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
R
C
H
2
R, Alkyl
50-0
last updated:
Wednesday, April 4, 2001