title: GIAO/DFT evaluation of 13C NMR chemical shifts of selected acetals based on DFT optimized geometries.
abstract: DFT/B3LYP calculations of the ground-state conformation of eight cyclic and acyclic acetals are presented and compared with experimental data. Results of single-point GIAO/DFT calculations at five different levels of theory show that isotropic shieldings need to be empirically scaled to achieve agreement with experimental chemical shifts. Statistical evaluation of data indicates that the most accurate prediction of 13C chemical shifts is achieved at the MPW1PW91/6-311G** level of theory. An empirical equation describing the relationship between delta values and shielding constants is postulated. This equation has been applied to the non-chair ground-state conformation of the six-membered acetonide and to the conformationally flexible benzodioxonine derivative. The agreement observed between the experimental and predicted chemical shifts shows that calculations at the MPW1PW91/6-311G** level of theory are adequate for addressing questions of conformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Migda
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rys
mesh_terms: D000080:Acetals / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D000465:Algorithms; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D003198:Computer Simulation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D000080:Acetals; D002247:Carbon Isotopes