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carboxylate oxygens of 3. Taken together the three crystal
structures of 1, 2 and 3 show different binding geometries and
hydrogen bonding arrangements. Only in the structure of 3, a
fluorine atom acts as a hydrogen bond acceptor.
ratio, whereas the shifts of the other benzene carbons are inappro-
priate because of carbon–fluorine couplings.
To further characterize the structure of compound 3, a solid-
state 13C NMR spectrum was recorded (Fig. 3). Chemical shifts of
fluorine-substituted carbons appear together as a broad signal be-
tween 134 ppm and 149 ppm. This was also observed in the solid-
state spectra of the two tetrafluorophthalate-derived salts 1 and 2
[23]. The asymmetry of structure 3, induced by the different pro-
tonation, is reflected by two signals for the ipso-carbons. Integra-
tion of the corresponding peak areas gave similar values (3.1 vs.
3.6). Accordingly, when recording the solid-state spectrum of the
anomalous salt 2, we observed three distinct resonances with
AUC ratios of 1:1:2 [23]. Vila et al. studied 1,3-diphenyl-propane-
1,3-dione and also noticed splitting of the ipso-carbon and carbonyl
carbon signals [34]. The solid-state 13C NMR spectra of 2 (and 3) do
not reveal a dissimilarity of the CO carbons, since their signals are
not separated. The occurrence of one common signal for COOꢀand
COOH carbons is in agreement with the relatively low sensitivity
of the 13C isotropic chemical shift to protonation, as can be ex-
plained by relations between main components d22 and d11 of the
13C chemical shift tensor [36]. However, as a matter of principle,
such a differentiation is possible. Ilczyszyn et al. have determined
the structure of a sarcosine–maleic acid (1:1) complex by X-ray
diffraction and distinguished the charged and uncharged car-
boxyl(ate) groups by means of solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy
[37]. Barry et al. characterized normal and anomalous tetramethyl-
ammonium salts of dicarboxylic acids and observed different 13C
NMR shifts for nonequivalent carboxyl(ate) carbons in solid state
[38]. In the cases of 2 and 3, crystal and bonding forces which influ-
ence bond angles and distances and thus the resulting 13C chemical
shift [21] might be responsible for a coalescence of the CO signals.
3.2. Spectroscopic characteristics
1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra of compound 3 were recorded in
DMSO-d6. The shifts for the aromatic carbons were assigned on the
basis of 13C–19F coupling constants and substituent increments
1
2
[33]. JC–F and JC–F coupling constants were around 250 Hz and
14 Hz, respectively. Only four different signals for the carbons of
the tetrafluorohydrophthalate molecule appear in the spectrum
of 3, thus different positions relative to the protonated or deproto-
nated carboxyl moiety were not reflected. This can be attributed to
a rapid proton migration in solution. Similar observations have
been made for compound 2 [23], as well as related proton transfers
in 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds [34] and dicarboxylic acids [35].
When comparing the salts 1–3, we noticed substantially differ-
ent 13C chemical shifts for the CO carbons and for those bearing the
COO(H) groups (ipso-C). The values correlate with the ratio of car-
boxylate fragments to carboxyl groups. The neutral salt 1 with
exclusively carboxylate fragments provides shifts of 164.5 ppm
(CO) and 125.9 ppm (ipso-C), respectively. The values of the normal
acid salt 3 with COOꢀand COOH in equal amounts are 163.1 ppm
(CO) and 122.2 ppm (ipso-C). A COOꢀ/COOH ratio of 1:3 in the
anomalous salt 2 yields 162.9 ppm (CO) and 120.3 ppm (ipso-C).
In particular, the value for the ipso-position (substituent increment
for COONa: 8.4, for COOH: 2.1 [33]) indicates the stoichiometric
Acknowledgements
G.S. thanks Prof. Dr. Alexander C. Filippou for support. This work
has been funded by the German Research Society (Graduate
College 804).
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