13C chemical shifts and conformational analysis of S-methylthiolanium cations

The ¹³C NMR spectra of all cations obtained by methylation at sulphur of the mono-and dimethylthiolanes are reported. The methyl substituent on sulphur affects the shieldings of the adjacent carbons in a manner which allows easy identification of the cis and trans isomers. For most compounds the ¹³C pattern is consistent with a half-chair ring conformation with maximum staggering at C-3, C-4. Only with methyl groups at the 1,2-or 1,2,3-positions is the half-chair appreciably deformed. It is suggested that in these cases the preferred conformation is a quasi-envelope with C-3 at the top.     

13C n.m.r. of organosulphur compounds: II—13C chemical shifts and conformational analysis of methyl substituted thiacyclohexanes

¹³C n.m.r. spectra of methyl substituted thianes and thianium cations have been determined. The magnitude of the ¹³C substituent effects of an equatorial methyl group or of a gem-dimethyl grouping appear to depend in a systematic way on whether the carbon atom concerned is adjacent to, or removed from, the heteroatom. The shieldings are discussed in relation to the conformational properties of the thiane ring. Moreover, the average ¹³C substituent parameters obtained from conformationally biased systems are applied to potentially mobile systems to assess the position of the conformational equilibrium.     

Prediction of 13C NMR chemical shifts in substituted naphthalenes

The prediction of the ¹³C NMR signals for derivatives of naphthalene has been investigated using mathematical modeling techniques. Two empirical multiple regression models which utilize the field, resonance, and Charton's steric parameters together with molar refractivity were developed, one for α- and the other for β-substituted naphthalene derivatives. In the α case the model had a correlation coefficient of observed versus predicted line positions of r = 0.973 with a standard deviation of 2.2 ppm while in the β case r = 0.979 with the standard deviation being 2.3 ppm. The database consisted of 3152 signals from 394 naphthalene derivatives. We also report the use of the Taft steric parameter in place of the Charton steric parameter in the above- mentioned prediction equations. Received: 19 June 1998 / Accepted: 20 October 1998 / Published online: 16 March 1999     

Carbon-13 chemical shifts of substituted nortricyclenes

¹³C NMR spectra of a series of substituted nortricyclene derivatives have been measured, and the ¹³C chemical shifts interpreted in terms of α, β, γ and δ-effects. The nature of these substiuent shifts is discussed together with some analytical possibilities. The substituent shifts provide valuable data about the steric effects in strained molecules and can be used as increments for structural analysis, particularly for the determination of orientations of substituent groups.     

The use of MM/QM calculations of 13C and 15N chemical shifts in the conformational analysis of alkyl substituted anilines

The calculation of the ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR chemical shifts by a combined molecular mechanics (Pcmodel 9.1/MMFF94) and ab initio (GIAO (B3LYP/DFT, 6-31 + G(d)) procedure is used to investigate the conformations of a variety of alkyl substituted anilines. The ¹³C shifts are obtained from the GIAO isotropic shielding (Ciso) with separate references for sp³ and sp² carbons (δc = δref − Ciso). The ¹⁵N shifts are obtained similarly from the GIAO isotropic shielding (Niso) with reference to the ¹⁵N chemical shift of aniline. Comparison of the observed and calculated shifts provides information on the molecular conformations. Aniline and the 2,6-dialkylanilines exist with a rapidly inverting symmetric pyramidal nitrogen atom. The 2-alkylanilines have similar conformations with the NH₂ group tilted away from the 2-alkyl substituent. The N,N-dialkylanilines show more varied conformations. N,N-dimethylaniline has a similar structure to aniline, but N-ethyl, N-methylaniline, N,N-diethylaniline, and N,N-diisopropylaniline are conformationally mobile with two rapidly interconverting conformers. In contrast, the anilines substituted at C₂ and the nitrogen atom exist as one conformer where the steric interaction between the C₂ substituent and the N substituent determines the conformation. In 2-methyl-N-methylaniline, the nitrogen atom is pyramidal as usual with the N-methyl opposite to the 2-methyl, but in 2-methyl-N,N-dimethyl aniline, the NMe₂ group is now almost orthogonal to the phenyl plane. This is also the case with 2-methyl-N,N-diethylaniline and 2,6-diisopropyl-N,N-dimethylaniline. The comparison of the observed and calculated ¹⁵N chemical shifts confirms the above findings, in particular the pyramidal conformation of aniline and the above observations with respect to the conformations of the N,N-dialkylanilines.     

Conformational analysis XX—13C NMR studies of saturated heterocycles 5—substituent effects on the 13C chemical shifts of methyl substituted 1,3-dithiolanes

The ¹³C NMR chemical shifts for 1,3-dithiolane and 13 methyl substituted derivatives are reported. Substituent effects are derived and compared with those for cyclopentanes and 1,3-dioxolanes. The magnitude and variety of the substituent effects are best explained with the aid of a half-chair conformation where the S-1? C-2? S-3 plane passes between C-4 and C-5.     

13C nuclear magnetic resonance studies of saturated heterocycles: II—substituent effects on the 13C chemical shifts of methyl substituted 1,3-dithianes and their application to the determination of conformational equilibria

The ¹³C chemical shifts for 1,3-dithiane and 9 methyl substituted derivatives are reported. Only three of the methyl-1,3-dithianes were conformationally anancomeric and hence the conformational equilibria must be taken into account when deriving the values of the different substituent effects on the ¹³C chemical shifts. The best fit for each substituent effect was obtained when –ΔG^θ (5a-Me) for 5-methyl-1,3-dithiane was given the value 3.8 ± 0.3 kJ mol^?1 and when the difference between –ΔG^θ (2a-Me) and –ΔG^θ (5a-Me) for cis-2,5-dimethyl 1,3-dithiane equalled 3.4 ± 0.4 kJ mol^?1. The conformer populations chosen from our earlier paper¹ were then suitable for all the other conformational equilibria in question. The magnitude of the derived substituent effects are compared with those for cyclohexane and 1,3-dioxane.     

13C NMR shifts and conformations of substituted indans

¹³C NMR spectra of indan derivatives bearing substituents in the 1, 2, 5 and 6 positions are reported and assigned by LIS measurements and other techniques. Epimeric indanes bearing vicinal oxygen and phenyl or benzyl substituents show ring carbon shielding in the cis relative to the trans isomers, which is compared with corresponding cyclopentane shifts, and indicates the predominance of envelope conformations with pseudoaxial oxygen substituents for the cis isomers. Acetylation shifts show consistently larger shielding at C-β for the trans compounds. Introduction of oxygen at C-5 leads to asymmetric shielding effects at the ortho carbon atoms as soon as there is a substituent in the para position which can participate in mesomeric forms.     

13C NMR chemical shifts of carbonyl groups in substituted benzaldehydes and acetophenones: substituent chemical shift increments

13C NMR Substituent chemical shift (SCS) increments have been determined for the carbonyl carbon of a variety of substituted benzaldehydes and acetophenones. The 13C NMR chemical shift of the carbonyl carbon can be predicted for many di- and trisubstituted benzaldehydes and acetophenones through simple additivity of the SCS increments. The magnitude and sign of the SCS increments have been explored using Hartree-Fock 6-31G* calculations to determine the natural atomic charges of the carbonyl carbon. When a substituent capable of intermolecular hydrogen bonding is present, deviations from additivity on the order of 2 ppm are observed in dilution experiments; deviations of up to 6 ppm can result from intramolecular hydrogen bonding.     

13C chemical shifts of monosubstituted adamantanes

¹³C chemical shifts are reported for adamantane, nine 1-substituted adamantanes and nine 2-substituted adamantanes. The substituents are F, Cl, Br, I, NH₂, OH, CH², CN and CO₂H. The assignments and results are discussed in terms of chemical shift patterns.     

13C and 17O chemical shifts and conformational analysis of mono- and di-methyl-substituted thiane 1-oxide and thiane 1,1-dioxide

The ¹³C and ¹⁷O (natural abundance) chemical shifts of several mono- and di-methyl ring-substituted thiane 1-oxides and thiane 1,1-dioxides are reported. The cis and trans isomers of methyl-substituted thiane 1-oxide are readily identified by ¹³C and ¹⁷O NMR. In particular, the ¹⁷O NMR signals of axial SO groups are found several ppm upfield of those of the equatorial counterparts. The proportion of axial and equatorial conformers of thiane 1-oxide in different solvents has been measured by low-temperature ¹³C NMR. In THF the proportion of the axial conformer is higher than in CD₂Cl₂ whereas in CDCl₃ or CHF₂Cl the conformational preference is reversed and the equatorial conformer is slightly favoured.     

13C chemical shifts of some model olefins

An extensive carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance study of selected model olefins dissolved in deuteriochloroform has been carried out under standardized conditions. Assignments of the chemical shifts have been made. The influence of the nature of the solvent and the effect of changing the concentration of the solute have been investigated. The results are intended to provide a practical aid for the analysis of olefinic materials.     

Correlations of13C chemical shifts and geometry modifications

The effect of geometry modifications of¹³C chemical shifts has been investigated in a small subset of molecules using both LO-INDO and Gaussian 70 (4–31) calculations. The Gaussian calculations, while known to give poor absolute shifts, compare well to the reparameterized semi-empirical INDO determinations in calculated shift changes. In virtually all cases the signs of the shift changes were found to be opposite to that of the changes in the calculated electronic energy.     

The conformational analysis of aromatic methoxyl groups from carbon-13 chemical shifts and spin-lattice relaxation times

In a series of polymethoxy benzaldehydes and acetophenones it was found that diortho-substitution distorts the ArOCH₃ conformation. This distortion is accompanied by a downfield shift in the corresponding methoxyl ¹³C frequencies and an increase in their spin-lattice relaxation times.     

13C Chemical shifts and conformational equilibria in quaternary piperidinium salts

Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of a series of N-methyl-N-alkylpiperidinium salts have been measured, and the observed chemical shifts analysed in terms of the stereochemical and conformational properties of the molecules. Furthermore, the differences of the free energy (ΔG°) between two conformers on ring inversion have been estimated.     

Proximity effects in pyridines. Proton chemical shifts in substituted methyl pyridinecarboxylates

Ring and ester proton chemical shifts in six series of substituted methyl pyridinecarboxylates have been measured. Results for ring protons ortho and para to the substituent can generally be accounted for by additive substituent, ester and nitrogen effects. Shifts for protons meta to the substituent, when compared with analogous shifts in monosubstituted benzenes, provide evidence of substituent–nitrogen interactions. In particular, a special effect is noted for series where both the proton and substituent are adjacent to the nitrogen. The origin of this effect is discussed. The ester proton results lead to essentially the same conclusions. Although this probe is much less sensitive to substituent effects, the same special effect is evident for the methyl 6-X-picolinate series.     

13C NMR chemical shifts of N-unsubstituted- and N-methyl-pyrazole derivatives

¹³C shielding data for 100 derivatives of pyrazole are reported. These include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, hydroxymethyl, carboxyl, ethoxycarbonyl, cyano, amino, hydrazino, nitro, azido, chloro, bromo and iodo groups as substituents on the ring carbon atoms.     

Remarks on GIAO-DFT predictions of 13C chemical shifts

Predicting (13)C chemical shifts by GIAO-DFT calculations appears to be more accurate than frequently expected provided that: (a) the comparison between experimental and theoretical data is performed using the linear regression method, (b) a sufficiently high level of theory [e.g. B3LYP/6-311 + + G(2d,p)//B3LYP/6-311 + + G(2d,p) or PBE1PBE/6-311 + G(2df,p)//B3LYP/6-311 + + G(2d,p)] is used, (c) the experimental data originate from the measurements performed in one solvent whose influence is taken into account at the molecular geometry optimization step and, first of all, during the shielding calculation, (d) the experimental data are free of heavy atom effects or such effects are appropriately treated in calculations, and finally (e) the conformational compositions of the investigated objects are known.     

The 13C NMR spectra,isomerism, and conformational analysis of substituted piperidin-4-ones

The ¹³C NMR spectra of 15 stereoisomers of 1-mono-, 1,2-di-, and 1,2,5-trisubstituted piperidin-4-ones were investigated, and the stereochemical orientations of the substituents and the conformation relationships were established. For the series of piperidones a method for determination of the absolute confirmation of the C₍₂₎ center of the piperidone ring is proposed on the basis of the chemical shifts of the methyl groups in the 1-s--phenylethyl substituent at the nitrogen atom in the preferred rotamers with respect to the C₍₁₎-N bond.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1503–1515, November, 1986.