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Abstract

¹H NMR spectra and electric dipole moments of a series of propene derivatives, (CH₃)_3-nCl_n.CCH=CH₂ (n = 0-3), were measured and the spectra analyzed. Discrepancies in literature data on compounds with n = 0 and 3 are probably due to systematic spectrometer errors. Vinylic proton chemical shifts are found to vary linearly with n in the direction expected on the electronegativity ground (the variations with n occurs in the order H_A > H_B ≥ H_C). Calculations show that even with the extreme reported values of C-C and C-Cl bond magnetic anisotropies, the shift variations with n cannot be accounted for by magnetic anisotropy effects of a freely rotating (CH₃)_3-nCl_nC group. Similar calculations rule out electric field effects as the dominant factor. On the other hand, the electron charge distribution, as obtained from CNDO/2 calculations, including d-orbitals and employing Del Bene-Jaffé parametrization, is linearly related to the vinylic proton shifts. This finding supports the earlier interpretation of NMR spectra of vinylsilanes in terms of back-bonding. The vinyl proton-proton coupling constants decrease with increasing n, the changes being larger in the constants which couple proton A (cis) to the other two.