Carbon-13 NMR Chemical Shifts

 Functional Type
 Chemical
Shift (ppm)
Carbonyl compounds, C=O

aldehyde and ketone
carboxylic acid and ester
amide

220-185
185-160
180-150
, Nitrile 130-120
, Alkyne 100-60
, aromatic and alkene 170-100
O-C, ether 90-60
C-X, alkyl halide 65-10
RCH2R, Alkyl  50-0

Correlation tables to calculate chemical shifts

Benzene rings

Alkene

Aliphatic

last updated: Saturday, December 8, 2001