Proton magnetic resonance spectra of 3-fluorotoluene and 2-chloro-5-fluorotoluene. The sign and coupling mechanism of
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A full analysis of the proton magnetic resonance spectra of 3-fluorotoluene and of 2-chloro-5-fluorotoluene, as 10 mol% solutions in CS2, demonstrates that the long-range spin–spin coupling constant over five bonds between methyl protons and fluorine-19 is negative. The coupling mechanism consists of a large positive σ electron component and a negative π electron component. The negative sign of the π electron contribution arises from a spin density in the 2pz orbital at carbon-3, which is opposite in sign to that of the spin densities at C-2 and C-4. Combined with positive hyperfine interaction constants, QCCH and QCF, the consequence is a negative π electron component.
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