N.m.r. characterisation of linkage isomers

Summary Halogenation of Ln^III, Ce^IV and ZrO^II -diketone/-ketoester derivatives and their mixed ligand complexes of the types Ln(AA)₂(Sal) and Ln(AA)(Sal)₂ by NCS, NBS and PyHBr₃ yield different isomeric products depending on the nature of the solvent medium, the reagent and the reaction time. The halogenation, if carried out in glacial acetic acid, irrespective of the reagent, yields the stable S-hall, product wherein the three chelate rings remain imperturbed in respect of metal coordination. When the reaction is carried out in 5% v/v DMF-CHCl₃ employingN-halosuccinimide and maintaining correct reaction times, it is possible to isolate individually three other isomeric products. The isomers prepared are Ln(OO)₃, Ln(OO)₂(OX), Ln(OO)(OX)₂ and Ln(OX)₃ where (OO) represents diketone oxygen linkage and (OX) represents diketone oxygen and substituted halogen linkage to the central metal ion. The four linkage isomers have been identified by a comparison of the number of observed³H n.m.r. or¹³C n.m.r. signals with those expected for a given isomer on the basis of symmetry considerations in the tris-chelated octahedral structures.     

The determination of wax esters in lube oil by infrared spectrometry

A simple and rapid method for estimating the content of wax esters in lubricating oils has been developed through the use of isopropanol extraction to concentrate the wax esters. The ratio of the absorption bands at 1740 and 1385 cm^-1 can be used directly for the determination of wax esters in lube oil samples. The method can be satisfactorily applied at levels down to 1 %, with an overall deviation of less than 10 %; for samples containing as low as 0.5 %, the procedure can be used semi-quantitatively with an error of about 20 %. This infrared method can also be used to determine marine and sulfurized wax esters.     

N.m.r. studies in the heterocyclic series: XVI—determination of the structure of 3-azidoindazole by 1H and 13C n.m.r. spectroscopy

The 1-NH structure for 3-azidoindazole has been demonstrated by the observation of ¹H? ¹H and ¹³C? ¹H couplings involving the hydrogen atom attached to nitrogen. A comparison between 3-azidoindazole and indazole shows that both compounds have the same tautomeric structure.     

13C n.m.r. spectra of N,N-dialkylamides

Carbon-13 n.m.r. spectra of formic, acetic, propionic and butyric acid amides with N,N-di-n-alkyl substituents have been completely assigned with the aid of extensive double resonance experiments. The data obtained were used to study long range steric effects on chemical and solvent shifts.     

N.m.r. studies of the keto–enol tautomerism of acylthioacetamides

Acetylthioacetamides exist as different keto and enol isomers in chloroform solutions. The keto form with intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the NH and the carbonyl group is the dominant keto isomer. On the other hand the enol forms with intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the OH and the thioketo group are the dominant enol isomers in the temperature range 60°C to ?60°C. The thermodynamic data of the keto-enol equilibria were obtained by measuring the intensities of appropriate high resolution proton signals as a function of temperature. At low temperatures all lines characteristic of the enol forms are doubled in the N-phenyl-substituted derivatives because the rotation of the NH? C₆H₅ group around the C? N bond becomes slow and the chemical shifts characteristic of the E and Z isomers are different. We estimated approximate thermodynamic data of the E/Z equilibrium in some of the compounds. The changes of the line shape as well as the chemical shifts as a function of temperature indicate the presence of various additional exchange processes. In order to obtain further information we performed curve fittings of the chemical shifts of one acetylthioacetanilide and of a series of monothio-β-diketones (studied in another paper) assuming a fast two site exchange process. On the basis of the results obtained a reaction scheme for N-substituted acylthioacetanilides in solution is proposed.     

N.m.r. studies of a rate process in a bridged biphenyl: Resolution of a discrepancy between n.m.r. and polarimetric kinetic data

Total bandshape analysis of the temperature-dependent n.m.r. spectrum of the bridge methylene protons in 6,6-dicarbethoxy-1,2,3,4-dibenzcyclohepta-1,3-diene has been carried out to yield the following activation parameters: ΔG = 60.96 ± 0.17 kJmol^?1 (14.57 ± 0.04 kcal mol^?1), ΔH^? = 47.3 ± 0.8 kJ mol^?1 (11.3 ± 0.2 kcal mol^?1) and ΔS^? = ?45.6 ± 3.3 J mol^?1 K^?1 (?10.9 ± 0.8 cal mol^?1 K^?1). A value of ΔG^? in agreement with the above may be obtained from a bandshape analysis (at a suitable temperature) of the spectrum of the methylene protons in the carbethoxy groups. In our opinion, the rate process described by these activation parameters must be the configurational inversion of the biphenyl system, and thus the polarimetric data on this compound reported by Iffland and Siegel [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 80, 1947 (1958); half-life of 80 min at room temperature] are seriously called to question, as previously noted by Sutherland and Ramsay [Tetrahedron 21, 3401 (1965)]. We have attempted unsuccessfully to repeat the polarimetric work, and have been able to show by means of thin-layer chromatography in the cold, mass spectral analysis and polarimetry that an optically active impurity (as yet unidentified) is the most probable cause of the discrepancy.     

N.m.r. studies on aromatic compounds. I—13C n.m.r. spectra of some mono- and disulpho-substituted hydroxycarboxylic acids

Carbon-13 n.m.r. spectra of 3-hydroxy-4-sulpho-2-naphthoic, 3-hydroxy-5-sulpho-2-naphthoic, 3-hydroxy-7-sulpho-2-naphthoic, 5-sulphosalicylic, 3-hydroxy-5,7-disulpho-2-naphthoic, 1-hydroxy-4,7-disulpho-2-naphthoic, and 3,5-disulphosalicylic acids were recorded with and without proton noise-decoupling. Analyses of the spectra were carried out for all compounds except 3-hydroxy-5-sulpho-2-naphthoic acid which dimerized. The fine splitting caused by long-range coupling was used in identifying the lines of the ¹³C n.m.r. spectra.     

15N and 13C n.m.r. study of azimines and azoxybenzenes

¹⁵N chemical shifts, ¹J(NN), ¹J(NC) and ²J(NC) coupling constants have been used to prove the open chain structure and configuration of cis- and trans-2,3-diphenyl-1-phthalimidoazimines. For comparison, the corresponding data of the iso-π-electronic cis- and trans-azoxybenzenes are also reported and discussed.     

N.m.r. spectra of prostaglandin metabolites and precursors and of related pyrazoline adducts

The ¹³C n.m.r. spectra of the major human urinary metabolite of prostaglandin PGE₂ and PGE₁ are discussed together with some unsaturated precursors. Δ-2-Pyrazolines, formed by addition of diazomethane to the 11-oxo dienediones in this series, were identified by ¹³C and ¹H n.m.r. and by other physical methods.     

Nitrogen-15 n.m.r. studies of 13C, 15N labeled arginine

¹⁵N n.m.r. spectra of [¹³C-2, 3-¹⁵N₂-guanidino]arginine and [¹³C, ¹⁵N₂] urea were obtained in D₂O and H₂O at a variety of pH values both with and without proton decoupling. The effects of the proton exchange rate are readily observable in the proton coupled ¹⁵N spectra. When the guanidino group is deprotonated (pK = 12.5), the terminal nitrogens give a single resonance 6.6 ppm downfield of the protonated species, indicating a rapid tautomeric exchange. The observed NH and CN couplings are compared with calculated values, and good agreement is found for ¹J(CN) using a Blizzard–Santry type calculation. The ramifications of the proton exchange on ¹⁵N n.m.r. spectra of amino acids and peptides are discussed.     

Gas chromatographic retention data of wax esters

Higher wax esters within the range of C24 to C44 (205 standards) were analyzed by means of gas chromatography and Kováts indexes (I) and reduced Kováts indexes (RKI) were calculated. The dependences of these retention data on number of carbon atoms and on number and position of double bonds in acid and in alcohol moieties of esters were plotted.     

15N n.m.r.: Substituent effects on nitrogen chemical shifts in anilinium ions

¹⁵N chemical shifts were measured in a series of anilinium fluorosulfonate salts and compared with chemical shift data from a comparable series of ¹⁵N-enriched aniline derivatives. A smaller overall range of nitrogen chemical shifts was observed for the protonated aniline series compared with that for the unprotonated anilines and is attributed to the elimination of nitrogen lone pair delocalization in the former series. Further-more, it was found that the range of nitrogen chemical shifts in the protonated anilines is determined primarily by substituent electronic effects from the ortho ring position with almost negligible contributions from the para position.     

N.m.r. studies of complexes of molybdenum(VI) with tartaric acid in aqueous solution

Summary Complex formation between molybdate ions and R,R-(+)-tartaric acid has been studied in aqueous solution, and to a limited extent in DMSO, over a range of concentrations and pH at 298K, using¹H and¹³C n.m.r. techniques. Only four main species are evident; two, which have Mo: L ratios of 11 and 12, are bondedvia a carboxylic oxygen atom and an adjacent hydroxyl oxygen atom. The 12 species forms stereospecifically. The other two main species contain bridging tartaric acid molecules, and a 22 species, also formed stereo-specifically in solution, have been isolated and characterised in the solid state. A limited number of experiments with racemic acid and meso-tartaric acid indicate that only a few species are formed in these systems and with a good deal of stereospecificity also.     

N.m.r. studies in the heterocyclic series: XVII—carbon-13 spectra of indazole derivatives

The ¹³C chemical shifts of 17 indazole derivatives are discussed as a function of substituent effects and the N-1—H or N-2—H structure of indazole. The presence in solution of the N-1—H tautomer is confirmed.