The following table contains 15N-NMR chemical shifts of various organic nitrogen compounds. Chemical shifts are expressed relative to different standards (NH3, NH4Cl, CH3NO2, NH4NO3, HNO3, etc.) and are interconvertible. Chemical shifts are sensitive to hydrogen bonding and are solvent dependent as seen in the case of pyridine (see Footnote a below). Consequently, the reference as well as the solvent should always accompany chemical shift data. All shifts are relative to ammonia unless otherwise specified (Refs. 1–16). A section of “miscellaneous” data gives the chemical shift of special compounds relative to unusual standards. In Ref. 16, the reader can find additional details, correlation charts, and spin-spin coupling ranges.
The first part of the table is arranged in order of decreasing range of chemical shift. Column definitions for the table are as follows.
Column heading | Definition |
δ range | Chemical shift range for 15N-NMR, in ppm relative to NH3 unless otherwise noted |
Family | Family of compounds that exhibit chemical shift specified in left-most column |
Example | Example from the family of compounds |
δ of N atom | Chemical shift range for 15N-NMR for example compound, in ppm relative to NH3 unless otherwise noted |