C and H nuclear magnetic shielding and spin–spin coupling constants of C-enriched bromomethane in the gas phase

¹³C and ¹H NMR spectral parameters are investigated for ¹³CH₃Br in gaseous matrices. It is found that both the ¹³C and ¹H chemical shifts of ¹³CH₃Br are linearly dependent on solvent density. Similar dependence is also detected for one-bond spin–spin coupling, ¹J(CH). For the first time the ¹³C and ¹H magnetic shielding constants and ¹J(CH) spin–spin coupling are obtained for an isolated ¹³CH₃Br molecule together with the coefficients responsible for solute–solvent molecular interactions in gaseous matrices. The present experimental results confirm the accuracy of some recent ab initio calculations of nuclear magnetic shielding performed for bromomethane.