摘要:
AbstractThe 13C NMR spectra of four ortho‐ and seven para‐quinone methides were assigned using chemical shift and long‐range carbon‐proton coupling information. The carbonyl shifts are compared with those in ortho‐ and para‐benzoquinones. The chemical shifts of the carbonyls of the p‐quinone methides are observed at δ 186.2–186.4 for the three ortho‐di‐tert‐butyl‐substituted compounds and at δ 180.7–181.5 for the four ortho‐oxy‐substituted compounds. In the three o‐quinone methides with meta, para‐dioxy substituents, the carbonyl signals are at δ 184.2–185.4. The carbonyl signal of the one o‐quinone methide with no oxygen substitution is shifted downfield to δ 200.9, apparently as a result of hydrogen bonding to the nearby hydroxyl.