title: The proton nuclear magnetic shielding tensors in biphenyl: experiment and theory.
abstract: Line-narrowing multiple pulse techniques are applied to a spherical sample crystal of biphenyl. The 10 different proton shielding tensors in this compound are determined. The accuracy level for the tensor components is 0.3 ppm. The assignment of the measured tensors to the corresponding proton sites is given careful attention. Intermolecular shielding contributions are calculated by the induced magnetic point dipole model with empirical atom and bond susceptibilities (distant neighbours) and by a new quantum chemical method (near neighbours). Subtracting the intermolecular contributions from the (correctly assigned) measured shielding tensors leads to isolated-molecule shielding tensors for which there are symmetry relations. Compliance to these relations is the criterion for the correct assignment. The success of this program indicates that intermolecular proton shielding contributions can be calculated to better than 0.5 ppm. The isolated-molecule shielding tensors obtained from experiment and calculated intermolecular contributions are compared with isolated-molecule quantum chemical results. Expressed in the icosahedral tensor representation, the rms differences of the respective tensor components are below 0.5 ppm for all proton sites in biphenyl. In the isolated molecule, the least shielded direction of all protons is the perpendicular to the molecular plane. For the para proton, the intermediate principal direction is along the C-H bond. It is argued that these relations also hold for the protons in the isolated benzene molecule.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schönborn
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Haeberlen
authors.forename: Clémence
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corminboeuf
authors.forename: Gisbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grossmann
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heine
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
chemical_list: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; C010574:biphenyl