1H NMR and 13C NMR chemical shifts of some common solvents
(reproduced from Cambridge Isotope Labs (C.I.L.) chart and used without permission), mulitiplicites are of the fully deuterated solvents
| Solvent | 1H Chemical Shift in ppm from TMS (multiplicity) | JHD (Hz) | 13C Chemical Shift in ppm from TMS (multiplicity) | JCD (Hz) | 1H Chemical Shift of HOD (water) in this solvent in ppm from TMS |
| acetic acid | 11.65 (1), 2.04 (5) | 2.2 | 178.99 (1), 20.00 (7) | 20 | 11.5 |
| acetone | 2.05 (5) | 2.2 | 206.68 (13), 29.92 (7) | 0.9, 19.4 | 2.0 |
| acetonitrile | 1.94 (5) | 2.5 | 118.69 (1), 1.39 (7) | 21 | 2.1 |
| benzene | 7.16 (1) | 128.39 (3) | 24.3 | 0.4 | |
| chloroform | 7.27 (1) | 77.23 (3) | 24.3 | 1.5-1.6 | |
| cyclohexane | 1.38 (1) | 26.43 (5) | 19.0 | 1.5 | |
| deuterium oxide (D2O) | 4.80 (DSS), 4.81 (TSP) | 4.8 | |||
| N,N,-dimethyl-formamide (DMF) | 8.03 (1), 2.92 (5), 2.75 (5) | 1.9 | 163.15 (3), 34.89 (7), 29.76 (7) | 29.4, 21.0, 21.1 | 3.5 |
| dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) | 2.50 (5) | 1.9 | 39.51 (7) | 21.0 | 3.3 |
| p-dioxane | 3.53 (m) | 66.66 (5) | 21.9 | 2.4 | |
| ethanol (ethyl alcohol) | 5.29, 3.56, 1.11 | 56.96 (5), 17.31 (7) | |||
| methanol (methyl alcohol) | 4.87, 3.31 | 1.7 | 49.15 (7) | 21.4 | 4.9 |
| methylene chloride (dichloromethane) | 5.32 (3) | 1.1 | 49.15 (7) | 21.4 | 1.5 |
| pyridine | 8.74 (1), 7.58 (1), 7.22 (1) | 150.35 (3), 135.91 (3), 123.87 (5) | 27.5, 24.5, 25.0 | 5.0 | |
| tetrahydrofuran | 3.58 (1), 1.73 (1) | 67.57 (5), 25.37 (1) | 22.2, 20.2 | 2.4-2.5 | |
| toluene | 7.09 (m), 7.00 (1), 6.98 (m), 2.09 (5) | 2.3 | 137.86 (1), 129.24 (3), 128.33 (3), 125.49 (3), 20.4 (7) | 23, 24, 24, 19 | 0.4 |
| trifluoroacetic acid | 11.50 (1) | 164.2 (4), 116.6 (4) | 11.5 | ||
| trifluoroethanol | 5.02 (1), 3.88 (4x3) | 2(9) | 126.3 (4), 61.5 (4x5) | 22 | 5 |
| TBME | 3.20 (1), 1.18 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| silicone grease | 0.06 (1) | -- | -- | -- | -- |