NMR Approach to the Quantification of Nonstatistical 13C Distribution in Natural Products: Vanillin
- 21 May 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Analytical Chemistry
- Vol. 76 (13), 3818-3825
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0496998
Abstract
Quantitative 13C NMR conditions have been established that permit the precise determination of site-specific 13C/12C ratios at low or natural abundance. Spectral acquisition parameters have been optimized in order to obtain minimum intensity distortions over the spectral width and in relation to the major sources of inaccuracy: the relaxation times, the decoupling pulse and power, and nuclear Overhauser effects. A major reduction in experimental time resulting from a study of the relaxation times and variance analysis has been achieved. The influence of 1H decoupling conditions on peak areas was shown to be critical in that different relative peak areas are obtained according to the decoupling power. The efficiency with which the quantitative 13C NMR method can determine site-specific 13C/12C ratios in natural products has been tested for 12 independent samples of vanillin from different sources. Discriminatory analysis performed in the space defined by the site-specific carbon isotope ratios allows natural vanillin and that from different synthetic origins to be unambiguously distinguished.Keywords
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