Deuterium Isotope Effect on Shifts of ¹³C Magnetic Resonance Signals of Sugars: Signal Assignment Studies

Abstract

The 13 C chemical shifts of nuclei in several sugars undergo an isotope effect 0 to −0.10 p.p.m when a proton in the β position is substituted by a deuteron. The effect may be used for signal assignments in crowded spectra if it is taken into account that lower values are observed for 13 C nuclei which are attached to more electronegative groups. The β effect coupled with the elimination of the α-carbon signal have been used to assign signals in c.m.r. spectra of the α- and β-anomers of D-glucose, D-mannose, D-allose, and D-galactose.