NMR Indirect Spin–Spin Coupling Constants in a Modern Quasi-Relativistic Density Functional Framework

Author(s):  
Yannick J. Franzke ◽  
Fabian Mack ◽  
Florian Weigend
2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Wrackmeyer ◽  
Oleg L. Tok

Trimethylborane (1), triethylborane (2), 1,3-dimethyl-1-boracyclopentane (3), 1-methyl-1- boracyclohexane (4), 9-methyl- and 9-ethyl-9-borabicyclo[3.1.1]nonane [5(Me) and 5(Et)], and 1- boraadamantane (6) were studied by 11B and 13C NMR spectroscopy with respect to coupling constants 1J(13C,11B) and 1J(13C,13C). Results of DFT calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+g(d,p) level of theory show satisfactory agreement with the experimental data. Hyperconjugation arising from C-C σ bonds adjacent to the tricoordinate boron atom is indicated, in particular for 1-boraadamantane (6), by the optimised calculated structures, and by the experimental and calculated data 1J(13C,13C). The calculated magnitude of 1J(13C,1H) for carbon atoms adjacent to boron becomes significantly smaller if the optimised structures suggest hyperconjugative effects arising from these C-H bonds


2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (8) ◽  
pp. 949-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Wrackmeyer ◽  
Oleg L. Tok

Coupling constants 1J(17O,11B) of borates, borane adducts and boranes with boron-oxygen bonds have been calculated on the basis of optimised molecular structures using the B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) level of theory. This indicates that such coupling constants can be of either sign and that their magnitudes can be rather small. Since both 11B and 17O are quadrupole nuclei, it is therefore difficult to measure representative data. In the cases of trimethoxyborane and tetraethyldiboroxanes, it proved possible to obtain experimental data 1J(17O,11B) (22 and 18 Hz) by measurement of 17O NMR spectra at high temperature (120 °C and 160 °C) respectively. The magnitude of these coupling constants is in reasonable agreement with calculated data. In the case of the diboroxane, this points towards a bond angle B-O-B more close to 180◦ than to 140°


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