On acetylation (OH group was changed to OCOCH3 group), the alpha
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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. ! {; y2 \% i; X2 `. m
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OH (compound I in the article) or could be C-6 OH, C-7OAc (compound II
Q1 j7 }- X. \# `in the article). The chemical shifts of the two carbons are 78.1 and
5 T* T3 e* R% ~. |2 [* f" i) ^# b80.5. How to determine which carbon (C-6 or C-7) has the OAC group?
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The auhors resovled the problem:
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shifts of C-6 (79.3 to 80.5) and C-7 (76.2 to 78.5) were increased.
8 E3 ^$ N, y) w" u/ IThat assupmtion violates the above rule. ) h! K0 S$ S' W$ r
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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. - \, \/ c& e- D/ w, X
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C-6 (78.5) and C-7 (80.5) meaned that C-6 shifted to highfield (from
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OAC group (compound I).
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