title: Theoretical analysis of the 13C NMR of iodoalkynes upon complexation with Lewis bases.
abstract: Recent experiments have demonstrated that the (13)C NMR spectra of iodoalkynes exhibit a strong solvent effect because of complexation with Lewis-basic solvents. This paper describes DFT NMR calculations (B3LYP-GIAO with LanL2DZ or Sadlej pVTZ basis set) of iodoalkynes and their Lewis acid-base complexes, interpreted by using Natural Chemical Shift (NCS) analysis within the framework of the Ramsey formalism for chemical shift. In particular, the paper presents calculations on diiodoethyne and its complexes with one and two ammonia molecules. Examination of the orbital changes upon forming the mono- and bisammonia complexes indicates that mixing of the nitrogen lone pair with the C-I antibonding orbital increases the paramagnetic deshielding at C1. Further increases can be attributed to increased polarization of the iodine lone-pair orbitals onto C1. The haloiodoalkyne series XCCI (X = F, Cl, Br, I) offers additional support for this model of the solvent effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
authors.forename: Walter N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Nancy S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Goroff