ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 33, Number 2
JKCSEZ 33(2)
April 20, 1989 

1H-nmr chemical shifts and lineshapes of amino-protons of thioacetamide in n-alcohols were determined. The chemical shifts are discussed by the Reichardt's solvent polarity parameter, ET(30). The following relationship between δobs and E_T(30) was obtained, δobs = a·E_T(30) ＋ b·(E_T(30))² where a is a characteristic constant for the protons of thioacetamide in n-alcohol solutions and b is a constant for the solute(TA)-solvent (n-alcohols) interactions. The barrier of the hindered rotation about the N-C(S) bond in TA was obtained by analysis of the lineshape of the amino-protons in TA. The behavior of the hindered rotation as well as chemical shifts of the amino-protons in TA has been found to be closely related to the ET(30) of n-alcohols.