SYNTHESIS AND 13C NMR SPECTRA OF N-SUBSTITUTED p-QUINONIMINES: III.
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In the preceding study [1] we demonstrated that at
incorporation of chlorine atoms into positions 3 and 5 of
the quinoid ring the changes in carbon chemical shifts
differ from those observed in the 2,6-dichloro-1,4-
benzoquinonimines. This effect we attributed to the
specific structural features of 3,5-disubstituted 1,4-benzo-
quinonimines (at two substituents in the ortho-position
in respect to the imino group the bond angle-C=NS
increased [4]). It was interesting to establish what
difference in the chemical shifts would arise on
introducing alkyl substituents into positions 3 and 5
instead positions 2 and 6. It should be noted that
introduction of substituents into the 3 and 5 positions of
the quinonimine fragment results in decreasing the barrier
to the Z,E-isomerization of the studied benzoquinon-
imine*. Consequently the signals from atoms C2, C3, C5,
C6 in the 13C NMR spectra of N-arylthiobenzoquinon-
imines are notably broadened, and the barrier for N-aryl-
sulfonylbenzoquinonimine is decreased still stronger
resulting in magnetic equivalence of atoms C2, C6 and
C5, C3 whose resonances appear as singlets.
effects of substituents. These changes in geometry are
also responsible for the already mentioned reduced
magnetic nonequivalence of C3 and C5 atoms in the
3,5-disubstituted compounds.
It should also be pointed out that like the case of
3,5-dichloro-substituted 1,4-benzoquinonimines the
largest shift of the C1' atom was observed in the para-
methoxy derivatives and the smallest shift occurred in
the para-nitro compounds. Similar changes in the
chemical shifts of the benzene ring carbon signals of
compounds substituted by chlorine as well as methyl
group in the quinonimine fragment confirm the conclu-
sion on the lack of conjugation between the p-systems
of the quinonimine and benzene fragments.
We also investigated N-arylsulfonyl-2,3,5,6-tetra-
methyl-1,4-benzoquinonimines (IXae). The presence
of four methyl groups resulted in the downfield shift of
signals from atoms C2C6 as was observed also in the
other types of alkyl-substituted benzoquinonimines. At
the same time the carbonyl carbon peak shifted upfield.
The alterations in the chemical shifts of the benzene ring
in this series of compounds are similar to those observed
in the 3,5-dimethyl-substituted benzoquinonimines.
Furthermore, the pattern of these changes is like that
observed in the spectra of 3,5- and 2,3,5,6-chloro
derivatives of arylsulfonyl-1,4-benzoquinonimines [1]
testifying again to the conclusion on the origin of this
changes lying in the geometrical and not electronic
reasons. This statement is also supported by comparison
of parameters of correlation equations that we calculated
analogously to [1]:
The incorporation of methyl groups into positions 3
and 5 (quinonimines VIIae and VIIIae) differently
affects the chemical shifts of C1 and C4 in N-arylthio
(VIIae) and N-arylsulfonyl (VIIIae) derivatives.
Whereas in the spectra of the latter the changes are similar
to those observed in the 2,6-dimethyl-substituted
compounds, in the spectra of the N-arylthio derivatives
the signals of C1 and C4 are strongly shifted upfield. The
changes in the chemical shifts of C2, C3, C5, and C6 atoms
occur in the same fashion. In the 3,5-dimethyl derivatives
of the N-arylthio-1,4-benzoquinonimines the magnetic
nonequivalence of atoms C3 and C5 is considerably
reduced leading to closer chemical shift values of the
corresponding signals compared to the spectra of
unsubstituted and 2,6-dichloro-substituted compounds.
Analogous effect was jbserved in 3,5-dichloro-
substituted N-arylthiobenzoquinonimines [1]. Note that
alkyl substituents introduced into positions 3 and 5
produce a considerable downfield shift of the signal from
C1' atom of the benzene ring as is also observed in the
chloroderivatives of 1,4-benzoquinonimines [1]. In all
likelihood the changes in chemical shifts here also are
caused primarily by the altered geometry of molecules
at incorporation of substituents into the ortho-position
with respect to the imine carbon: The observed effect is
due to increase in the CNS angle and not to electronic
d C1' = a + bdC.
Here dC1'' is the chemical shift of atom C1' in benzo-
quinonimines under study, dC is the chemical shift of a
Table 2. Parameters of correlation equations of chemical shift
values of C1' atom in relation to the nature of substituent R in
N-substituted 1,4-benzoquinonimines (n = 5)
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