A B S T R A C T T h e high-resolution proton magnetic resonance spectra o f a mixture o f the cis and trans isomers o f chrysantheniuni monocarbosylic acid ethyl ester have been studied. T h e cischrysanthemumic and trans-chrysa~lthemumic acids spectra were obtained t o facilitate the interpretation o f the complex spectra o f t h e ester. T h e percentage o f the trans isomer in
I N T R O D U C T I O NThere have been no unequivocal nleasure~nents of the cis and trans proton coupling constants in the cyclopropane ring. I n the present worli the analyses of the cis-and trans-chrysanthemum ester and the corresponding acids were used to obtain these values. The chrysanthemum ester sample was a mixture of both the cis and the trans isomers, making a conlplete assignment of spectra lines difficult. I t was found more convenient to analyze the cis-and trans-chrysanthen~un~ic acids separately in order to identify the resonance peaks. Since the two ring protons interact only with the isobutenyl proton the analysis was that of an ABX-type system.I t was necessary to use solvents which preferentially shifted the proton signals in such a manner that the resonance pealis of the ring protoils were not obscured by the other peaks. Carbon disulphide was used for the cis-cl~rysanthemuinic acid and benzene for the trans acid.
E X P E R I M E N T A L T h e spectra were obtained on a Varian V4302 D P 60 M c / s spectrometer at room teniperat~~re. T h e line separations were measured b y t h e side-band technique, using a Hewlitt and Pacliard 521c frequency counter. T h e chrysanthemum ester (min. 95%), t h e cis-chrysanthemumic acid (99.9%), and the trans-chrysanthemumic acid (100%) were o f known purity as supplied b y Benzol Products Co., and were not purified further. Since the acids were o f limited solubility saturated solutions were used; the ester concentrations were approximate b y volume since t h e solvents were only used t o obtain preferential proton shifts. Internal benzene was used as the reference point in t h e measurement o f the shifts.
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I. cis-Chrysanthemumic Acid in CS2The spectrum of the cis-chrysanthemulnic acid is shown in Fig. 1 together with the calculated spectrum for the ring protons corresponding to the AB part of an ABX system. The X part of the spectrum, a t 114 c.p.s. with respect t o internal benzene, consists of two doublets whose components are further split by the two isobutenyl methyl groups. The peaks of the latter occur a t 324 c.p.s. and 328 c.p.s. The methyl groups attached to the cyclopropane ring have the same shift and occur a t 357 c.p.s. The carboxyl proton peali is situated a t -287 c.p.s. and is not shown in Fig. 1. The results of the ABX analysis gave JAB (cis) = 8.7 c.p.s., JAX = 8.1 c.P.s., JBX = 0 C.P.S. The coupling constant of the X proton to the isobutenyl methyl group protons was about 1.4 c.p.s.