Chemical Shift. VII. The Long-range Shielding Effects of the Cyano Group

Abstract

Using the methods described in parts I–VI of this series, we have examined the long-range shielding effects of the cyano group upon the C-18 and -19 methyl protons in several cyano-steroids and the ring protons in 2-endo- and 2-exo-cyanonorbornenes.It was found that the most important shielding mechanism of the cyano group is its electric field effect, with the magnetic anisotropy effect making at most a minor contribution to the screening. However, only in the cases of the cyano-steroids was good agreement obtained between the calculated and the experimental shifts.