Medium dependence of the proton chemical shift and H—H, H—F, F—F coupling constants in 1,1-difluoroethylene

Abstract

The solvent dependence of the proton chemical shift, the geminal proton–proton, the cis and trans proton–fluorine, and the geminal fluorine–fluorine coupling constants in 1,1-difluoroethylene is reported for 25 solvents. The shift and the couplings involving protons depend primarily on the dielectric constant of the medium, but the Onsager reaction field model is inadequate to describe the changes observed. The fluorine–fluorine coupling depends also on dispersion interactions with the solvent molecules. A comparison with the solvent behavior of the spectral parameters of vinyl fluoride, 1-chloro-1-fluoroethylene, and trifluoroethylene indicates the importance, in varying degrees, of reaction field effects, hydrogen bonding, dispersion interactions, the orientation of the solute dipole moments, and the polarizability of specific bonds in the solute molecule in determining their solvent-induced changes.