Long range carbon–proton coupling constants in pyridine

Carbon-13 NMR spectra of pyridine have been observed by using the slow scan technique in the absorption mode. The long range coupling constants between carbon-13 and protons have been obtained and assigned by the isotope substitution method.     

Long range 13C?1H coupling constants. III—methylpyridines

Proton coupled carbon-13 NMR spectra of eleven mono-, di- and trimethylpyridines were analysed on a first order basis. The long range ¹³C? ¹H coupling constants are similar to those observed for pyridine and cyanopyridines.     

Long range 13C?1H coupling constants IV—methoxy-, amino- and hydroxypyridines

One bond and long range ¹³C? ¹H coupling constants for some methoxy-, amino- and hydroxypyridines are described. An unambiguous assignment of carbon-13 resonances is carried out based on the analysis of the fine splitting caused by long range couplings. J values for compounds other than 2- and 4-hydroxy-pyridines are explainable in terms of the values previouly obtained for cyano- and methylpyridines. The hydroxypyridine-pyridone tautomerism affects ²J(H_α), i.e. ²J associated with the α proton. This effect can be used to differentiate pyridones from hydroxypyridines.     

Spin-spin coupling constants of 13C-1H and 1H- 1H in 4-substituted pyridines

The spin-spin coupling constants (SSCC) of ¹³C-¹H and ¹H-¹H in 4-substituted pyridines, C₅H₄NX [X=,CN, COCH₃, COOCH₃, N(CH₃)₂, NO₂, OCH₃, Cl, Br], were investigated. To determine the constants, the proton-coupled NMR spectra of ¹³C and ¹³C-satellites in the PMR spectra of the compounds, recorded for monomolecular solutions of 4-substituted pyridines in DMSO-D₆, were analyzed. The interrelationship of the SSCC of ¹³C-¹H and ¹H-¹H in 4-substituted pyridines with the analogous constants in monosubstittued benzenes were obtained. The correlations of the constants with the F- and R-parameters of the substituents are discussed.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 948–952, July, 1984.     

Carbon-proton coupling constants in α-chlorostyrene-α-13C

The two stereochemically distinct two-bond carbon-13- hydrogen coupling constants J(¹³C? CH), for α-chlorostyrene-α-¹³C have been shown to be of similar magnitude but opposite sign (?6.3 and +5.6 Hz). A simple additivity relationship which adequately reproduces all the reported J(¹³C? CH) values for chloroethylenes has been found.     

Non‐empirical calculations of NMR indirect carbon–carbon coupling constants: 3. Polyhedranes

High‐level ab initio calculations of carbon–carbon coupling constants were carried out in tetrahedrane, prismane and cubane using the SOPPA (Second‐Order Polarization Propagator Approach) computational scheme, in good agreement with available experimental data. It was found that SOPPA performs perfectly well in combination with Dunning's correlation‐consistent basis sets augmented with inner core functions; however, no improvement was observed on adding tight s‐functions. The utmost importance of electronic correlation effects decreasing the total values of computed J(C,C) in the title compounds by a factor of ～2.0–2.5 was found. Unknown values of J(C,C) in the title polyhedranes were predicted with high reliability and the latter were treated in terms of s‐characters of carbon–carbon bonds based on the additive scheme of coupling pathways. All three compounds under study showed decreased s‐characters of their carbon–carbon bonds, which is the result of their remarkable steric strain. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Non‐empirical calculations of NMR indirect carbon–carbon coupling constants. Part 4: Bicycloalkanes

A systematic study of the one‐bond and long‐range J(C,C), J(C,H) and J(H,H) in the series of nine bicycloalkanes was performed at the SOPPA level with special emphasis on the coupling transmission mechanisms at bridgeheads. Many unknown couplings were predicted with high reliability. Further refinement of SOPPA computational scheme adjusted for better performance was carried out using bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane as a benchmark to investigate the influence of geometry, basis set and electronic correlation. The calculations performed demonstrated that classical ab initio SOPPA applied with the locally dense Dunning's sets augmented with inner core s‐functions used for coupled carbons and Sauer's sets augmented with tight s‐functions used for coupled hydrogens performs perfectly well in reproducing experimental values of different types of coupling constants (the estimated reliability is ca 1–2 Hz) in relatively large organic molecules of up to 11 carbon atoms. Additive coupling increments were derived for J(C,C), J(C,H) and J(H,H) based on the calculated values of coupling constants within SOPPA in the model bicycloalkanes, in reasonably good agreement with the known values obtained earlier on pure empirical grounds. Most of the bridgehead couplings in all but one bicycloalkane appeared to be essentially additive within ca 2–3 Hz while bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane demonstrated dramatic non‐additivity of ?14.5 Hz for J(C,C), +16.6 Hz for J(H,H) and ?5.5 Hz for J(C,H), in line with previous findings. Non‐additivity effects in the latter compound established at the SOPPA level should be attributed to the through‐space non‐bonded interactions at bridgeheads due to the essential overlapping of the bridgehead rear lobes which provides an additional and effective non‐bonding coupling path for the bridgehead carbons and their protons in the bicyclopentane framework. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Long range 13C shift effects (δ and ϵ) in methylcyclohexanes

¹³C n.m.r. spectra of a number of methyl substituted cyclohexanes, some of them conformationally homogeneous, have been recorded in CDCl₃ and used to determine shift effects engendered by the introduction of methyl groups on carbon atoms remote from the site of substitution. Sizeable changes in shifts are found, including a substantial effect of an equatorial methyl group on an axial methyl group δ to it (+0.6₇ ppm, ‘δ_ea’). The effects reported are of consequence in investigations of conformational problems by ¹³C n.m.r. techniques.     

Molecular structure and conformational analysis of chirai (−)-3-(4-bromobenzylidene)-1-isopropyl-2-methoxy-4-methylcyclohexene

(–)-3-(4-Bromobenzylidene)-1-isopropyl-2-methoxy-4-methylcyclohexene, capable of inducing spiral supramolecular ordering when introduced to nematic and some smectic mesophases, has been studied by an X-ray structural analysis. The crystals are orthorhombic; at 20 °Ca = 6.055(1),b = 13.282(3),c=20.734(4) Å,V=1668(1) ų,d _calc = 1.380 g cm^–3, space groupP2 ₁2₁2₁ Z=4. The cyclohexene ring has a conformation intermediate between a sofa and a half-chair. The methyl and methoxyl groups are in asyn orientation with respect to the mean plane of the cycle. The angle between the plane of the aryl substituent and the exocyclic double bond is 33°. The observed distortions of bond angles at unsaturated carbon atoms are typical of derivatives of benzylidenecyclohexene. Molecular mechanics calculations demonstrated that the conformation observed in the crystalline state is not the most favorable, and this conformation is stabilized through intermolecular interactions upon stacking in crystals. It was shown that the relative orientation of the methyl and methoxyl groups as well as the orientation of the aryl substituent substantially affect the conformation of the cyclohexene ring.Deceased.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2437–2442, December, 1995.     

Configurational assignment of carbon, silicon and germanium containing propynal oximes by means of 13C-1H, 13C-13C and 15N-1H spin-spin coupling constants

Configurational assignment of five carbon, silicon and germanium containing propynal oximes has been carried out by means of experimental measurements and high-level ab initio calculations of their 13C-1H, 13C-13C and 15N-1H spin-spin coupling constants. The title compounds were shown to exist in the nonequilibrium mixture of E and Z isomers with the energy difference of less than 0.3 kcal/mol calculated at the MP2/6-311G** level.     

Carbon-carbon coupling in [3-13C1]tryptophan

Carbon-carbon coupling constants have been observed in [90% 3-¹³C₁]tryptophan and used to assign the ¹³C resonances of the indole ring. The results support a reassignment of C-5 and C-6 recently suggested on the basis of the reassigment of the corresponding resonances in indole. Coupling constants are compared with theoretical values obtained using a finite perturbation theory Blizzard-Santry program, and excellent agreement is obtained for the ¹J(CC) values. The calculations predict that the Fermi contact contribution is dominant for all ⁿJ(CC) couplings to C-3.     

Non‐empirical calculations of NMR indirect carbon–carbon coupling constants: 1. Three‐membered rings

The carbon–carbon indirect nuclear spin–spin coupling constants in cyclopropane, aziridine and oxirane were investigated by means of ab initio calculations at the RPA, SOPPA and DFT/B3LYP levels. We found that the carbon–carbon couplings are by far dominated by the Fermi contact term. Our best SOPPA and DFT results are in a very good agreement with each other and with the experimental values, whereas calculations at the RPA level of theory strongly overestimate the carbon–carbon couplings. Significant differences in the basis set dependence of the calculated carbon–carbon coupling constants obtained with either wavefunction method, RPA or SOPPA, or the density functional method, DFT/B3LYP, are observed. The SOPPA results depend much more strongly on the quality of the basis set than the results of DFT/B3LYP calculations. The medium‐sized core‐valence basis sets cc‐pCVTZ and even cc‐pCVDZ were found to perform fairly well at the SOPPA level for the one‐bond carbon–carbon couplings investigated here. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Characterization of coupling constants to nitrogen. Carbon-13 chemical shifts and carbon–nitrogen coupling constants of substituted benzaldoximes

Carbon-13 chemical shifts and ¹³C?¹⁵N coupling constants of substituted benzaldoximes and of two non-aromatic oximes have been determined. The coupling constants display little variation as a function of the nature or position of substitution, which suggests that perturbations in the π electron distribution have little effect. The values are compared with the markedly different ones reported for mesitaldoxime, and, in conjunction with the observed solvent effects, are discussed within the Schulman-Venanzi framework for assessing the role of the lone-pair.     

Direct13C-1H coupling constants in the vinyl group of 1-vinylpyrazoles

Conclusions The¹³C-¹H direct coupling constants in the vinyl group of 1-vinylpyrazoles are stereo-specific and vary with change in the conformer ratio.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 202–204, January, 1987.     

13C-13C spin-spin coupling constants in structural studies: XLIII. Stereochemical study on functionalized 3-iminopyrrolizines

Three 1-ethylsulfanyl-3-imino-3H-pyrrolizine-2-carboxamides were synthesized by intramolecular cyclization of substituted (2Z)-2-cyano-3-ethylsulfanyl-3-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)prop-2-enamides. The products were assigned syn configuration at the C=N bond and preferential s-cis orientation of the carbamoyl group on the basis of the experimental ¹³C-¹³C coupling constants and high-level nonempirical quantum-chemical calculations.     

NMR spectral studies of quinoline derivatives. Long range 13C?1H coupling constants in methylquinoline derivatives

Long range ¹³C? ¹H coupling constants are reported for a number of methylquinoline derivatives. The results have been compared with those observed in the pyridine series and correlated with ¹H? ¹H coupling constants.     

Assignment of carbon-13 NMR spectra and sign determination of long range carbon-13—proton coupling constants with SPI

The application of selective population inversion (SPI) to the assignment of ¹³C resonances and to the determination of the relative sign of ¹³C? ¹H coupling constants is demonstrated for 1-phenyl-1,2-dibromo-2-nitroethane. A negative sign for the geminal C-2? H-1 coupling constant has been determined from the ¹³C spectra. The relationship between SPI and TSI is discussed.     

Long range cyano C–H coupling constants in some cyanopyridines and benzonitriles

Cyano carbon-ring coupling interactions in 12 benzonitriles and three cyanopyridines have been examined. Correlations between ⁿJ_CH and ⁿJ_HH (n=3 and 4) are given. Unresolved weak ⁵J-para coupling limits the application of these splittings in structural determination studies.     

Carbon-13, 1H spin-spin coupling. V—π-benzenechromium tricarbonyl and the π-tropyliumchromium tricarbonyl cation

The ¹³C, ¹H spin-spin coupling constants have been determined for π-benzenechromium tricarbonyl (3) and the π-tropyliumchromium tricarbonyl cation using the ¹³C{²H}double resonance technique described in a previous paper. In addition, conventional analysis of the ¹H-coupled ¹³C NMR spectrum of 3 was carried out and the ¹H NMR spectrum of 3 partially oriented in the nematic phase was analysed. Both treatments also allowed the determination of the ¹H, ¹H coupling constants for this compound. The ⁿJ(CH) results are discussed on the basis of structural data and the theoretical results available. The complexation effects for ¹J(CH) are found to correlate with the C? H overlap population and hybridization changes, and those for ³J(CH) with the CC bond lengths and π-bond orders. The dependence of ²J(CH) on CC bond length as well as on the CCH bond angle is indicated. The liquid crystal results are compared with those of related studies.