1H NMR Spectral Simplification with Achiral and Chiral Lanthanide Shift Reagents. Meparfynol, 3-Methyl-L-Pentyn-3-Ol. Apparent Anomalous Results with a Binuclear Shift Reagent

The 60 MHz ¹H NMR spectra of racemic meparfynol, 1, have been studied in CDCl₃ solution at 28° with the achiral shift reagentt tris(6,6,7,7,8,8,8-hepta-fluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3,5-octanedionato) europium (III), 2, and the chiral reagent, tris3-(heptafluoropropyl-hydroxymethylene)-d-camphorat01 europium(III), 3. With 3, observable enantiomeric shift differences for the 3-methyl should make possible direct optical purity determinations. Additions of increments of (6,6,7,7,8,8,8-heptafluoro-2,2-dimenthyl-3,5-octane-dionato)silver(I) 4, to a CDCl₃ solution of 1 and 3 resulted in changes in Δδ magnitudes and in some line intensities that are discussed in terms of interactions with the ethynyl and hydroxyl groups.