CORRELATION OF ETHYLENIC PROTON COUPLING CONSTANTS WITH THE ELECTRONEGATIVITY OF SUBSTITUENTS INTERPRETATION OF THE DEVIATIONS OF BROMO AND IODO SUBSTITUENTS
It is shown that for the geminal, cis and trans proton coupling constants in vinyl bromide and vinyl iodide there exist significant deviations from an inverse linear relationship between coupling constants and the electronegativity of the substituent in monosubstituted ethylenes. By an adaptation of the box model of Juan and Gutowsky to the 13C—H coupling constants in the system CH2 = CHX, it is shown that there are related anomalies in the 13C—H coupling constants in vinyl bromide and vinyl iodide. A comparison of the three types of 13C—H coupling constants in some vinyl compounds suggests that there may be an interaction between the substituent and the C—H bond which affects the coupling constant but not the s-character of the carbon orbital in the bond.