A multilinear-regression analysis using the Kamlet-Abboud-Taft (KAT) solvatochromic parameters in order to elucidate and quantify the solvent effects on the 17O chemical shifts of three 5-trichloromethylisoxazoles [(1a) non-, (1b) 3-methyl- and (1c) 4-methyl-substituted] is reported. The chemical shifts of ring oxygen atom, O1, of compounds 1a-c show dependencies (in ppm) on the solvent polarity-polarizability of -4.8pi*, -3.2pi*, -8.9pi*, on the solvent hydrogen-bond-donor (HBD) acidities 0.9alpha, -0.2alpha, -2.7alpha and the solvent hydrogen-bond-acceptor (HBA) basicities -0.4beta, 1.9beta, 0.9beta, respectively. The data of net charges of O1 and dipole moment, obtained from MO calculations (AM1), are compared with the solvent effect parameters obtained for compounds 1a-c.
17O NMR; solvent effects; isoxazoles; MO calculations
