The largest 15N-15N coupling constant across an NHN hydrogen bond.
The largest 15N-15N coupling constant across an NHN hydrogen bond.
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NHN 氢键上最大的 15N-15N 耦合常数。
DOI:
10.1002/anie.200704411
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发表时间:
2008
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Limbach,Hans-Heinrich
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Pietrzak,Mariusz;Try,AndrewC;Andrioletti,Bruno;Sessler,JonathanL;AnzenbacherJr,Pavel;Limbach,Hans-Heinrich
Since the discovery of NMR coupling constants across hydrogen bonds AÀH··· B containing nuclei with spin 1/2, such as A, B= 19F, 15N,[1–3] it has been established that these NMR parameters can not only be used to detect hydrogen bridges in biomolecules [4] but also to determine the geometries of strong hydrogen bonds in solution.[5] It has been shown experimentally and by abinitio calculations [1] that scalar two-bond coupling constants 2JAB attain maximum values when the A··· B distances are at a minimum. Whereas the maximum values have been established for FHF and NHF hydrogen bonds, the corresponding maxima are still unknown in the case of NHN bridges. To date, only 2J15N15N values less than 11 Hz have been detected in nucleic acid base pairs,[3] protonated sponges,[6, 7] and six-[8] and seven-membered [9] H-chelates. In contrast, DFT calculations gave maximum coupling constants 2JNN= 25 Hz,[5d] corresponding to the shortest possible N··· N distance of about 2.5.[10] More reliable high-level coupled-cluster EOM calculations of small model systems predicted even larger coupling constants.[11, 12] Herein we describe a novel class of anionic H-chelates with 15N–15N coupling constants of more than 16 Hz. These anions were obtained by deprotonation of 2, 3-dipyrrol-2-ylquinoxalines (DPQs, Scheme 1). DPQs have been synthesized and studied as colorimetric anion receptors for chargedense species, such as fluoride.[13] However, their unusual geometry makes it likely that their monodeprotonated forms would have unusually short NHN hydrogen bonds and thus unusually large 15N–15N coupling constants. This expectation has been realized, and we present herein the results of various NMR spectroscopy experiments and ab initio DFT calculations that characterize the geometries of the intramolecular NHN hydrogen bonds of these anions. The NHN anions of the DPQs 1–3 were generated by treatment of solutions of the DPQ precursors in 5: 1 CD2Cl2/[D6] DMSO mixtures to which small amounts of solid NaH were added. Minute quantities of dihydrogen were produced, along with the corresponding monoanion as the major organic product (see Experimental Section).[D6] DMSO was added to solvate the Na+ counterions, while CD2Cl2 was used as the primary solvent because it provided the reduced viscosity needed to carry out various NMR spectroscopic analyses at lower temperatures (conditions under which proton exchange was found to be slow).Figure1a shows the signals of the pyrrolic protons, labeled H1 and H17, of [15N2] 2 recorded at 233 K in CD2Cl2/[D6] DMSO. Under these conditions, two signals are observed, namely at 11.81 and 11.93 ppm. Each signal is split into a doublet, with coupling constants 1J15N1H= À97. 6 and À97. 7 Hz,