Sigma and Pi Electron Contributions to Long-range Spin–Spin Coupling Constants in the Methyl Derivatives of the Fluoropyridines

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (14) ◽  
pp. 2344-2350 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Rowbotham ◽  
T. Schaefer

Seven methyl derivatives of the 3- and 4-fluoropyridines are synthesized and their p.m.r. spectra are analyzed. The nuclear spin–spin coupling constants are compared with previous results for the four methyl derivatives of 2-fluoropyridine. A model in which the nitrogen atom polarizes primarily the σ electron system of the ring, leaving the π electron contribution to the coupling mechanism relatively unaffected, qualitatively accounts for the large majority of the coupling constants. For example, the coupling over six bonds between methyl protons and a fluorine nucleus, [Formula: see text] is the same whether the fluorine atom or the methyl group is placed ortho to the nitrogen atom and is little different from its value in p-fluorotoluene. The model is consistent with significant σ electron contributions to long-range couplings over four and five bonds from methyl protons to fluorine nuclei or ring protons. Evidence is adduced for resonance structures in which fluorine conjugates with nitrogen or with ring carbon atoms. An earlier suggestion, that hyperconjugation of the methyl group with nitrogen is necessary to the interpretation of the observed couplings, is dropped. Instead, a substantial polarization of the σ electron core near C-2 and -6 is invoked but apparently does not extend appreciably beyond these atoms in the ring.

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1799-1803 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Rowbotham ◽  
R. Wasylishen ◽  
T. Schaefer

The p.m.r. spectra of the methyl derivatives of 2-fluoropyridine are analyzed. The signs and magnitudes of the long-range spin–spin coupling constants between the methyl protons and the ring protons and between the methyl protons and fluorine are consistent with a model in which the nitrogen atom polarizes the sigma electron system but leaves the pi electron contribution to the coupling constants relatively unchanged. There are dramatic changes in the ring proton – fluorine couplings while the couplings involving the methyl protons vary little from those in the corresponding toluene derivatives. Thus the coupling over six bonds between fluorine and methyl protons is 1.25 ± 0.03 Hz in 2-fluoro-5-methyl pyridine compared to 1.15 ± 0.02 Hz in p-fluorotoluene.


1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1507-1514 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Schaefer ◽  
S. S. Danyluk ◽  
C. L. Bell

The signs of all proton–proton and proton–fluorine spin–spin coupling constants in 2-fluoro-3-methylpyridine have been determined by double and triple resonance experiments. The signs of the longrange coupling constants, JH,CH3 and JF,CH3 are the same as in fluorotoluene derivatives. Their magnitudes are consistent with the assumption that the nitrogen atom primarily polarizes the σ bonds in the molecule, leaving the π contribution to the long-range coupling relatively unaffected.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 2785-2789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Reino Laatikainen

On the basis of the observed five-bond spin–spin coupling constants between the α protons and the meta ring protons in the 2,6-difluoro derivatives of toluene, ethylbenzene, and cumene, it is argued that [Formula: see text] in toluene can be written as A[Formula: see text]. A and B are of the same sign and of very similar magnitude. In consequence, [Formula: see text] cannot be used to measure the conformational preference of the methyl group. However, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in α-substituted toluene derivatives will be useful in conformational studies. [Formula: see text] in toluene derivatives varies between 0.30 and 0.46 Hz and some patterns in its ring substituent dependence can be gleaned from some fifty precise values.


1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1592-1597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Reino Laatikainen ◽  
Timothy A. Wildman ◽  
James Peeling ◽  
Glenn H. Penner ◽  
...  

Long-range spin–spin coupling constants over six bonds between 13C nuclei in the methyl group and ring protons or 19F nuclei in the para position are reported for 4-fluoroanisole, 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroanisole, and pentafluoroanisole in solution. The couplings are σ–π electron mediated, as indicated by INDO MO FPT computations and by measurements on anisole, 2,6-dibromoanisole, 2,6-dichloroanisole, 2,6-dibromo-4-fluoroanisole, and 2,6-dibromo-4-methylanisole. On the basis of the measured coupling magnitudes and a hindered rotor model, it is concluded that the barrier to internal rotation about the [Formula: see text] bond in 4-fluoroanisole lies near 6 kcal/mol, is nearly zero in the tetrafluoroanisole, and is somewhat less than 1 kcal/mol in the pentafluoroanisole. In the latter, the preferred conformation is that in which the methoxy group lies in a plane perpendicular to the pentafluorophenyl plane. Some inconclusive dynamic nmr experiments on anisole, including T1ρ measurements, are briefly discussed.


1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 1859-1863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
James Peeling ◽  
Glenn H. Penner ◽  
Alberta Lemire ◽  
Reino Laatikainen

Unlike their counterparts in anisole or toluene derivatives, the six-bond spin–spin coupling constants between para ring protons or 19F nuclei and protons or 13C nuclei in the sidechain of derivatives of benzaldehyde, acetophenone, and benzophenone can apparently contain components of opposite sign, at least for the fluorine derivatives. The σ–π components are much smaller in magnitude than in toluene derivatives, leading to very small or unobservable coupling constants. Consequently they are of limited use in conformational analysis. INDO MO FPT computations and their modifications are examined as to the reasons for the small σ–π magnitudes. Although the spin polarizability of the 2pz orbital on oxygen appears to play an important role in the transmission of nuclear spin state information, the computations do not account for a 19F coupling mechanism that appears to be significant for planar conformations. On the other hand, spin–spin coupling constants over five formal bonds to meta protons are sizeable and stereospecific.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (17) ◽  
pp. 2229-2232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
Werner Danchura ◽  
Walter Niemczura

The long-range spin–spin coupling constants between methylene protons and ring protons are measured in 3,5-dichlorobenzylamine, 3,5-dichlorobenzyldimethylamine, and in 3,5-dichlorobenzyldimethylarsine. The couplings over six bonds are used to derive internal barriers to rotation about the carbon–carbon bond to the phenyl ring. In the above order, they are 0.3 ± 0.3, 0.8 ± 0.2, and 3.0 ± 0.5 kcal/mol. The conformation of lowest energy in the arsine is that in which the CH2—X bond lies in a plane perpendicular to the benzene plane.


1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (14) ◽  
pp. 2228-2230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted Schaefer ◽  
J. Brian Rowbotham

The conformational preferences in CCl4 solution at 32 °C of the hydroxyl groups in bromine derivatives of 1,3-dihydroxybenzene are deduced from the long-range spin–spin coupling constants between hydroxyl protons and ring protons over five bonds. Two hydroxyl groups hydrogen bond to the same bromine substituent in 2-bromo-1,3-dihydroxybenzene but prefer to hydrogen bond to different bromine substituents when available, as in 2,4-dibromo-1,3-dihydroxybenzene. When the OH groups can each choose between two ortho bromine atoms, as in 2,4,6-tribromoresorcinol, they apparently do so in a very nearly statistical manner except that they avoid hydrogen bonding to the common bromine atom.


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