On the Assignment of Anomeric Configuration

One of the diversities of carbohydrate structure lies in their ability to form different anomers from the monosaccharide unit. Unfortunately, the question of assignment of anomers has not been dealt with properly or accurately in most organic and biochemical textbooks and reference books. In this article, the question of assignment of anomers is examined from several different standpoints and an easy solution for this tricky problem is suggested.     

Configuration and 13C NMR spectra of 1-pyrazolines

A comparative study of the ¹³C spectra of 13 1-pyrazolines is reported. The results show that the chemical shifts of some carbons are very sensitive to the relative positions of substituents on the 3,4 and 4,5 bonds.     

Configuration and 13C NMR spectra of alkylcyclopropane derivatives

Eight alkylcyclopropane derivatives were prepared in a conventional manner and analysed by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Additivity parameters were calculated from the chemical shifts of the endocyclic carbons, and the configurational structures derived for these compounds are confirmed by the internal coherence found for this set of parameters.     

Identification of N-methylpyrazole analog isomers by 13C NMR

Using several N-methyl pyrazole analogs the utility of ¹³C nmr in determining isomeric structures was examined. The chemical shift assignments of the pyrazole carbons and thus the isomeric structures were determined using a combination of proton coupled and proton decoupled ¹³C nmr spectra.     

Assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR of tocotrienols

Vitamin E is a family of chromanols that vary by the degree of methylation of the chroman ring as well as the nature of the hydrophobic side chain at C2 that serves to anchor these lipids in biological membranes. The tocopherols contain saturated side chains, whereas the tocotrienols contain three sites of unsaturation and are derived from geranylgeranyl diphosphate. A growing interest in the unique biological activities of the tocotrienols has led us to begin syntheses of isotopically substituted forms and other derivatives that will be useful for probing the metabolism and membrane behavior of the tocotrienols. In order to be certain of our ability to selectively modify sites on the parent molecules it was necessary to make as complete an assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR as possible. Herein we report multidimensional NMR data (HSQC, COSY, ADEQUATE(1,1), C--H HMBC, and NOESY) that have allowed us to assign the identity of almost all the resonances for alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocotrienol.     

Assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR signals of some hydroxyphenylcoumarins

The complete 1H and 13C NMR assignments of six hydroxyphenylcoumarins have been made using 1D and 2D NMR techniques, including COSY, HMQC and HMBC experiments.     

Assignment of the 1H and 13C NMR signals of some benzofurocoumarins

The complete 1H and 13C NMR assignment of four 6,7-benzo-fused furocoumarins (1-4) and three 3,4-benzo-fused furocoumarins (5-7) has been performed using 1D and 2D NMR techniques, including COSY, HMQC and HMBC experiments.     

Assignment of Relative Configuration to Acyclic Compounds Based on (13)C NMR Shifts. A Density Functional and Molecular Mechanics Study

1,3-Dimethylated hydrocarbon segments occur frequently as structural elements in polyketide natural products. The (13)C NMR chemical shifts of a series of model compounds containing such segments can be well reproduced by a combination of molecular mechanics and SOS-DFPT/IGLO calculations. (13)C NMR chemical shifts are calculated on MM3 geometries and are Boltzmann weighted according to the MM3 energies. On the basis of the resulting thermally averaged chemical shifts, all diastereomers of the model compounds can be unequivocally distinguished. Significant differences in chemical shifts occur at methyl groups and methylene groups that are adjacent to a single stereogenic center. The method is applied to predict the relative configuration of two stereocenters in the side chains of two natural products, sambutoxin and the bradykinin inhibitor L-755,897.     

Rethinking Carbohydrate Synthesis: Stereoretentive Reactions of Anomeric Stannanes

In this Concept article, recent advances are highlighted in the synthesis and applications of anomeric nucleophiles, a class of carbohydrates in which the C1 carbon bears a carbon–metal bond. First, the advantages of exploiting the carboanionic reactivity of carbohydrates and the methods for the synthesis of mono- and oligosaccharide stannanes are discussed. Second, recent developments in the glycosyl cross-coupling method resulting in the transfer of anomeric configuration from C1 stannanes to C-aryl glycosides are reviewed. These highly stereoretentive processes are ideally suited for the preparation of carbohydrate-based therapeutics and were demonstrated in the synthesis of antidiabetic drugs. Next, the application of the glycosyl cross-coupling method to the preparation of Se-glycosides and to glycodiversification of small molecules and peptides are highlighted. These reactions proceed with exclusive anomeric control for a broad range of substrates and tolerate carbohydrates with free hydroxyl groups. Taken together, anomeric nucleophiles have emerged as powerful tools for the synthesis of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates and their future applications will open new possibilities to incorporate saccharides into small molecules and biologics.     

Assignment of the Stereochemistry and Anomeric Configuration of Sugars within Oligosaccharides Via Overlapping Disaccharide Ladders Using MSn

A systematic approach is described that can pinpoint the stereo-structures (sugar identity, anomeric configuration, and location) of individual sugar units within linear oligosaccharides. Using a highly modified mass spectrometer, dissociation of linear oligosaccharides in the gas phase was optimized along multiple-stage tandem dissociation pathways (MSⁿ, n = 4 or 5). The instrument was a hybrid triple quadrupole/linear ion trap mass spectrometer capable of high-efficiency bidirectional ion transfer between quadrupole arrays. Different types of collision-induced dissociation (CID), either on-resonance ion trap or beam-type CID could be utilized at any given stage of dissociation, enabling either glycosidic bond cleavages or cross-ring cleavages to be maximized when wanted. The approach first involves optimizing the isolation of disaccharide units as an ordered set of overlapping substructures via glycosidic bond cleavages during early stages of MSⁿ, with explicit intent to minimize cross-ring cleavages. Subsequently, cross-ring cleavages were optimized for individual disaccharides to yield key diagnostic product ions (m/z 221). Finally, fingerprint patterns that establish stereochemistry and anomeric configuration were obtained from the diagnostic ions via CID. Model linear oligosaccharides were derivatized at the reducing end, allowing overlapping ladders of disaccharides to be isolated from MSⁿ. High confidence stereo-structural determination was achieved by matching MSⁿ CID of the diagnostic ions to synthetic standards via a spectral matching algorithm. Using this MSⁿ (n = 4 or 5) approach, the stereo-structures, anomeric configurations, and locations of three individual sugar units within two pentasaccharides were successfully determined.

Assignment of the 13C and 15N NMR spectra of the antitumour antibiotic streptonigrin

The assignments of the two pyridyl nitrogens and two amino nitrogens in the antitumour antibiotic streptonigrin, and all carbon resonances, were determined by ¹⁵N (HSQC, HMBC) and ¹³C (HSQC, HMBC) NMR techniques. These data provide useful probes for determination of the site(s) of metal complexation in the drug, which are important in the mechanism of antitumour activity. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Assignment of finely resolved 13C NMR spectra of poly(vinyl acetate)

¹³C NMR spectra of two poly(vinyl acetate)s (PVAC) with different tacticities (r‐diad, 0.54 and 0.57) were measured, and their peak intensities were compared with the calculated ones. The methine carbon signals were assigned with pentads in the order of mmmm, mmmr + rmmr, rmrr + mmrr, rrrr, mmrm, rmrm, mrrr, mrrm from low field. The methylene carbon signals were assigned with tetrads (partly with hexads) as rmr, rrr(mrrrm, mrrrr, rrrrr), mmr + mrr, mrm and mmm from low field. Some assignments are different from those previously reported. The methyl carbon signals showed splittings which were partly assigned.     

Diels-alder adducts of a spirocyclopentenotriazoloazodienophile. Assignment of their 1H and 13C NMR spectra

1-Phenyl-cyclopenteno[1,2-d]-1,2,3-rriazolo-5-spiro-4′-[perhydropyrazolino-3′,5′-dione] (5) afforded in situ, by oxidation with lead tetraacetate, the corresponding cyclopentenotriazolo-spiropyrazolodione 6 , which was trapped with dienes giving the hetero-Diels-Alder adducts 10–12 in good yields. The Diels-Alder reactions were examined on the basis of AM1 MO calculations. Total assignment of the ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr chemical shifts as well as the relative configuration of these adducts was accomplished with the help of 2D (¹H-¹H COSY, ¹H -¹ H NOESY, ¹H-¹³C XHCORR, ¹H-¹³C COLOC) and NOE difference spectroscopy. The structures of compounds 11a and 11b were also examined by molecular modeling.     

The Configuration of Naturally Occurring Iridoid Glucosides at C(6) and C(8): A Complementary Assignment Aid by 13C-NMR. Spectroscopy

Evidence is presented which demonstrates that ¹³C-NMR. spectroscopy can be used with confidence in evaluating the configuration of R¹R²CHOH centers at C(6) and C(8) of iridoid glucosides.     

13C NMR of indazoles

The carbon-13 chemical shifts and some selected coupling constants of 183 indazoles are reported. The main conclusions of the original references are briefly summarized.Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1159–1179, September, 1995.