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Published December 1, 1978 | public
Journal Article

^(15)N and ^(13)C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Diazo and Diazonium Compounds

Abstract

Nitrogen-15 and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra have been taken of a number of diazo, benzenediazonium, and azido compounds. The ^(13)C chemical shifts of C1 of these substances are at rather high fields (23-112 ppm for diazo compounds compared to 155-185 ppm for imines, and 102-123 ppm for diazonium salts compared to 148 ppm for nitrobenzene) and do not seem explicable in terms of high charge densities on these carbons. The ^(15)N resonances of diazomethane shift downfield when phenyl groups are substituted on carbon and upfield when the carbon is incorporated as C5 of a cyclopentadiene ring. Substitution of electron-donating and electron-attracting groups in the 4 position of benzenediazonium salts shifts the ^(15)N resonances downfield and upfield, respectively.

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© 1978 American Chemical Society. Received December 12, 1977. Supported by the National Science Foundation, and by the Public Health Service, Research Grant 11072, from the Division of General Medical Sciences; Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst NATO Fellow, 1976-1977. We are greatly indebted to Drs. Bruce A. Carlson and Owen Webster, respectively, of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. for the samples of 2-amino-3,4-dicyanoimidazole and 2,3,4,5-tetracyanodiazocyclopentadiene.

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