CORRELATIONS OF PROTON COUPLING CONSTANTS IN THE CYCLOPROPANE RING WITH ELECTRONEGATIVITY: CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTON RESONANCE SPECTRUM OF CYCLOPROPYLLITHIUM

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schaefer ◽  
F. Hruska ◽  
G. Kotowycz

The analysis of cyclopropyllithium allows estimates to be made of all proton coupling constants. The exceptionally small couplings across carbon atoms 2 and 3 are examined in the context of correlations of coupling constants with the electronegativities of substituents. It is concluded that, although the couplings involving protons attached to the same carbon as the substituent decrease with increasing electronegativity of the substituent, the opposite is true for couplings involving the protons attached to carbons one bond removed from the substituent. Individual values are suggested for the coupling constants in cyclopropane itself and these agree with the observed I3C side bands in its proton spectrum.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 2187-2188 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schaefer ◽  
R. Schwenk ◽  
C. J. Macdonald ◽  
W. F. Reynolds

At −40 °C the C—H bond of the dichloromethyl group of α,α,2,6-tetrachlorotoluene lies in the plane of the ring. The proton resonance spectrum demonstrates a stereospecific five-bond coupling between the C—H proton and the ring proton in the meta position. The coupling to the para proton is essentially zero as expected from a hyperconjugative mechanism. The free energy of activation of rotation of the dichloromethyl group is about 15 kcal/mole at 25 °C.



1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 2066-2073 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schaefer ◽  
W. G. Schneider

By making use of specific solvent effects it has been possible to vary the relative chemical shift between the geminal protons of vinyl bromide from about +10 cycles/sec to −4 cycles/sec (at 60 Mc/sec) and to study the resultant changes in the proton resonance spectrum in the limiting region of zero chemical shift. Of particular interest is the growth and displacement of the combination lines, which appear in the resonance signals of the proton bonded to the same carbon atom as the bromine. From the variation of the six possible lines in this region it was confirmed that the cis and trans proton coupling constants must have the same sign. The intensity distribution of the lines in the geminal proton region require the geminal coupling constant to be of opposite sign to the other two.



1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (13) ◽  
pp. 1485-1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. Fraser ◽  
Paul Hanbury

The proton magnetic resonance spectrum of the tetrahydropyranyl ether of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol has been measured in several solvents and at different temperatures. Analysis of the ABX3 pattern produced by the trifluoroethyl group revealed a unique feature. Under all conditions, it was found that the vicinal coupling constants JAX and JBX had different magnitudes. This non-equivalence is interpreted as evidence that the C—HA and C—HB bonds of the trifluoroethyl group differ electronically. A possible relation between this finding and the anomeric effect is discussed. In contrast to the above results, the tetrahydropyranyl ether of ethanol showed equal vicinal proton–proton coupling constants in the ethyl group.



1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Abraham ◽  
H. J. Bernstein

The doublet separation in the proton resonance spectrum of the liquid was measured from −53 to 100 °C. From the variation of the separation with temperature approximate values of the trans and gauche HF coupling constants were obtained. The values of ΔH ≈ 400 cal/mole and ΔS ≈ 0 are also consistent with the data.



1971 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 570-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Albert Brune ◽  
Hans Hüther ◽  
Hans Hanebeck

The complete proton resonance spectrum of 1.2-diphenyl-cyclobutadiene-irontricarbonyl was measured including all observable 13C-H-coupling constants within the four-membered ring. The couplings were assigned. Their analysis excludes the structure of a rectangular cyclobutadiene with alternating double and single bonds; the carbon-carbon bonds of the four-membered ring have nearly uniform bond orders.



1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (19) ◽  
pp. 2155-2162 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Kidd ◽  
G. Kotowycz ◽  
T. Schaefer

The ring proton spectrum of triptycene (2.2 mole % in CS2) was analyzed after the methine proton was decoupled. The modified ring current model accounts for most of the internal shift. Bond anisotropies and electron density contributions are also present. The latter account for the mean proton shift. The agreement between the predicted and calculated shifts is excellent for the proton meta to the methine substituent, but a discrepancy of 0.1 p.p.m. is found for the ortho proton. Correction for the ring anisotropy effects produces excellent agreement of the methine proton shift with the empirical correlation between the C—H proton shifts and the 13C–H coupling constants. The ring proton–proton coupling constants are little different from those in benzene, but a small strain in the bonds near the methine carbons is implied.



1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1081-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Hruska ◽  
D. W. McBride ◽  
T. Schaefer

The preparation and proton resonance spectra of the 1-iodopropenes are reported and solvent effects on the proton spectra of the chloro-, bromo-, and iodo-compounds are measured. The proton coupling constants are discussed in terms of old and new electronegativity correlations. The olefinic cis and trans proton shifts can be attributed mainly to a paramagnetic contribution from the substituent, whereas the gem olefinic proton shifts depend in addition on the electron-withdrawing power of the substituent. The methyl proton shifts in the 1-substituted compound show little dependence on the substituent and this is discussed in relation to the barrier heights to methyl rotation. The solvent shifts in benzene cannot be completely reconciled with a dipole – induced dipole model. They increase with the size of the substituent and are largest for protons farthest from the substituent. The solvent shifts in acetone can be explained as due to weak hydrogen bonding and reaction field effects. The shifts of protons gem to the substituent arise mainly from hydrogen bonding, whereas the shifts of protons cis or trans have significant contributions from both effects. The reaction field effects can also account for the methyl shifts in acetone.



1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 2774-2780 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Hutton ◽  
T. Schaefer

By means of the anisotropic solvent effect of benzene on the ring protons of cyclopropylamine the proton spectrum is converted to A2A2′X. Since the cross-coupling from the A2 to the A2′ protons is large the spectrum does not approximate to a pseudo first-order AX4 spectrum. Instead, it is one which may be described as pseudo first-order with combination lines. The presence of the latter allows a fairly complete set of coupling constants to be derived in a simpler way than by a computer attack on the general A2B2X spectrum. Conversely, the approach developed here, when applicable, allows the derivation of reliable input parameters for a computer program. From the temperature dependence of the A2A2′X case the A2 and A2′ protons can be distinguished and it is found that the protons trans to the amino group are preferentially shifted to high field by the benzene molecules.



1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1343-1345 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schaefer ◽  
R. Wasylishen

In N-ethyl-4-chloro-2-nitroaniline there exists a measurable indirect spin–spin coupling constant of ±0.39 ± 0.03 Hz between the methylene protons and ring proton 6. The amino proton is coupled to ring protons 5 and 6 and also to the methylene protons. Consequently, although the amino proton resonance is broad due to incompletely relaxed coupling to 14N, normal multiple resonance experiments show that 5JmH,NH = 0.67 ± 0.03 Hz and 4JoH,NH = −0.35 ± 0.03 Hz.



1967 ◽  
Vol 45 (21) ◽  
pp. 2481-2487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. Fraser ◽  
Paul Hanbury ◽  
C. Reyes-Zamora

A series of 2-benzyloxytetrahydropyrans bearing substituents at the ortho, meta, and para positions of the benzene ring have been synthesized. From the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of each compound, the geminal coupling constant (J) between the non-equivalent protons of the benzylic methylene group was determined. The geminal coupling constant for the methylene group of several benzyl sulfoxides was also measured. In the ether series it was found that J varied from 11.1 to 13.3 c.p.s. and was directly proportional to the Hammett σ value for the meta and para substituents. In the sulfoxides, however, J was unaffected by the substituent. On the basis of the molecular orbital theory of geminal coupling constants and steric considerations, it is proposed that the sensitivity of J to the substituent effect is dependent upon the conformation of the molecules with respect to the Ar—CH2 bond. The potential utility of this relation as a method of conformational analysis is discussed.



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