Mixed domain models for the distribution of aluminum in high silica zeolite SSZ-13

High silica zeolite SSZ-13 with Si/Al ratios varying from 11 to 17 was characterized by aluminum-27 and silicon-29 NMR spectroscopy. Aluminum-27 MAS and MQMAS NMR data indicated that in addition to tetrahedral aluminum sites, a fraction of aluminum sites are present in distorted tetrahedral environments. Although in samples of SSZ-13 having high Si/Al ratios all aluminum atoms are expected to be isolated, silicon-29 NMR spectra revealed that in addition to isolated aluminum atoms (Si(1Al)), non-isolated aluminum atoms (Si(2Al)) exist in the crystals. To model these contributions of the various aluminum atoms, a mixed-domain distribution was developed, using double-six membered rings (D6R) as the basic building units of SSZ-13. A combination of different ideal domains, one containing isolated and the other with non-isolated aluminum sites, has been found to describe the experimental silicon-29 NMR data.     

TRAPDOR double-resonance and high-resolution MAS NMR for structural and template studies in zeolite ZSM-5

A combination of ²⁷Al magic-angle spinning (MAS)/multiple-quantum (MQ) MAS, and ²⁷Al–{¹⁴N} TRAnsfer of Population in DOuble-Resonance (TRAPDOR) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was used to study aluminium environments in zeolite ZSM-5. ²⁷Al–{¹⁴N} TRAPDOR experiments, in combination with ¹⁴N NMR were employed to show that the two tetrahedral peaks observed in the ²⁷Al MAS/3Q-MAS spectra of as-synthesized ZSM-5 are due to aluminium atoms occupying crystallographically inequivalent T-sites. A ¹³C–{²⁷Al} TRAPDOR experiment was used to study the template, tetrapropyl ammonium bromide (TPABr), in the three-dimensional pore system of ZSM-5. The inequivalency of the methyl groups of TPA was observed in the ¹³C–{²⁷Al} TRAPDOR spectra of as-synthesized ZSM-5 and the motion of the methyl end of the propyl chain appeared to be more restricted in the sinusoidal channel than in the straight channel.     

Application of fast amplitude-modulated pulse trains for signal enhancement in static and magic-angle-spinning 47,49Ti-NMR spectra

It is demonstrated that the use of fast amplitude-modulated RF pulse trains with constant (FAM-I) and incremented pulse durations (SW-FAM) leads to considerable sensitivity enhancement for the central-transition signal (via spin population transfer from the satellite transitions) for solid-state NMR spectra of titanium, 47Ti (I = [Formula: see text] and 49Ti (I = [Formula: see text]. For the magic-angle spinning spectra of TiO2 and BaTiO3, the intensity of the 49Ti central-transition line was more than doubled compared to simple Hahn-echo acquisition, while for the static case, enhancement factors of 1.6 (TiO2) and 1.8 (BaTiO3) were obtained. No lineshape distortions are observed in either MAS or static spectra of both compounds. Employment of the FAM and SW-FAM sequences should be useful in the routine acquisition of 47,49Ti spectra, as the NMR signal can be detected much faster.     

焙烧对HL沸石结构的影响

运用MAS NMR研究了焙烧对HL沸石结构的影响. 结果表明,高温焙烧将引起HL沸石骨架的脱铝,当焙烧温度高于650 ℃后,沸石骨架脱铝明显;²⁷Al MAS NMR谱表明,从沸石上脱下来的铝,部分形成了NMR不可测的无定形态,且随焙烧温度的升高,NMR不可测铝增多.     

New opportunities for high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy of oxide materials at 21.1- and 18.8-T fields

We present here high-resolution solid state NMR spectra of several oxide and silicate materials that illustrate the improvements obtainable with very high external fields (18.8 and 21.1 T), with probes capable of tuning to a wide frequency range that allow observations of nuclides from high to low magnetogyric ratio. We discuss 27Al MAS spectra for the zeolite scolecite (CaAl2Si3O10 x 3H2O), 17O MAS data for analcime (NaAlSi2O6 x H2O), calcium monoaluminate (CaAI2O4), and titanite (CaTiSiO5), 39K spin-echo spectra for leucite (KAlSi2O6), microline (KAlSiO8), muscovite (KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH2) and a potassium aluminosolicate glass, and preliminary 73Ge spin-echo MAS spectra for crystalline and glassy germanium dioxide (GeO2).     

Biaxial Q-shearing of 27Al 3QMAS NMR spectra: Insight into the structural disorder of framework aluminosilicates

In this contribution, we present the application potentiality of biaxial Q-shearing of ²⁷Al 3QMAS NMR spectra in the analysis of structural defects of aluminium units in aluminosilicates. This study demonstrates that the combination of various shearing transformations of the recorded ²⁷Al 3QMAS NMR spectra enables an understanding of the broadening processes of the correlation signals of disordered framework aluminosilicates, for which a wide distribution of ²⁷Al MAS NMR chemical shifts and quadrupolar parameters (i.e., second-order quadrupolar splitting and quadrupole-induced chemical shifts) can be expected. By combining the suitably selected shearing transformation procedures, the mechanisms of the formation of local defects in aluminosilicate frameworks, including Al/Si substitution effects in the next-nearest neighbouring T-sites, variations in bond angles, and/or variations in the physicochemical nature of charge-balancing counter-ions, can be identified. The proposed procedure has been extensively tested on a range of model aluminosilicate materials (kyanite, γ-alumina, metakaolin, analcime, chabazite, natrolite, phillipsite, mordenite, zeolite A, and zeolite Y).     

煅烧高岭土的NMR研究

采用²⁹Si、²⁷Al MAS NMR谱对不同产地高岭在同一煅烧温度及同一产地高岭土在不同煅烧温度的煅烧产物进行了研究. 实验结果表明：不同产地高岭土在同一煅烧温度煅烧产物的²⁹Si MAS NMR相似,²⁷Al MAS NMR谱有所区别,煅烧温度对煅烧产物的²⁹Si、²⁷Al MAS NMR有一定影响.     

Al coordination and water speciation in hydrous aluminosilicate glasses: direct evidence from high-resolution heteronuclear 1H-27Al correlation NMR

In order to shed light on the dissolution mechanisms of water in depolymerized aluminosilicate melts/glasses, a comprehensive one- (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) NMR study has been carried out on hydrous Ca- and Mg-aluminosilicate glasses of a haplobasaltic composition. The applied techniques include 1D 1H MAS NMR and 27Al-->1H cross-polarization (CP) MAS NMR, and 2D 1H NOESY and double-quantum (DQ) MAS NMR, 27Al triple-quantum (3Q) MAS NMR and 27Al-->1H heteronuclear correlation (HETCOR) and 3QMAS/HETCOR NMR. Ab initio calculations were also performed to place additional constraints on the 1H NMR characteristics of AlOH and Si(OH)Al groups. This study has revealed, for the first time, the presence of free OH (i.e. (Ca, Mg)OH), SiOH and AlOH species, in addition to molecular H2O, in hydrous glasses of a depolymerized aluminosilicate composition. The AlOH groups are mostly associated with four-coordinate Al, but some are associated with five- and six-coordinate Al.     

Presence of 3d quadrupole moment in LaTiO3 studied by 47,49Ti NMR

47,49Ti NMR spectra of LaTiO3 are reexamined and the orbital state of this compound is discussed. The NMR spectra of LaTiO3 taken at 1.5 K under zero external field indicate a large nuclear quadrupole splitting. This splitting is ascribed to the presence of the rather large quadrupole moment of 3d electrons at Ti sites, suggesting that the orbital liquid model proposed for LaTiO3 is inappropriate. The NMR spectra are well explained by the orbital ordering model expressed approximately as 1/square root of 3(d(xy)+d(yz)+d(zx)) originating from a crystal field effect. It is also shown that most of the orbital moment is quenched.     

An advanced NMR protocol for the structural characterization of aluminophosphate glasses

In this work a combination of complementary advanced solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) strategies is employed to analyse the network organization in aluminophosphate glasses to an unprecedented level of detailed insight. The combined results from MAS, MQMAS and (31)P-{(27)Al}-CP-heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy (HETCOR) NMR experiments allow for a detailed speciation of the different phosphate and aluminate species present in the glass. The interconnection of these local building units to an extended three-dimensional network is explored employing heteronuclear dipolar and scalar NMR approaches to quantify P-O-Al connectivity by (31)P{(27)Al}-heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMQC), -rotational echo adiabatic passage double resonance (REAPDOR) and -HETCOR NMR as well as (27)Al{(31)P}-rotational echo double resonance (REDOR) NMR experiments, complemented by (31)P-2D-J-RESolved MAS NMR experiments to probe P-O-P connectivity utilizing the through bond scalar J-coupling. The combination of the results from the various NMR approaches enables us to not only quantify the phosphate units present in the glass but also to identify their respective structural environments within the three-dimensional network on a medium length scale employing a modified Q notation, Q(n)(m),(AlO)(x), where n denotes the number of connected tetrahedral phosphate, m gives the number of aluminate species connected to a central phosphate unit and x specifies the nature of the bonded aluminate species (i.e. 4, 5 or 6 coordinate aluminium).     

Structural and spectroscopic characterization of the quenched hexacelsian

The hexacelsian with disorder distribution of the Si⁴⁺ and Al³⁺ is synthesized by thermally induced transformation of a Ba-LTA zeolite. The initial Ba-LTA zeolite is annealed and quenched to room temperature. The crystal structure and microstructure i.e. long-range ordering is investigated from the polycrystalline material by the Rietveld refinement procedure while short-range ordering is investigated by the ²⁹Si and ²⁷Al MAS NMR, Raman and luminescence (Eu³⁺ doped hexacelsian) spectroscopy's. The crystal structure (space group P6₃/mcm) and microstructure (size-strain analysis) results indicate disorder distribution of the Si⁴⁺ and Al³⁺. Analysis of the spectra indicates disorder distribution of the Si⁴⁺ and Al³⁺ (²⁹Si and ²⁷Al MAS NMR spectroscopy), dynamical disorder in the structure and site symmetry lowering for the Ba²⁺ site at a low temperature (Raman and luminescence spectroscopy's).     

Y型沸石脱铝机制和铝状态的NMR研究

对Y型沸石原粉及几种不同脱铝样品进行了几种不同NMR方法的测量,确定了不同处理过程的脱铝机制和骨架内外铝状态的变化,²⁹Si MAS NMR谱给出了骨架Si、Al分布的信息,反映了不同方法处理样品其脱铝机制的差异,据此可以控制Y沸石脱铝过程获得更高的硅铝比,²⁷Al MAS NMR谱、二维章动NMR及¹H-²⁷Al CP/MAS NMR测量表明:水热处理的Y沸石中存在4种不同的铝状态。综合²⁹Si和²⁷Al MAS NMR观测,可相当程度地推断Y型沸石分子筛脱铝改性所发生的内部过程。     

High-field 19.6T 27Al solid-state MAS NMR of in vitro aluminated brain tissue

The combination of (27)Al high-field solid-state NMR (19.6T) with rapid spinning speeds (17.8 kHz) is used to acquire (27)Al NMR spectra of total RNA human brain temporal lobe tissues exposed to 0.10 mM Al(3+) (as AlCl(3)) and of human retinal pigment epithelial cells (ARPE-19), grown in 0.10 mM AlCl(3). The spectra of these model systems show multiple Al(3+) binding sites, good signal/noise ratios and apparent chemical shift dispersions. A single broad peak (-3 to 11 ppm) is seen for the aluminated ARPE-19 cells, consistent with reported solution-state NMR chemical shifts of Al-transferrin. The aluminated brain tissue has a considerably different (27)Al MAS NMR spectrum. In addition to the transferrin-type resonance, additional peaks are seen. Tentative assignments include: -9 to -3 ppm, octahedral AlO(6) (phosphate and water); 9 ppm, condensed AlO(6) units (Al-O-Al bridges); 24 ppm, tetrahedral AlO(3)N and/or octahedral Al-carbonate; and 35 ppm, more N-substituted aluminum and /or tetrahedral AlO(4). Thus, brain tissue is susceptible to a broad range of coordination by aluminum. Furthermore, the moderate (27)Al C(Q) values (all less than 10 MHz) suggest future NMR studies may be performed at 9.4T and a spin rate of 20 kHz.     

Unambiguously distinguishing Si[3Si,1Al] and Si[3Si,1OH] stuctural units in zeolite by 1H/29Si/27Al triple resonance solid state NMR spectroscopy

We present an experimentally feasible triple-resonance NMR method that establishes the correlation among three different nuclei, avoiding the difficulty to directly explore the weak coupling between two NMR nuclei, such as (29)Si and (27)Al. Using this method, we are able to give an unambiguous assignment to the various peaks in (29)Si CP NMR spectrum of MCM-22 zeolite and discriminate (29)Si signals from SiOHAl and SiOH groups. In addition, in combination with (1)H/(27)Al double-resonance technique, the (1)H/(27)Al/(29)Si triple-resonance experiment suggests the presence of two different kinds of Br?nsted acid sites in H-MCM-22 zeolite.     

A solid-state N magic-angle spinning NMR study of some amino acids

Experimental strategies for the acquisition of high-quality 14N magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra of the simple amino acids, which exhibit 14N quadrupole coupling constants (C(Q)) on the order of 1.2 MHz, are devised. These are the first useful 14N MAS spectra reported for nitrogen compounds having a C(Q)(14N) value in excess of 1 MHz. The complete manifolds of spinning sidebands (ssbs), i.e., about 300 ssbs for a spinning frequency of 6.0 kHz, have been observed in the 14N MAS NMR spectra of a series of amino acids. In their crystal structure these amino acids all exhibit the zwitterionic form and thus the 14N MAS NMR spectra represent those of a rotating -NH(3)(+) group and not of an amino (-NH(2)) group. Computer simulations combined with fitting of simulated to the experimental ssb intensities result in the determination of precise values for the 14N quadrupole coupling (C(Q)) and its associated asymmetry parameter (eta(Q)) for the nitrogen sites in these molecules. For some of the amino acids the 14N MAS NMR spectra exhibit overlap between the manifolds of ssbs from two different nitrogen sites in accordance with their crystal structures. Computer analysis of these spectra results in two different sets of (C(Q), eta(Q)) values which mainly differ in the magnitudes for eta(Q).     

A solid-state 14N magic-angle spinning NMR study of some amino acids

Experimental strategies for the acquisition of high-quality 14N magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra of the simple amino acids, which exhibit 14N quadrupole coupling constants (C(Q)) on the order of 1.2 MHz, are devised. These are the first useful 14N MAS spectra reported for nitrogen compounds having a C(Q)(14N) value in excess of 1 MHz. The complete manifolds of spinning sidebands (ssbs), i.e., about 300 ssbs for a spinning frequency of 6.0 kHz, have been observed in the 14N MAS NMR spectra of a series of amino acids. In their crystal structure these amino acids all exhibit the zwitterionic form and thus the 14N MAS NMR spectra represent those of a rotating -NH(3)(+) group and not of an amino (-NH(2)) group. Computer simulations combined with fitting of simulated to the experimental ssb intensities result in the determination of precise values for the 14N quadrupole coupling (C(Q)) and its associated asymmetry parameter (eta(Q)) for the nitrogen sites in these molecules. For some of the amino acids the 14N MAS NMR spectra exhibit overlap between the manifolds of ssbs from two different nitrogen sites in accordance with their crystal structures. Computer analysis of these spectra results in two different sets of (C(Q), eta(Q)) values which mainly differ in the magnitudes for eta(Q).     

Characterization of Copper-Modified ZSM-5 with Sorbed Pyridine Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Solid-state ¹H, ¹³C and ²⁹Si MAS NMR experiments were used to detect sorbed pyridine in hydrated copper-exchanged forms of synthetic zeolite ZSM-5, which is widely used in industry and green chemistry as well. The paper follows on from the previous study of sorption of organic pollutants by copper-modified forms of ZSM-5. Multinuclear MAS NMR experiments performed on hydrated and dehydrated copper-exchanged ZSM-5 samples with sorbed pyridine indicate that dissociation of water molecules in the vicinity of copper cations results in formation of new acid sites in the zeolite channels. Through their reaction with sorbed pyridine molecules, pyridinium ions are formed. ¹³C MAS NMR spectra also confirmed the presence of pyridine molecules not involved in forming pyridinium ions in the copper-modified ZSM-5 samples. From the changes in ²⁹Si NMR spectra, some slight changes in the structure of original copper-modified ZSM-5 after pyridine sorption can be also deduced.     

27Al multiple-quantum MAS NMR of mechanically treated bayerite (alpha-Al(OH)3) and silica mixtures

Two-dimensional 27Al multiple-quantum magic angle spinning (MQMAS) NMR experiments are used to study mixtures of bayerite (alpha-Al(OH)3) with either silicic acid (SiO2.nH2O) or silica gel (SiO2) that have been ground together for varying lengths of time. This mechanical treatment produces changes in the 27Al MAS and MQMAS NMR spectra that correspond to the formation of new Al species. Mean values of the quadrupolar interaction (PQ) and isotropic chemical shift (deltacs) are extracted from the two-dimensional 27Al NMR spectra for each of these species. The presence of significant distributions of both 27Al quadrupolar and chemical shift parameters is demonstrated and the effect of grinding duration on the magnitudes of these distributions is discussed.     

Identification of fluorine sites at the surface of fluorinated gamma-alumina by two-dimensional MAS NMR

By means of 27Al triple quantum Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (3QMAS NMR) and 27Al[19F] WISE MAS NMR, we were able to detect three different Al-F sites on the surface of fluorinated gamma-alumina. Three 19F resonances at 9, 20, and 33 ppm (from C6F6) correlated to 27Al resonances in the octahedral range. While the positions of the maxima in the 27Al dimension were ill-defined due to the inherently low efficiency of the 27Al[19F] CPMAS process, the center of gravity of the lines shifted significantly upfield in that dimension with increasing wt.% F. Tentatively, these three resonances were assigned to (VI)Al(O(6-n)Fn) (n = 1, 2, 3) environments on the F/gamma-Al2O3 surface. At F contents above levels corresponding to the full fluorination of the gamma-Al2O3 surface, neoformation of an AlF3 x 3H2O phase was also evidenced with an 19F resonance at -8 ppm and with an 27Al resonance at -17 ppm.     

Fast 29Si magic-angle-spinning NMR acquisitions by RAPT-CP 27Al --> 29Si polarization transfer

Using enhancement of the 27Al central-transition magnetization by applying RAPT prior to 27Al --> 29Si cross-polarization, we demonstrate fast acquisition of 29Si one-dimensional MAS and two-dimensional 27Al-29Si HETCOR spectra on a new sialon phase Ba2Al3Si9N13O5.