On acetylation (OH group was changed to OCOCH3 group), the alpha
/ c8 Q P9 M: y; N' ~# E7 C2 icarbon will show a downfield shift while the belta carbon will show a
; O6 p4 Q' } z0 P- N8 F2 Jupfield shif. 2 B3 I# |$ J( I/ ? " R. Q& i1 e5 _2 B7 Y' W
See the following article how to revise a structure reported before just using the above rule! " I. w. L: A1 a! a: Q$ m1 X
; `* k! R% `1 z4 ]One compound with C-6 OH, C-7 OH (compound IV in the article): chemical shift values of C-6 79.3 ppm, C-7 76.2 ppm were known. ; |9 n" \4 ]% Q8 Q; `* A. f% n ! z4 e5 i* b* X; D JAnother compound with one OH group acetylated: it could be C-6 OAc, C-7
5 `& h# `0 k; [4 o6 U3 [$ }OH (compound I in the article) or could be C-6 OH, C-7OAc (compound II
~$ R5 L/ Z1 p: sin the article). The chemical shifts of the two carbons are 78.1 and
" `8 J/ K6 T4 r2 d w3 n& n80.5. How to determine which carbon (C-6 or C-7) has the OAC group?
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The auhors resovled the problem: 0 {, x' K4 `0 U! L3 z. ]6 L, h
# ?% S6 d9 n+ E& b- KIf C-6 (80.5) and C-7 (78.5) were right, meaning both the chemical* d: h; X$ ?1 b+ Q$ w4 u
shifts of C-6 (79.3 to 80.5) and C-7 (76.2 to 78.5) were increased." X0 w. H" J# o; a0 G
That assupmtion violates the above rule. * x+ ~! w% }8 e" I1 T a8 ?0 a $ @# z& n2 L3 @
So chemical shift of C-6 was not 80.5 but 78.5, chemical shift of C-7 was not 78.5 but 80.5. % u, A- i: E2 y& N
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C-6 (78.5) and C-7 (80.5) meaned that C-6 shifted to highfield (from7 d' f/ U/ ~& L4 i# i
79.3 to 78.5), C-7 shifted to lowfield (from 76.2 to 80.5). Logically,* E7 w: N5 V5 o+ y) P, s6 X7 t( k
it was the C-7 with the OAC group (compound II), not the C-6 with the
$ [- T2 w8 |$ E0 VOAC group (compound I). ) A7 `3 i. K% U* w( E7 O % X: i( [% b/ U7 d5 t- {& `3 @+ aSimple, logic structural revision published in 1981!