Through‐space 19 F– 19 F spin–spin coupling in ortho ‐fluoro Z ‐azobenzene

Autor: Cindy Salinas, Peter L. Rinaldi, Katherine Marie Martin, Christopher T. Brown, Christopher L. Dorsey, William J. Brittain, Shiva K. Rastogi, Jacob Armitage, Gao Chun, Justin Shi, Robert A. Rogers
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 54:126-131
ISSN: 1097-458X
0749-1581
DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4327
Popis: We report through-space (TS) (19)F-(19)F coupling for ortho-fluoro-substituted Z-azobenzenes. The magnitude of the TS-coupling constant ((TS) JFF ) ranged from 2.2-5.9 Hz. Using empirical formulas reported in the literature, these coupling constants correspond to non-bonded F-F distances (dFF) of 3.0-3.5 Å. These non-bonded distances are significantly smaller than those determined by X-ray crystallography or density functional theory, which argues that simple models of (19)F-(19)F TS spin-spin coupling solely based dFF are not applicable. (1)H, (13)C and (19)F data are reported for both the E and Z isomers of ten fluorinated azobenzenes. Density functional theory [B3YLP/6-311++G(d,p)] was used to calculate (19) F chemical shifts, and the calculated values deviated 0.3-10.0 ppm compared with experimental values.
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