Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra: III—2-heteroadamantanes

The ¹³C n.m.r. spectra of some 2-heteroadamantanes and 1-substituted 2-heteroadamantanes are reported. The influences of the heteroatoms in the adamantane framework, and those of the substituents attached to it, on the ¹³C chemical shifts of the adamantane carbons are investigated and compared with related compounds such as the corresponding heterocyclohexane derivatives and 2-mono- and 2,2-disubstituted adamantanes. The nonadditivity of the substituent effects for 1-substituted 2-heteroadamantanes, especially for the geminally substituted carbons, is substantially confirmed. In addition, the influences of a missing CH₂ group and of NCH₃ carbons upon the ¹³C chemical shifts of the carbons in the adamantane system are described.