Publicado in Henry Rzepa's Blog

In a previous post, I set out how to show how one can reduce a 1 H NMR spectrum to the structure [A] below. I speculated how a further test could be applied to this structure; back predicting its spectrum using just quantum mechanics. Overkill I know, but how well might the two match? The process must start by considering the conformational possibilities of [A]. Each will have a different predicted spectrum.