9-alkenylcarbazoles

The¹H and¹³C NMR spectra of 9-vinylcarbazole and its 3-chloro, 3,6-dichloro, and 3-nitro derivatives were recorded and studied. It is shown that electron-acceptor substituents reduce the shielding of the -carbon atom and the trans proton of the vinyl group. A good linear correlation between the chemical shifts of these nuclei and the Hammett _para ^– constants with the values (3.78 for¹³C and 0.28 for¹H_trans) is observed. It was established by comparison of the results with the¹H and¹³C NMR spectral parameters for some of the vinyl compounds that the degree of conjugation of the p electrons of nitrogen with the electrons of the double bond in 9-vinylcarbazoles is lower than in simple vinyl and vinyl phenyl ethers and vinyl acetate.See 25] for communication I.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1368–1371, October, 1976.