| Abstract: | The 13C nuclear magnetic shielding in benzene and ten monosubstituted benzenes was studied when these compounds were dissolved in cyclohexane, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloroethylene, methylene bromide and methylene iodide. The results revealed that the observed changes of 13C magnetic shielding are dependent on both the solute and solvent molecular properties, although the dependence on the solvent is much more significant. It was also shown that the solvent effects for aromatic carbons are independent of the π electron density distribution in an aromatic ring. The observed 13C deshielding was attributed mainly to overlap effects which take place during molecular collisions. |
