13C-NMR-spektren von di- und trinuclearen polymethincyanin-farbstoffen

¹³C NMR chemical shifts are reported and assigned for two vinylogous series of polymethinecyanine dyes with indolenine- and benzothiazole nuclei. The influence of the heterocyclic groups and the chain length upon the chemical shifts of the methine carbons and upon the corresponding ¹J_¹³C¹H-coupling constants has been studied. ¹³C chemical shifts of indolenine derivatives correlate with calculated π-electron densities. The combined application of ¹H- and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy turns out to be a useful method for detecting steric hindrance in polymethine dyes.