Issue 14, 2023

Simple, accurate, adjustable-parameter-free prediction of NMR shifts for molecules in solution

Abstract

Accurate prediction of NMR shifts is invaluable for interpreting and assigning NMR spectra, especially for complex applications such as determining the identity of unknown substances or resolving stereochemical assignments. Statistical linear regression models have proven effective for accurately correlating density functional theory predictions of chemical shieldings with experimentally-measured shifts, but lack transferability – they must be reparameterised using a reasonably extensive training set at each level of theory and for each choice of NMR solvent. We have previously introduced a novel two-point “shift-and-scale” correction procedure for gas phase shieldings that overcomes these limitations without significant loss of accuracy. In this work, we demonstrate that this approach is equally applicable for predicting solution-phase shifts from computed gas phase shieldings, using acetaldehyde as an experimentally and computationally convenient reference system. We also present all of the required experimental reference data to enable this approach to be used for any target analyte in a range of commonly used NMR solvents (chloroform, dichloromethane, acetonitrile, methanol, acetone, DMSO, D2O, benzene, pyridine).

Graphical abstract: Simple, accurate, adjustable-parameter-free prediction of NMR shifts for molecules in solution

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Feb 2023
Accepted
20 Mar 2023
First published
21 Mar 2023

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023,25, 9952-9957

Simple, accurate, adjustable-parameter-free prediction of NMR shifts for molecules in solution

E. M. Hoyt, L. O. Smith and D. L. Crittenden, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 9952 DOI: 10.1039/D3CP00721A

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