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It is shown that cis or trans stuctures of aryl-carboxy disubstituted cycle
propanes can be directly, rapidly and easily determined by H-1 NMR with no
need of comparing both cis and trans isomers when vicinal coupling constan
ts are in the range of 8-9 Hz (cis-isomer) or 4-6 Hz (trans-isomer). More,
when the precision of the H-1 NMR is +/- 0.5Hz (the usual conditions), the
most deshielded signal is a 'ddd' for the trans isomer and a 'q'(quadruplet
)for the cis isomer. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.