Nuclear magnetic resonance carbonyl compounds

Solvent effects on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra have been studied extensively, and they are described mainly in terms of the observed chemical shifts, 8, corrected for the solvent bulk magnetic susceptibility (Table 3.5). The shifts depend on the nucleus studied and the compound of which it is a constituent, and some nuclei/compounds show particularly large shifts. These can then be employed as probes for certain properties of the solvents. Examples are the chemical shifts of 31P in triethylphosphine oxide, the 13C shifts in the 2-or 3-positions, relative to the 4-position in pyridine N-oxide, and the 13C shifts in N-dimethyl or N-diethyl-benzamide, for the carbonyl carbon relative to those in positions 2 (or 6), 3 (or 5) and 4 in the aromatic ring (Chapter 4) (Marcus 1993). These shifts are particularly sensitive to the hydrogen bond donation abilities a (Lewis acidity) of the solvents. In all cases there is, again, a trade off between non-specific dipole-dipole and dipole-induced dipole effects and those ascribable to specific electron pair donation of the solvent to the solute or vice versa to form solvates. 

Benassi, R., Folli, U., Iarossi, D., Schenetti, L., and Tadei, F., Conformational analysis of organic carbonyl compounds. Part 3. A H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance study of formyl and acetyl derivatives of benzo[b]thiophen, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans., II, 911, 1983. 

Acid hydrolysis of 5-amino-5-deoxy-l,2-0-isopropylidene-o -D-xy-lofuranose (15) might be expected to afiFord 5-amino-5-deoxy-D-xylose, but instead, at 70 , 3-pyridinol (21) is the main product. If the acid hydrolysis of compound 15 is conducted at room temperature, there is obtained, besides 3-pyridinol (21), the crystalline hydrochloride of l-amino-l,5-anhydro-l-deoxy-D-fhreo-pentulose hydrate (22). The crystalline hydrate exhibits no carbonyl band in its infrared and ultraviolet spectra. The water content cannot be removed without decomposition of the compound, and is, therefore, water of constitution. The nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of 22 lacks the signal characteristic of an anomeric proton. The free ketone group is, however, detectable by the preparation of a (2,4-dinitrophenyl)-hydrazone. 

Obtain infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra following the procedures of Chapters 19 and 20. If these spectra indicate the presence of conjugated double bonds, aromatic rings, or conjugated carbonyl compounds obtain the ultraviolet spectrum following the procedures of Chapter 21. Interpret the spectra as fully as possible by reference to the sources cited at the end of the various spectroscopy chapters. 

Ahvazi, B., and Argyropoulos, D. S., F Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for the elucidation of carbonyl groups in lignins Part I Model compounds, J. Agric. Food Chem. 44(8), 2167-2175 (1996). 

Diverse spectroscopic methods have been employed to characterise triterpenes. Ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy are not very useful techniques in elucidating the structure of triterpenes, but the former gives information about compounds with conjugated double bonds and the latter may provide some information about substituents like the hydroxyl group, ester carbonyl group or a,p-unsaturate carbonyl. Other physical data may be of interest to characterise new compounds, but the use of modem spectroscopic methods of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectroscopy (MS) are essential for the structural determination. 

The carbonyl complex salt Na3[W(CO)5(L)] is very stable in aerated aqueous media unless subjected to photolysis. Under irradiation, this compound demonstrates high photolability, leading to the release of approximately one CO. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data confirm that phosphine photolabilisation is at most a minor pathway (<5 %), making Na3[W(CO)5(L)] an effective photoactivated carbon monoxide releasing moiety for possible pharmaceutical applications [83]. 

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