A C-13 NMR study of representative trivalent lanthanide texaphyrins Ln
Tx(NO3)(2) (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu, and Y) is presented. The carbon-1
3 resonances were assigned on the basis of 2D proton-carbon correlatio
n spectroscopy. The metal-centered dipolar contributions to the observ
ed isotropic shifts of paramagnetic complexes have been calculated on
the basis of previously determined magnetic anisotropy parameters and
X-ray crystal structures. The origin of carbon-13 contact shift contri
bution is discussed. P-31 NMR results for the diphenyl phosphonate der
ivatives of Ce(III), Pr(III), Nd(III), Eu(III), Tb(III), Dy(III), Ho(I
II), Er(III), Tm(III), and Yb(III) texaphyrins are also presented.