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Structural investigations of three triazines: solution‐state NMR studies of internal rotation and structural information from solid‐state NMR, plus a full structure determination from powder x‐ray diffraction in one case
Author(s) -
Birkett Helen E.,
Cherryman Julian C.,
Chippendale A. Margaret,
Evans John S. O.,
Harris Robin K.,
James Mark,
King Ian J.,
McPherson Graham J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.483
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1097-458X
pISSN - 0749-1581
DOI - 10.1002/mrc.1185
Subject(s) - chemistry , conformational isomerism , crystallography , molecule , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , solid state nuclear magnetic resonance , chemical shift , nuclear magnetic resonance crystallography , nmr spectra database , carbon 13 nmr satellite , intermolecular force , crystal structure , hydrogen bond , proton nmr , ab initio , carbon 13 nmr , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of nucleic acids , fluorine 19 nmr , spectral line , transverse relaxation optimized spectroscopy , stereochemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , organic chemistry , physics , astronomy
Three model 2,4,6‐tris(amino)‐1,3,5‐triazines, structurally related to a dyestuff molecule previously studied by NMR, were synthesized in order to enable the effects of rotamer exchange on the NMR spectra to be investigated in more detail. Two of the compounds are novel. Internal rotation of the triazine ring substituents was studied by variable‐temperature solution‐state 1 H, 13 C and 15 N NMR spectroscopy. All the expected rotamers were detected for each molecule. Rotamer exchange rates varied from slow to fast over the temperature range −40 to 90 °C, as observed for the dyestuff molecule itself. Solid‐state 13 C and 15 N NMR provided information about the structures of the solid molecules. A full crystal structure determination from high‐resolution powder x‐ray diffraction was achieved for one of the molecules using simulated annealing techniques. Ab initio MO and 15 N NMR chemical shift calculations, based on energy‐minimized structures derived from the x‐ray structure determination, enabled the effect of intermolecular hydrogen bonding on the 15 N NMR chemical shifts to be studied. The results compared favourably with the experimental solid‐state 15 N NMR shifts. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.