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Published April 1970 | Published
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The anomalous deuterium isotope effect on the chemical shift of the bridge hydrogen in the enol tautomer of 2,4-pentanedione

Abstract

The nature of the intramolecular hydrogen bond in the enol tautomer of 2,4-pentanedione has been investigated by high resolution proton and deuteron magnetic resonance spectroscopy. An unusually large deuterium isotope effect on the chemical shift of the bridge hydrogen has been observed. This unexpected result, together with the observation of a pronounced temperature dependence for both the proton and deuteron resonances, suggests that two states with different chemical shifts for the bridge hydrogen are involved in rapid equilibrium and that the anomalous deuterium isotope effect has its origin in the effect of deuterium substitution on the energy separation between these states. It is proposed that these states correspond to the symmetrical and asymmetrical structures of the intramolecular hydrogen bond.

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© 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences. Communicated by John D. Roberts, January 29, 1970. We wish to gratefully acknowledge the financial support of this research by the U.S. Public Health Service (grant GM-13212) and the National Science Foundation (grant GP-8540).

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