkynyl selenides in moderate to high yields. The reaction may proceed via a selenium amide 7 and an alkynyl selenium amide 8 . The comparison of ¹³C NMR spectra of dialkynyl selenides and tellurides has disclosed that the differences of the chemical shift of acetylenic carbons between Se and Te derivatives are consistent regardless of their substitution patterns. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations are reported for dialkynyl ether and chalcogenides. The calculated structures, charge distributions, and orbital energies are discussed.     

Synthesis and characterization of some new C2 symmetric chiral bisamide ligands derived from chiral Feist's acid

The hemilabile chiral C2 symmetrical bidentate substituted amide ligands (1R,2R)-5(a-d) and (1S,2S)-6(a-d) were synthesized in quantitative yield from (1R,2R)-(+)-3-methylenecyclo-propane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid (1R,2R)-3 and (1S,2S)-(-)-3-methylene-cyclopropane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid (1S,2S)-3, in two steps, respectively. The chiral Feist's acids (1R,2R)-3 and (1S,2S)-3 were obtained in good isomeric purity by resolution of trans-(±)-3-methylene-cyclopropane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid from an 8:2 mixture of tert-butanol and water, using (R)-(+)-α-methylbenzyl amine as a chiral reagent. This process is reproducible on a large scale. All these new synthesized chiral ligands were characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, IR, and mass spectrometry, as well as elemental analysis and their specific rotations were measured. These new classes of C2 symmetric chiral bisamide ligands could be of special interest in asymmetric transformations.     

Synthesis of the C1 to C13 tetrahydropyranyl-resorcylate core of paecilomycin B

A d-Glucose derived tetrahydropyran was converted into the C1 to C13 tetrahydropyranyl-resorcylate core of paecilomycin B in seven steps. Key transformations included the synthesis of a diketo-ester dioxinone, which upon thermolysis underwent a retro-hetero-Diels-Alder fragmentation to generate an acyl ketene. This was subsequently trapped by a secondary alcohol affording a triketo-ester, which was efficiently aromatized to produce the advanced resorcylate intermediate.