13C Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of hydrolyzable tannins. III. Tannins having 1C4 glucose and C-glucosidic linkage

Two-dimensional (2D) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was utilized for the assignments of the glucose carbon signals in the 13C-NMR spectra of hydrolyzable tannins in which the glucopyranose core takes a 1C4 or related boat conformation, and of tannins possessing a Cglucosidic linkage. Remarkable changes in the sequences of glucose carbons were observed with change in the conformation of the glucose core, and with the formation of a C-glucosidic linkage. The chemical shifts of the C-2 signals of the glucose cores adopting the open-chain form in Cglucosidic tannins and in complex tannins can be utilized for the discrimination of the configurations at C-1 in these tannins.