“…Upfield protonation shifts of aliphatic carboxylic acids for the α, β, γ, and δ carbons are typically 3-4, 1.5, 0.6, and 0.2 ppm, respectively [69]. An anomalous trend has been recorded for α-amino acids: upon protonation of the amino group, larger 13 C shifts are detected for the carboxylic and β-carbons than for the amino-bearing α-carbon [76,77,78,79]. This β-effect could be in part rationalized in terms of the linear electric field shift (LEFS) theory [76,77].…”