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Clinical Pharmacy PharmD - 2024/2025 Level 2 Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry-3 (PC 305)

1. Electronegativity of neighboring groups/ atoms:

❖ The presence of highly electronegative atom as F, Cl, Br, OH will decrease the
electron density surrounding certain proton →  the chemical shift of this H
(deshielded at higher ppm).

❖ As electronegativity  → the chemical shift .
❖ As distance from affected H  → milder effect on the chemical shift.

❖ As number of electronegative substituents  → the chemical shift .

Effect of of neighboring atoms electronegativity

CH3F CH3OH CH3Cl CH3Br CH4 (CH3)4Si

Electronegativity 4.0 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.1 1.8
1
Chemical shift  H 4.26 3.4 3.05 2.68 0.23 0
13
Chemical shift  C 75.4 50.0 24.9 10.0 -2.3 0

Effect of number of electronegative substituents
CCl4 CHCl3 CH2Cl2 CH3Cl CH4

1
 H – 7.3 5.3 3.05 0.23
13
 C 96.5 77.5 54.0 24.9 −2.3

2. Unsaturation (No. of double bonds):

❖ As Unsaturation  → the chemical shift  (deshielded).

❖ So, Alkenes (C=C) appears at 4.5-7 ppm, while alkanes at 0.5-2 ppm.
❖ Alkynes (C≡C) have to be the most deshielded among aliphatic compounds but due to
anisotropic effect it becomes unexpectedly more shielded.

3. Magnetic anisotropic effect:
❖ In systems containing  electrons (double bonds) such as benzene ring, alkenes and
alkynes the  electrons will generate a magnetic field which may add to or oppose the
applied magnetic field causing a deshielding or shielding effect, respectively.

❖ This is called “Shielding Cone Theory” or “Magnetic Anisotropy”.