| Abstract: | Absolute nitrogen screening constants and chemical shifts of some N-heterocycles are calculated within the CNDO/S level of approximation to Pople's model. Satisfactory agreement between calculated and observed nitrogen chemical shifts is obtained in most cases. The application of the results to the study of tautomeric equilibria is discussed. ‘Pyridine-type’ nitrogen chemical shifts are dominated by n → π* transitions together with significant contributions from π → σ* and σ → π* transitions whereas the latter two are the dominant ones for ‘pyrrole-type’ nitrogen nuclei. |
