Specificity of 15N NMR chemical shifts to the nature of substituents and tautomerism in substituted pyridine N-oxides

Abstract

1H, 13C, and 15N NMR chemical shifts have been measured for 2-aminopyridine N-oxide (1), its eleven derivatives (2–10, 13, 14), and 3-Cl and 3-Br substituted 4-nitropyridine N-oxides (11, 12). δ(15N) of pyridine ring nitrogen in 2-acetylaminopyridine N-oxides are 5.9–11.5 ppm deshielded from those in 2-aminopyridine N-oxides. When amino and acetylamino substituents are in 4-position, δ(15N) of ring nitrogen is 21.3 ppm deshielded in the acetylated derivative. The strong resonance interaction between 2-amino and 5-nitro groups reflects in the decrease of amino nitrogen shielding about 5.3–17.9 ppm. Also, 1H and 13C NMR spectral data are in agreement with 15N NMR results reflected as deshielded amino protons and carbons C-2 and C-5. The pyridine nitrogen chemical shift in all amino- and acetylamino derivatives vary between −101.2 and −126.7 ppm, which has been connected with the tautomeric balance in our earlier studies.