Substituent Effects in the Carbon NMR of Aliphatic bis(Amidinohydrazones) ['Bis(Guanylhydrazones)']. Construction of a set of Quantitative Empirical Rules. Unambiguous Assignment of Several Previously Unassigned Carbon Resonances

The effects of substituents on the ¹³C chemical shifts of the various carbons of aliphatic 1,2-bis(amidinohydrazones) have been systematically studied using previously published experimental data as the basis. Mathematical formulae have been constructed that describe the effects of various structural features of the molecules on the chemical shifts of the carbons and that also make possible an accurate prediction of the spectra of compounds belonging to this class. It is also shown that the effects of side chains on the chemical shifts of the two carbons of the glyoxal moiety are strictly additive. A mathematical model has been constructed that makes possible a very accurate prediction of the chemical shift of each one of the glyoxal carbons of symmetrical as well as unsymmetrical bis(amidinohydrazones). In the case of ethylmethylglyoxal bis(amidinohydrazone) free base dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide, the theory predicts that the glyoxal carbons resonate at 157.45 ppm (the one connected to the ethyl group) and 151.21 ppm, while the experimental values are 157.30 and 151.29 ppm. This has, for the first time, made possible the unambiguous individual assignment of the resonances of the glyoxal carbons of unsymmetrical dialkylglyoxal bis(amidinohydrazones). The results also indicate that in all such compounds so far studied, that one of the glyoxal carbons that bears the longer alkyl side chain resonates more downfield than does the other one. This result is in total agreement with conclusions derived from relaxation time measurements.