The spin–spin coupling mechanism for 5J(C-4, CHα) in toluene derivatives and its conformational applications
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It is shown that the spin–spin coupling over five formal bonds between carbon 4 and the α protons in toluene and its ring or sidechain substituted derivatives is transmitted by a σ–π mechanism. As such it varies as sin2 θ, where θ is the angle by which the α C—H bond twists out of the benzene plane, and can be used to determine the conformational preference and the barrier to internal rotation about the exocyclic sp2–sp3 carbon–carbon bond. The coupling is remarkably insensitive to ring substituents, even to those at carbon 4. Two measurements suggest that the coupling over six formal bonds between a β carbon nucleus and apara proton also represents a σ–π interaction
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