Z. Markovic et al., THE DEPENDENCE OF VICINAL PROTON-PROTON COUPLING-CONSTANTS ON MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences, 49(7-8), 1994, pp. 815-818
A modification of the Karplus equation is put forward, containing for
mutually independent structural terms and four adjustable parameters.
Among the new factors introduced in this modification are the distance
between protons and Muallay's group electronegativity, used in the ev
aluation of the alpha-substituent effect. The new equation reproduces
experimental NMR vicinal coupling constants with a standard deviation
of about 0.6 Hz.