Deuterium isotope effects as evidence for substituent perturbation of the π‐electron frame in benzanilides

Martha S. Morales‐Ríos, Víctor Pérez‐Alvarez, Pedro Joseph‐Nathan, L. Gerardo Zepeda

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Abstract

Deuterium isotope effects on 13C nuclear shielding, nΔC(D), transmitted across a D‐labelled nitrogen atom were investigated for a series of para‐substituted benzanilides. The two two‐bond isotope shifts, 2ΔC(D) are perturbed essentially in a trough‐bond manner by change of the contribution of mesomeric structures. The magnitudes of 2Δ(CO) and 2Δ(C‐1′) are found to be mutually interdependent as evidenced by the linear relationships between the average values of 2Δ(CO) and 2Δ(C‐1′) with 1H(NH) chemical shifts and with 15N SCS. This behaviour is interpreted as resulting from a cross‐conjugated transmission pathway involving the carbons sharing the D‐labelled nitrogen.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)288-291
Number of pages4
JournalMagnetic Resonance in Chemistry
Volume32
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1994

Keywords

  • Benzanilides
  • C NMR
  • Cross‐conjugated transmission
  • Deuterium isotope effects
  • NMR
  • Substituent effects

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