An iterative method for the least-squares analysis of an observed high-resolution NMR spectrum is described. The method is applicable even if not all lines are assignable, is not affected by symmetry in the Hamiltonian, yields an estimate of the ellipsoid of error, and converges relatively rapidly to a predetermined assignment. A computer program based on this method is described. Effectively infinite chemical shift may be introduced permitting the analysis of ABXY, etc., spectra. An illustration of its application to the analysis of the proton spectrum of 2-benzoylpyridine is given.
The molecular dynamics of a series of diphenylethyne- or
diphenylbutadiyne-linked porphyrin arrays in solution
at 296 K have been investigated using high-field proton NMR
spectroscopy. Measurements of the direct
dipolar interactions between vicinal proton pairs located on the
pyrrole and phenylene moieties provide
information about the flexibility of the para-substituted
diphenylethyne linker. The magnitude of the 2-fold
rotational barrier is about 3.3 kJ/mol, with the most stable form
having coplanar phenylene moieties. This
is in rough agreement with the behavior reported for diphenylacetylene.
The diphenylethyne linker undergoes
large bending motions, causing the phenylene proton−proton axis to be
bent out of the plane of the more
remote porphyrin ring by an average angle of 26°. This large
bending motion presumably is distributed at
sites over the entire linker, including bending at the ethyne and
possible out-of-plane bending of the phenylene
group relative to the attached porphyrin. The diphenylbutadiyne
linker is bent by an average angle of 31°
and has a much lower rotational barrier.
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