Molecular Determinants for Drug Receptor Interactions, 9 1H and 13C NMR Spectra of the Narcotic Antagonist N-Allyl-N-normetazocine by Two-Dimensional Chemical Shift Correlation Spectroscopy
AbstractThe high frequency 1H and 13C NMR spectra (at 500 and 75.47 MHz, respectively) of N-allyl- N-normetazocine (NAM) hydrochloride in 2H2O solution were run and fully analyzed with the aid of both homonuclear 1H -1H and heteronuclear 13C - 1H chemical shift correlation experiments. Selective broadening of the signals of the protons in 3-, 4-, 8-, 9-, 12-positions was observed at temperatures <350 K. This was found to be consistent with an inversion process occurring between the N-equatorial and N-axial configurational isomers of NAM whose rate of exchange is of the same order of magnitude of the chemical shifts differences at 500 MHz. The increase of temperature at 350 K is thus adequate to make “fast” the process in the NM R time scale and then to resolve the spectral portions. The experimental proton-proton coupling constants were found to be consistent with a slightly distorted chair conformation of the piperidinic ring in NAM hydrochloride. The 13C NMR spectrum showed the distinct spectra of the two conformers, which are present in the ratio of ca. 80 (N-equatorial) : 20 (N -axial). The field frequency employed for the experiment was therefore sufficient to make “slow” the exchange process between the two isomeric forms, whose resonance peaks could be isolated in the non-acidified solution.