Spectroscopic and semiempirical studies of new Schiff base of gossypol with allylamine in solution

The Schiff base of racemic gossypol with allylamine (GSBAL) has been studied by FT-IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy as well as by the PM5 semiempirical method. The spectroscopic methods have shown that GSBAL Schiff base exists in chloroform solution as enamine–enamine tautomer. The structure of GSBAL and the hydrogen bonds within this structure have been calculated to show that the allyl groups are out-of-planes of naphthalene rings. The strongest intramolecular hydrogen bond within the structure of GSBAL is formed between O₇H–N₁₆ atoms and it belongs to the medium strong bonds. The other hydrogen bonds, although very weak, play a very important role in stabilising the GSBAL enamine–enamine structure.