Abstract
Molecular orbital theory at the INDO level of approximation is used to calculate the Fermi contact contribution to three-bond carbon–proton coupling constants in propane. The calculations predict a dihedral angle dependence of 3J(13C,H) in the 13C—C—C—H fragment similar to that observed for 3J(H,H), 3J(19F,H), and for 3J(31P,H) in the saturated X—C—C—H fragments.