The main reason for the increase in a direct
13C-
1H spin-spin coupling constant upon the spatial approach of the respective hydrogen atom and a heteroatom separated by several bonds is the increase in the s order of the C-H bond. The length of the C-H bond, however, remains practically unchanged.
Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 582–589, March, 1991.