The 13C NMR spectra of several monocyclic y-sultones(l,2-oxatane 2,240xides) and S-sultones(l,2-oxathiane 2,2-dioxides) have been determined and are presented herein. "he chemical shifts of the ring carbons of these compounds are compared in terms of conformational, electronic and anisotropic Merences. Electric field effects may be responsible for the chemical shifts of the C-w carbon, but do not appear to be important for C-a. Anisotropic deshielding also appears to be important for the chemical shats of C-0, but the effects on C-or appear to be small. Dipole changes at C-a and C-w, induced by back donation of electron density from the ring oxygen to sulfur, may explain the chemical shifts at C-cw. Substituent effects are readily explained in terms of well-known effects. In general, the carbons closest to the sulfonate group are found to be the most affected, and the carbons of the S-sdtones proximate to the sulfonate group are found to be more deshielded than those of the y-sultones.Interest in organosulfur compounds as useful synthetic intermediates has grown in recent years, and several reports have examined the 13C NMR spectra of these compounds.'-6 Sultones, however, had not been studied for their synthetic utility until our recent investigation.' As part of this study we recorded the 13C NMR spectral data for a number of y -and 6-s~l t o n e s .~ The 13C chemical shifts for propane sultone (l), butane sultone (2) and a number of unsaturated sultones known as pysultones( 1,2-oxathiin 2,2-dioxides), 11, have been previously reported, but these spectra were not discussed in detaiL4
RESULTSThe 13C chemical shifts for the ring carbons of the monocyclic y-and 6 -sultones, 1-22, of general structure I, are listed in in the 6-membered ring series relative to the five finds precedent in other saturated heterocyclic compounds these compounds contain two functional groups (and/or heteroatoms) in the ring and bear exocyclic oxygens. The downfield shift is 4.68 ppm for sultones 1 and 2, 3.25ppm for sultams 23 and 24; and 11.8 ppm for lactones 25 and 26.9 An examination of sultones in Table 1 (I, n = 0) indicates that substitution at C-a induces changes in the C-o signal in the range -1.71 to +2.73ppm relative to 1. This variation is probably due to conformational changes in the 5-membered ring, induced by the different substituents.The 6-membered ring sultones 9 and 10 show a 5 ppm downfield shift relative to 2, although this may be partially due to the 'beta-effect' described by Grant and for alkyl substitution. A more dramatic example of changes in the C-o signal due to conformational changes is observed with the bicyclic sultones 21 and 22. The C-o carbon signal of 21 and 22 is 13.25 and 16.6 ppm downfield, respectively, relative to 1, and the E isomer 22 is 3.35 ppm downfield of the Z isomer 21. It is likely that the shift difference between 1 and 2 is the result of conformational differences, but it is not clear if the effect is due to anisotropy, electric field effects or induced dipole changes of reported in th...