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series 1 and 2; for series so similar one expects close
correlations with the slopes near unity. In the present
paper, we report on the results of a limited study of
TMS derivatives 2.
16 000 Hz. WALTZ decoupling was applied both dur-
ing acquisition (1 s) and relaxation delay (2–5 s). Zero
filling to 64 K and 1–3 Hz line broadening were used in
data processing.
Aromatic carbon chemical shifts were assigned by
combining additive increments (using the values from
Ref. [9]) and the shifts assigned for the parent Z-O-
trimethylsilyl trimethylsilylbenzhydroximate through a
2D INADEQUATE experiment [10].
When a fluorine-containing substituent was present
(4-F, 4-CF3), the 13C–19F couplings were used to check
the assignment of aromatic carbon lines.
2. Experimental
The substituted benzhydroxamic acids were prepared
by standard procedures as described elsewhere [3,7].
TMS derivatives were prepared from the parent acids
by silylation using (trimethylsilyl)dimethylamine (TMS-
DMA) in 1.2 molar excess. The reaction mixture was
heated (60°C) and stirred for 2–5 h. After completion,
the remaining reagent was removed by distillation un-
der reduced pressure. The isolated compounds were
identified and checked by 1H- and 13C-NMR spec-
troscopy. (1H-NMR spectra were analyzed in terms of
coupling constant and chemical shift values of aromatic
protons only in the case of para substituted com-
pounds; in the other cases the splitting pattern was used
to check the position of the substituent.)
In contrast to 19F–15N coupling across six bonds
observed earlier in the 15N-NMR spectrum of Z-O1,O4-
bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyl) 4-fluorobenzhydroximic acid
[2], no such coupling was detected (JB0.5 Hz) in its
TMS analogue. Apparently, crowding at the hydrox-
imic end of the molecule plays some role; such effects
were noticed in other through-space 15N–19F couplings
[11].
Solvent accessible surface (A) [12] was calculated as
described elsewhere [13].
The NMR spectra were measured in dry CDCl3
solutions containing 1% (v/v) of hexamethyldisilane
(HMDSS) as a secondary reference. The reported 13C
and 29Si chemical shifts were obtained from dilute
solutions. The sample concentration was reduced until
the 13C chemical shift of HMDSS was l= −2.489
0.02, relative to the central line of the solvent at 76.99
ppm (see Ref. [8] for details of this standard proce-
dure). High sample concentrations (ca. 33% v/v) were
used in 15N-NMR and INADEQUATE measurements.
15N-NMR chemical shifts are referenced externally to
CH3NO2 (50%, w/w) in CDCl3.
3. Results and discussion
The assigned chemical shifts and coupling constants
of the studied compounds are summarized in Tables 1
and 2. Since the chemical shifts (13C, 15N, and 29Si)
correlate well with substituent constants, we will briefly
compare these correlations with those found in related
classes of compounds also bearing TMS substituents.
In all the studied ring-substituted benzhydroxamic
acids, trimethylsilylation yields only one product (using
29Si INEPT spectra of concentrated solutions with ex-
cellent S/N it can be estimated that if any other
trimethylsilylated product were formed, it would consti-
tute only less than 2% of the main product). This is in
agreement with the earlier findings on trimethylsilyl-
ation [16] or tert-butyldimethylsilylation of benzhy-
droxamic acid [2]. Using the values of one-bond 13C–
13C couplings (13C–13CN), we have shown [1] that the
sole product of trimethylsilylation of the parent ben-
zhydroxamic acid (R=H) is not an exchange-averaged
mixture of E- and Z-isomers, as suggested by Rigaudy
et al. [16], but only the Z-trimethylsilyl ester of N-
(trimethylsiloxy)benzoimidic acid (2). Since the chemi-
cal shifts in the studied series of TMS derivatives of the
ring-substituted benzhydroxamic acids follow some ob-
vious and regular dependences on Hammett constants
of the ring substituents, and the parent compound fits
these dependences well, one can safely assume that all
the studied compounds have the same structure 2.
Similarly, we extend the assignment of 29Si lines in 1 (as
derived from model compounds in Ref. [1]) to all
compounds 2.
1H-, 13C-, and 29Si-NMR spectral measurements were
performed on a Varian UNITY-200 spectrometer (op-
erating at 200.04 MHz for 1H, at 50.3 MHz for 13C and
at 39.7 MHz for 29Si-NMR measurements) and 15N
spectra were measured on a Varian UNITY 500 spec-
trometer (at 50.667 MHz). In all cases the standard
software (APT, INADEQUATE, and INEPT pulse
sequences) was used. The spectra were recorded in the
temperature range 22–24°C. The 29Si-NMR spectra
were measured by INEPT with the pulse sequence
optimized [8] for TMS derivatives, i.e. for coupling to
nine protons and the coupling constant of 6.5 Hz.
Acquisition (2.0 s) was followed by a relaxation delay
of 5 s. During the acquisition period, WALTZ decou-
pling was used and FID data (16 K) were sampled for
the spectral width of 4000 Hz. Zero filling to 32 K and
a mild exponential broadening were used in data pro-
cessing. The 29Si p/2 pulses were at maximum 17 ms
long, whereas 1H p/2 pulses were 12 ms in a 5 mm
switchable probe. The 29Si spectra were referenced to
the line of HMDSS at l= −19.79. The 13C-NMR
spectra were measured using the spectral width of