Enhancing the utility of <sup>1</sup>: J <inf>CH</inf> coupling constants in structural studies through optimized DFT analysis

Alexei V. Buevich*, Josep Saurí, Teodor Parella, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Giuseppe Bifulco, R. Thomas Williamson, Gary E. Martin

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Abstract

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Commonly used DFT methods for the calculation of 1JCH coupling constants have typically required the application of ad hoc correction factors, modification of functionals, or empirical scaling to improve the fit between predicted and experimental values. Here we demonstrate that highly accurate 1JCH coupling predictions can be obtained without such adjustments by careful selection of DFT methods for geometry optimization and J-coupling calculations (e.g. B3LYP/6-31G(d,p)(mixed)//mPW1PW/cc-pVTZ). The proposed method was cross-validated against a diverse set of 122 1JCH couplings and was successfully applied to the conformational and stereochemical analysis of strychnine and a previously unreported trachylobane diterpene natural product.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5781-5784
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume55
Issue number41
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 May 2019

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