Substituent Effects on ¹³C NMR and ¹H NMR Chemical Shifts of CH=N in Multi-substituted Benzylideneanilines

Fifty-three samples of multi-substituted benzylideneanilines XArCH=NArYs (abbreviated XBAYs) were synthesized and their NMR spectra were determined. An extensional study of substituent effects on the ¹H NMR chemical shifts (^δH(CH=N)) and ¹³C NMR chemical shifts (^δC(CH=N)) of the CH=N bridging group from di-substituted to multi-substituted XBAYs was made based on a total of 182 samples of XBAYs, together with the NMR data of other 129 samples of di-substituted XBAYs quoted from literatures. The results show that the substituent specific cross-interaction effect parameter \left(\Delta\left(\displaystyle\sum\sigma\right)^2\right) plays an important role in quantifying the ^δC(CH=N) values of XBAYs, but it is negligible for quantifying the ^δH(CH=N) values; the other substituent parameters also present different influences on the ^δC(CH=N) and ^δH(CH=N). On the whole, the contributions of X and Y to the ^δC(CH=N) of XBAYs are balanced, but the ^δH(CH=N) values of XBAYs mainly rely on the contributions of X.