L. Balas et J. Vercauteren, EXTENSIVE HIGH-RESOLUTION REVERSE 2D NMR ANALYSIS FOR THE STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION OF PROCYANIDIN OLIGOMERS, Magnetic resonance in chemistry, 32(7), 1994, pp. 386-393
The structures of the procyanidin dimers catechin-(4 alpha-8)-catechin
and catechin-(4 alpha-6)-catechin were proved by spectroscopic means.
To distinguish between the two possible interflavanoid linkages, it i
s necessary to assign all the quaternary aromatic carbon signals. How
these assignments can be made through two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy
is described.