Concerning some unusual trimethylsilyl proton chemical shifts

Proton and ¹³C NMR data are presented for six different compounds containing the fragment C₆H₅? C? CH₂SiMe₃. In a number of instances it was observed that, in the ¹H NMR spectrum, the SiMe₃ groups had a chemical shift significantly upfield from internal tetramethylsilane (δ = ?0·14 to ?0·36). These unexpected upfield chemical shifts of the SiMe₃ groups are suggested to result from the predominance, on a time averaged basis, of conformations which place the methyl groups attached to silicon in the face of an aromatic ring. The preference for such conformations is, in turn, the result of rotational preferences exhibited by the ‘flat’ aromatic ring. These results suggest that conformational analysis of systems containing a phenyl ring should take more explicit account of the fact that the preferred orientation of this phenyl ring can have a profound influence on the conformation adopted by the remainder of the molecule. In addition, the preferred conformation of the phenyl ring can have a significant effect upon the observed ¹H NMR chemical shifts, while the ¹³C chemical shifts are relatively insensitive to conformational factors and can be explained by well-known substituent effects previously delineated for all-carbon systems.     

PH-abhängigkeit der 13C-chemischen verschiebungen sechsgliedriger stickstoff-heteroaromaten

The ¹³C chemical shifts of the 6-membered nitrogen heteroaromatic compounds pyridine, pyrazine, pyrimidine, pyridazine, quinoline and isoquinoline have been measured as functions of P_H in aqueous solutions. On protonation of the nitrogen, the ¹³C signals of the C atoms in α position usually suffer an upfield shift; the signals of the more removed C atoms are mostly shifted to lower field. The P_H shifts can reach amounts in the order of 10 ppm. The P_H dependences of chemical shifts of the six heterocyclic compounds investigated follow classical titration curves, whose turning-points yield the P_K values of the bases in good agreement with other methods of measurement.     

13C NMR spectra of benzothiazepinone,benzothiazinone and benzosulphonamide N-substituted derivatives

A comparative study of the ¹³C NMR spectra of benzothiazinone and benzothiazepinone dioxide derivatives and of some structurally related benzosulphonamides is presented. The size of the heterocyclic ring is reflected in the ¹³C chemical shifts and in the one-bond carbon-proton aromatic coupling constants. An upfield γ-effect of sulphur on the ¹³C chemical shifts in N-substituted carboxyethylbenzene-4,5-dimethoxysulphonamides is reported.     

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of some 4-substituted phenacyl bromides

The ¹³C NMR signals for some 4- substituted phenacyl bromides were assigned. The experimental chemical shifts of the aromatic ring carbons are in close agreement with those calculated using substituent chemical shifts. Both the carbonyl and the α-methylene carbons exhibit upfield shifts compared with those of the corresponding 4-substituted acetophenones.     

Temperature effects on 13C n.m.r. chemical shifts of normal alkanes and some line r and branched 1-alkenes

¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts of a number of 1,1-disubstituted ethylenes are presented. Moreover, effects of changing temperatures on the ¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts of some of these compounds as well as of three normal alkanes are given. These variations in chemical shifts are attributed to varying amounts of sterically induced shifts in the different conformational equilibria. In addition to the well-known 1,4 interaction between two alkyl groups shielding effects on the carbon atoms of the connecting bonds are also proposed. No definite explanation of this effect is presented at this time. It is further shown that no simple correlations exist between ¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts and calculated total charge densities at this level. Instead, the experimental results in 1-alkenes are rationalized by assuming a linear dependence of the ¹³C n.m.r. chemical shifts of C-1 and C-2 via rehybridizations on changes in bond angles for small skeletal deformations caused by steric interactions. These changes in geometries, as well as conformational energies in three 1-alkenes, were calculated by means of VFF calculations. Finally. upfield shifts for both C-2 and C-4 are proposed for those conformations of 1-alkenes in which the C-3? C-4 group interacts with the p_z-orbital of C-2.     

High-resolution 13C NMR study of free and metal-complexed ionophores in the solid state: Conformation and dynamics of the macrocyclic ring and the effect of intermolecular short contact of methyl groups on spin–lattice relaxation times and displacements of chemical shifts

High-resolution ¹³C NMR spectra of 15 samples of uncomplexed and metal-complexed tetranactin and nonactin were recorded in the solid state, revealing characteristic displacements of peaks due to complex formation and the effect of crystalline packing on the ¹³C chemical shifts and spin–lattice relaxation times of the methyl groups. The C-1 ¹³C chemical shifts of uncomplexed and complexed tetranaction and nonactin are well related to the variation of nearby torsion angles characteristic of the macrocyclic conformation, as determined by x-ray diffraction. The existence of short intermolecular contact of methyl groups (<3.8 Å) at the surface of the molecules results in either prolonged ¹³C spin–lattice relaxation times in the laboratory frame (T₁^C) or substantial upfield displacement of peaks (up to 6 ppm). In addition, significantly reduced T₁^C values in uncomplexed nonactin (one order of magnitude smaller than those of other compounds) was ascribed to the presence of a puckering motion of the tetrahydrofuran ring and fluctuation of the macrocyclic ring in the solid state (with a time scale of 10⁻⁸ _s). Finally, how the conformations of these compounds in the solid are retained in chloroform solution was examined in view of the differences in the ¹³C chemical shifts between the solid and solution.     

17O NMR spectra of equatorial and axial hydroxycyclohexanes and 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxanes and their methyl ethers

¹⁷O chemical shifts of axial hydroxyl groups in cyclohexanols are upfield of those of corresponding equatorial groups, but in 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxanes the opposite is observed: the axial OH resonates downfield of the equatorial OH. The situation is the same in the corresponding methyl ethers and is, thus, not a result of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the axial 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxane, but appears to parallel the effect on ¹³C and ¹⁹F shifts observed in corresponding equatorial and axial 5-methyl- and 5-fluoro-1,3-dioxanes, which has been attributed to an upfield shifting effect of the antiperiplanar γ-located heteroatoms. Surprisingly, the reciprocal effect is not seen in the ring ¹⁷O shifts of the 5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxanes. A δ compression shift is seen in the ¹⁷O spectrum of trans-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanol (syn-axial OH and CH₃), analogous to the effect earlier reported in ¹³C spectra. Conversion of four of the alcohols to methyl ethers produces a large upfield effect on the ¹⁷O shift, larger in the cyclohexanols than in the 1,3-dioxane-5-ols. Similar upfield shifts have been recorded in the literature; their extent depends on whether the alcohols are primary, secondary or tertiary.     

Natural Abundance 13C-NMR. of Reduced Isoalloxazine

When an isoalloxazine derivative ( 1 ) was reduced ( 2 ) its ¹³C-NMR. resonances were all shifted upfield and the largest shifts were observed for C (4a), C(6) and C(8) but downfield shifts for C(2), C(4) and C(10a). The results and their biochemical implications are shortly discussed.     

Carbonyl carbon chemical shifts in the 13c spectra of cyclic ketones

The ketonic ¹³C NMR signals of the keto lactones 1 and haplophytine (4) occur at exceptionally high field. These upfield shifts are interpreted in the context of a general consideration of the structural factors affecting the carbonyl carbon chemical shifts of cyclic ketones. It is concluded that dipole-dipole interactions are the major sources of the upfield shifts in the cases of both 1 and 4.     

Ring current effects in the active site of medium-chain Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase revealed by NMR spectroscopy

Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) catalyzes the flavin-dependent oxidation of fatty acyl-CoAs to the corresponding trans-2-enoyl-CoAs. The interaction of hexadienoyl-CoA (HD-CoA), a product analogue, with recombinant pig MCAD (pMCAD) has been studied using (13)C NMR and (1)H-(13)C HSQC spectroscopy. Upon binding to oxidized pMCAD, the chemical shifts of the C1, C2, and C3 HD carbons are shifted upfield by 12.8, 2.1, and 13.8 ppm, respectively. In addition, the (1)H chemical shift of the C3-H is also shifted upfield by 1.31 ppm while the chemical shift of the C4 HD-CoA carbon is unchanged upon binding. These changes in chemical shift are unexpected given the results of previous Raman studies which revealed that the C3=C2-C1=O HD enone fragment is polarized upon binding to MCAD such that the electron density at the C3 and C1 carbons is reduced, not increased (Pellet et al. Biochemistry 2000, 39, 13982-13992). To investigate the apparent discrepancy between the NMR and Raman data for HD-CoA bound to MCAD, (13)C NMR spectra have been obtained for HD-CoA bound to enoyl-CoA hydratase, an enzyme system that has also previously been studied using Raman spectroscopy. Significantly, binding to enoyl-CoA hydratase causes the chemical shifts of the C1 and C3 HD carbons to move downfield by 4.8 and 5.6 ppm, respectively, while the C2 resonance moves upfield by 2.2 ppm, in close agreement with the alterations in electron density at these carbons predicted from Raman spectroscopy (Bell, A. F.; Wu, J.; Feng, Y.; Tonge, P. J. Biochemistry 2001, 40, 1725-33). The large increase in shielding experienced by the C1 and C3 HD carbons in the HD-CoA/MCAD complex is proposed to arise from the ring current field from the isoalloxazine portion of the flavin cofactor. The flavin ring current, which is only present when the enzyme is placed in an external magnetic field, also explains the differences in (13)C NMR chemical shifts for acetoacetyl-CoA when bound as an enolate to MCAD and enoyl-CoA hydratase and is used to rationalize the observation that the line widths of the C1 and C3 resonances are narrower when the ligands are bound to MCAD than when they are free in the protein solution.     

Carbon-13 NMR studies of a series of benzylphenols

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of a series of benzylphenols and their O-alkylated derivatives were recorded to find the substituent effects of the benzyl, hydroxybenzyl and alkoxybenzyl groups on the ¹³C chemical shifts. It was found that the methylene bridge carbons show signal shifts mainly due to the mesomeric effects of the OH and OCH₃ substituents, and that in the case of ortho-substituted benzyl compounds, the methylene carbon signals exhibit upfield shifts due to both mesomeric and steric effects.     

ON THE PHOSPHORUS-31 CHEMICAL SHIFTS OF SUBSTITUTED TRIARYLPHOSPHINES

Abstract

The ³¹P chemical shifts of eleven (4-ZC₆H₄)₃P compounds show a slight correlation with the Hammet [sgrave]para constant of Z. The unusually large upfield chemical shifts of (2-ZC₆H₄)₃P compounds are attributed to an extreme “gamma” effect caused by the restricted conformations due to the steric influence of the ortho substituents. Chemical shifts are given for about thirty triarylphosphines, and group contributions to phosphine chemical shifts are listed for twenty-one aryl groups.     

Estimation and prediction of 13C NMR chemical shifts of carbon atoms in both alcohols and thiols

Quantitative structure-spectrum relationship calculations of ¹³C NMR chemical shifts of both 302 carbon atoms in 56 alcohols and 62 carbon atoms in 15 thiols are described using several parameters: the atomic ionicity index (INI), the polarizability effect index (PEI), and stereoscopic effect parameters (?) of the compounds. The ¹³C NMR chemical shifts for these compounds of both alcohols and thiols can be estimated through the multiple linear regression (MLR). A MLR model was built with variable screening by the stepwise multiple regression and examined by validation on its stability. The correlation coefficient of the established model as well as the leave-one-out cross-validation was 0.9724 and 0.9716 respectively. The results obviously indicate that INI and ? are linearly related with ¹³C NMR chemical shifts, which provides a new method for calculating ¹³C NMR chemical shifts in the compounds of both alcohols and thiols.     

Cis-trans isomerization and 13C-NMR chemical shift of polyphenylacetylene

Before and after cis-trans isomerization, the observed ¹³C-NMR chemical shifts of poly(phenylacetylene) (PPA) in the solid state were investigated on the basis of ¹³C-NMR chemical shift calculations within AM1 for the cis-transoidal and deflected trans-transoidal forms. Two ¹³C-resonance peaks in the observed CP/MAS ¹³C-spectrum were assigned theoretically by the ¹³C chemical shifts of the main and side chains. After thermal isomerization, the ¹³C peak of the main chain for PPA shifted upfield by 3.5 ppm, in contrast to the downfield shift of the ¹³C peak for polyacetylene. This upfield shift of trans-PPA largely was attributed to the increases of the excitation energy from the ground state to the lowest φ_π–π* state in the paramagnetic terms of ¹³C chemical shift on the main chain carbons with the increase in deflected angle τ of 0 to 80°. The ±80° deflected conformation of the trans-transoidal chain due to the cis-trans isomerization was confirmed. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 1657–1664, 1999     

Quantum mechanical calculations on cellulose–water interactions: structures,energetics, vibrational frequencies and NMR chemical shifts for surfaces of Iα and Iβ cellulose

Periodic and molecular cluster density functional theory calculations were performed on the Iα (001), Iα (021), Iβ (100), and Iβ (110) surfaces of cellulose with and without explicit H₂O molecules of hydration. The energy-minimized H-bonding structures, water adsorption energies, vibrational spectra, and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts are discussed. The H-bonded structures and water adsorption energies (ΔE_ads) are used to distinguish hydrophobic and hydrophilic cellulose–water interactions. O–H stretching vibrational modes are assigned for hydrated and dry cellulose surfaces. Calculations of the ¹³C NMR chemical shifts for the C4 and C6 surface atoms demonstrate that these δ¹³C4 and δ¹³C6 values can be upfield shifted from the bulk values as observed without rotation of the hydroxymethyl groups from the bulk tg conformation to the gt conformation as previously assumed.     

Carbon-13 n.m.r. studies of some saturated 1,2-oxazepine derivatives

The influence of incorporating an group, an oxygen atom and the fragment in a saturated 7-membered ring system on carbon-13 n.m.r. chemical shifts is examined, and also, the influence of the dioxolane ring moiety on the ¹³C chemical shifts in these ring systems. Substituent effects are generally additive except in cases where the ring is heavily substituted with methyl groups. A large upfield steric shift (γ effect) of 7–8 ppm is observed in two of the derivatives. An example of long range nonequivalence is also observed. Assignments of the ¹³C n.m.r. spectra have been made by comparison with model compounds, and from proton coupled ¹³C n.m.r. spectra. The synthesis of several new compounds is described.     

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Silver(I) Complexes of Selenones

Silver(I) complexes of selenones, [LAgNO₃] and [AgL₂]NO₃ (where L is imidazolidine-2-selenone or diazinane-2-selenone and their derivatives) have been prepared and characterized by elemental analysis, IR and NMR (¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁰⁷Ag) spectroscopy. An upfield shift in the C=Se resonance of selenones in ¹³C NMR and a downfield shift in N-H resonance in ¹H NMR are consistent with selenium coordination to silver(I). In ¹⁰⁷Ag NMR, the AgNO₃signal is deshielded by 450-650 ppm on coordination to selenones. Greater upfield shifts in ¹³C NMR were observed for [LAgNO₃] compared to [AgL₂]NO₃complexes, whereas the opposite trend was observed for ¹H and¹⁰⁷Ag NMR chemical shifts.     

SYNTHESIS AND 31P NMR STUDY OF DIHYDRONAPHTHALENO- AND NAPHTHALENO-DERIVATIVES OF PHOSPHOLENE OXIDES

Abstract

Naphthalenophospholenes (dihydrobenzo[e] and [g]-phosphindoles) represent a new heterocyclic type that forms in 65-80% yield on dehydrogenation with Pd–C of the corresponding dihydronaphthaleno derivatives. The latter are readily accessible from hydrolysis of cycloadducts of certain vinyldihydronaphthalenes with P(III) chlorides. Six members of this family, as well as some derived phosphines and phosphonium salts, have been prepared. A phenanthrenophospholene oxide, also a new system, was synthesized similarly. ³¹P nmr chemical shifts were appreciably (5-10 ppm) upfield in aromatized phosphine oxides relative to the dihydro forms. It is proposed that this shift results more from a change in the steric environment about phosphorus, as the carbon beta- to it in the adjacent ring changes from tetrahedral to planar geometry, rather than from a change in the degree of interaction of a carbon p-orbital with phosphorus. The upfield shift was even more pronounced (13 ppm) for a phosphine. Most of the new compounds were characterized also by ¹³C nmr spectroscopy.     

13C and 19F chemical shifts of bridgehead halogenated adamantanes

The ¹³C chemical shifts of the sixteen bridgehead substituted mono-, di-, tri- and tetrahaloadamantanes (halo = F, Cl, Br, I) and four mixed 1,3-dihaloadamantanes are reported. The effect of bridgehead halogens on the shift values of carbons in β and δ positions is well correlated by the simple additivity relationship based on substituent shifts of 1-monohaloadamantanes. A substituted α-carbon is shifted upfield with an increase in the number of halogens at other bridgehead positions and this shift is relatively greater in the order F < Cl < Br < I. This observed upfield shift of α-carbons is opposite to the downfield shift expected from additivity. An unsubstituted bridgehead γ-carbon is moved to lower fields by one, two and three bromines (or iodines) at other bridge-heads while, in contrast, a third fluorine weakly shields the remaining unsubstituted γ-carbon. Some special noncumulative effects of halogens operating across the 1,3-bridgehead positions of adamantane are indicated by the data. The ¹⁹F chemical shifts of 1-fluoro-, 1,3-difluoro-, 1,3,5-trifluoro- and 1,3,5,7-tetrafluoroadamantanes are contrary to expectations based on inductive effects in that they move progressively upfield. Other 1-fluoroadamantanes with chloro, bromo, or methyl groups present also show substituent-induced chemical shifts which shield the fluorine.     

Carbon-13 NMR and CNDO/2 studies of phenoxachalcogenins

The ¹³C chemical shifts of the carbon atoms in dibenzodioxin, phenoxathiin, phenoxaselenin and phenoxatellurin were determined in CDCl₃ solutions and assigned. The total (σ and π) charge densitites on the carbon atoms calculated by the CNDO/2 method without consideration of d-orbitals correlated well with the experimentally determined shifts. Rather good agreement was also found between experimental shifts and shifts calculated from ¹³C data for phenyl methyl chalcogenides on the assumption that a phenoxachalcogenin molecule can be assembled from C₆H₅O and C₆H₅X groups. Only the shifts of the carbon atoms bonded to the heavier chalcogen atoms show an upfield trend in the sequence O, S, Se, Te. All other shifts exhibit a downfield trend. These trends are rationalized in terms of the electronegativities, abilities to participate in π-interactions, and anisotropy effects of the chalcogen atoms.