NMR Spectroscopy

1H Chemical Shift Calculations for Substituted Benzene Rings


dH = 7.27 + Sdi
Substituent (R) dortho dmeta dpara
-alkyl -0.14 -0.06 -0.17
-CH2OH -0.07 -0.07 -0.07
-CHO  0.56  0.22  0.29
-C(O)R  0.62  0.14  0.21
-CO2H  0.85  0.18  0.27
-CO2R  0.71  0.10  0.21
-CN 0.23  0.78  0.58
-OH -0.56 -0.12 -0.45
-OCH3 -0.48 -0.09 -0.44
-OC(O)R -0.25  0.03 -0.13
-NH2 -0.75 -0.25 -0.65
-NR2 -0.66 -0.18 -0.67
-NHC(O)R  0.12 -0.07 -0.28
-NO2  0.95  0.26  0.38
-F -0.26  0.00 -0.04
-Cl  0.03 -0.02 -0.09
-Br  0.18 -0.08 -0.04
-I  0.39 -0.21  0.00
-SiR3 0.90  0.90  0.60
-SR  0.22 -0.02 -0.02
-SR  0.37  0.20  0.10


Example 1:

dH1 = 7.27 + 0.71 = 7.98 ppm
Observed: 8.03 ppm
dH2 = 7.27 + 0.10 = 7.37 ppm
Observed: 7.42 ppm
dH3 = 7.27 + 0.21 = 7.48 ppm
Observed: 7.53 ppm

Example 2:

dH1 = 7.27 + 0.03 + 0.26 = 7.56 ppm
Observed: 7.50 ppm
dH2 = 7.27 + 0.95 - 0.02 = 8.20 ppm
Observed: 8.20 ppm


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