Density functional theory based approaches were used to calculate
chemical shieldings and spin−spin coupling
constants in a monosaccharide, methyl-β-d-xylopyranoside.
Excellent agreement was found between the
computed and experimental data for this monosaccharide both in solution
and in solid state. The effect of
torsion around the C1−O1 bond showed that chemical shifts of the
anomeric proton, both ring and O1 oxygens
as well as C1, C2, and the methyl carbons, strongly depend on the
dihedral angle. Similarly, both one-bond
and three-bond proton−carbon coupling constants among anomeric proton
and anomeric and methyl carbons
[(1
J
C1
-
H1)
and
(3
J
C(Me)
-
H1),
respectively] showed a dependence on the torsion angle
Φ.