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C13 NMR spectra shielding question

icosane
in Organic Chemistry

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Why is it that more substituted carbons have higher chemical shifts, showing that they are less electron dense and exhibit less shielding? I have always thought that adjacent alkyl groups add electron density via induction. Thanks.

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