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Table 14.1. Prediction of C chemical shift of c/s-l,2-dimethylcyclohexane in the frozen state, using the cyclohexane shift of 8c = 27.6 and substituent effects (e.g. Ref. 6, p. 316)...

The auto-association of A-4-thiazoline-2-thione is clearly indicated b the hypsOchromic shift (5 nm) of the 315-nm band when the spectrum is first recorded at 50°C and then at —25°C (10 M in cyclohexane). In the same temperature range the spectrum of 3-methyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione remains unchanged (61). 

One property of NMR spectroscopy is that it is too slow a technique to see the mdi vidual conformations of cyclohexane What NMR sees is the average environment of the protons Because chair-chair mterconversion m cyclohexane converts each axial pro ton to an equatorial one and vice versa the average environments of all the protons are the same A single peak is observed that has a chemical shift midway between the true chemical shifts of the axial and the equatorial protons... 

Some processes use only one reactor (57) or a combination of liquid- and vapor-phase reactors (58). The goal of these schemes is to reduce energy consumption and capital cost. Hydrogenation normally is carried out at 2—3 MPa (20—30 atm). Temperature is maintained at 300—350°C to meet a typical specification of less than 500 ppm benzene in the product at higher temperatures, thermodynamic equiUbrium shifts to favor benzene and the benzene specification is impossible to attain. Also, at higher temperatures, isomerization of cyclohexane to methylcyclopentane occurs typically there is a 200 ppm specification limit on methylcyclopentane content. 

A nitrogen atom at X results in a variable downfield shift of the a carbons, depending in its extent on what else is attached to the nitrogen. In piperidine (45 X = NH) the a carbon signal is shifted by about 20 p.p.m., to ca. S 47.7, while in A-methylpiperidine (45 X = Me) it appears at S 56.7. Quaternization at nitrogen produces further effects similar to replacement of NH by A-alkyl, but simple protonation has only a small effect. A-Acylpiperidines show two distinct a carbon atoms, because of restricted rotation about the amide bond. The chemical shift separation is about 6 p.p.m., and the mean shift is close to that of the unsubstituted amine (45 X=NH). The nitroso compound (45 X = N—NO) is similar, but the shift separation of the two a carbons is somewhat greater (ca. 12 p.p.m.). The (3 and y carbon atoms of piperidines. A- acylpiperidines and piperidinium salts are all upfield of the cyclohexane resonance, by 0-7 p.p.m. 

A large body of information is available on the UV spectra of pyrazine derivatives (B-61MI21400, B-66MI21400). Pyrazine in cyclohexane shows two maxima at 260 nm (log e 3.75) and 328 nm (log e 3.02), corresponding to ir->ir and n ir transitions respectively (72AHC(14)99). Auxochromes show similar hypsochromic and bathochromic shifts to those observed with the corresponding benzenoid derivatives. 

The cyclohexylpyrazole (376) and the azlrlne (377) are formed by irradiation of 3-dlazo-4-methyl-5-phenylpyrazolenine (378) in cyclohexane (Scheme 35) (77JA633). The former is the result of carbene insertion into cyclohexane followed by a [1,5] hydrogen shift, whereas the latter arises by ring cleavage of nltrene (379) or by a concerted pathway. 

The chemical shift of a nucleus depends in part on its spatial position in relation to a bond or a bonding system. The knowledge of such anisotropic effects is useful in structure elucidation. An example of the anisotropic effect would be the fact that axial nuclei in cyclohexane almost always show smaller H shifts than equatorial nuclei on the same C atom (illustrated in the solutions to problems 37, 47, 48, 50 and 51). The y-effect also contributes to the corresponding behaviour of C nuclei (see Section 2.3.4). 

The CH fragment which is linked to the OH group (Sh = 5.45 ) can easily be located in the H and NMR spectra. The chemical shift values Sc =74.2 for C and Sh = 3.16 for //are read from the CH COSY plot. The H signal at S,i = 3.16 splits into a triplet (11.0 Hz) of doublets (4.0 Hz). The fact that an antiperiplanar coupling of 11 Hz appears twice indicates the diequatorial configuration (trans) of the two substituents on the cyclohexane ring 5. If the substituents were positioned equatorial-axial as in 4 or 5, then a synclinal coupling of ca 4 Hz would be observed two or three times. 

Energy differences between conformations of substituted cyclohexanes can be measured by several physical methods, as can the kinetics of the ring inversion processes. NMR spectroscopy has been especially valuable for both thermodynamic and kinetic studies. In NMR terminology, the transformation of an equatorial substituent to axial and vice versa is called a site exchange process. Depending on the rate of the process, the difference between the chemical shifts of the nucleus at the two sites, and the field strength... 

Most other studies have indicated considerably more complex behavior. The rate data for reaction of 3-methyl-l-phenylbutanone with 5-butyllithium or n-butyllithium in cyclohexane can be fit to a mechanism involving product formation both through a complex of the ketone with alkyllithium aggregate and by reaction with dissociated alkyllithium. Evidence for the initial formation of a complex can be observed in the form of a shift in the carbonyl absorption band in the IR spectrum. Complex formation presumably involves a Lewis acid-Lewis base interaction between the carbonyl oxygen and lithium ions in the alkyllithium cluster. 

For another dramatic illu.slration of chemical shifts, have. students calculate the magnetic shielding of nitrogen in pyridine and compare it to its saturated cyclohexane analogue. 

Sclutlcn The geometry optimization reveals that the structure of formaldehyde in cyclohexane is essentially the same as it is in acetonitrile. Here are the predicted frequency shifts with respect to the gas phase for the two media ... 

As we can see, cyclohexane has a much less dramatic effect on the peak locations than acetonitrile although the same peaks change location for both solvents, the shift is less than half as large in the case of cyclohexane. ... 

This same istudy can also be done for other, solvents. Here, for example, are the predicted and experimental frequency shifts for cyclohexane drawn from the original study ... 

These heat of formation parameters may be considered as shifting the zero point of Fpp to a common origin. Since corrections from larger moieties are small, it follows that energy differences between systems having the same groups (for example methyl-cyclohexane and ethyl-cyclopentane) can be calculated directly from differences in steric energy. 

The chemical shifts of monosubstituted thiophenes relative to the a- and )8-hydrogens of thiophene at infinite dilution in cyclohexane are given in Table I and are discussed in the following. 

The association of the excited state derived from four 2-substituted imidazo [4,5-/]quinolines with 2-propanol in cyclohexane has been studied. The unusual bathochromic shift and the bandwidth of the fluorescence spectra of these heterocyclic compounds in 2-propanol-cyclohexane solutions, compared with those... 

The carbonyl complex [Ru(EDTAH)(CO)] has been reported to be a very good catalyst for reactions like hydroformylation of alkenes, carbonylation of ammonia and ammines as well as a very active catalyst for the water gas shift reaction. The nitrosyl [Ru(EDTA)(NO)] is an oxygen-transfer agent for the oxidation of hex-l-ene to hexan-2-one, and cyclohexane to the corresponding epoxide. 

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