Association of a Europium Shift Reagent with Dialkylnitrosamines
The Eu(fod)3 induced shifts of the n.m.r. signals of various nitrosamines were studied at a constant lanthanide concentration and also at constant nitrosamine concentration. The bound chemical shifts (ΔB) and binding equilibrium constants (K) were determined. The stoichiometry of the complexes appears to be 1:1 in CDCl3 in agreement with the criteria of two types of existing tests designed to determine Eu–substrate ratio. On the basis of the experimental ΔB values, the molecular geometry of Eu–nitrosamine complexes were computed according to the principle of pseudo-contact shift. It was concluded that the Eu atom complexed at the oxygen of the nitroso group and that the conformations of nitrosamines in the complexes were basically the same as those of uncomplexed nitrosamines.