First-principles calculation of the 17O NMR parameters of a calcium aluminosilicate glass

We have computed the (17)O NMR parameters of an amorphous calcium aluminosilicate (CAS) from first-principles. The atomic coordinates of a CAS glass of composition (CaO)(0.21)(Al(2)O (3))(0.12)(SiO (2))(0.67) were obtained by quenching a liquid to room temperature by the means of ab initio molecular-dynamics simulations of the Car-Parrinello type. The structure of the glass is found to be overall in good agreement with diffraction experiments. Some excess nonbridging O (NBO) atoms are found and are compensated by tricluster O atoms, i.e., by 3-fold coordinated O atoms to 4-fold coordinated Al or Si atoms. The glass coordinates were used to compute the (17)O NMR parameters using GGA-DFT and a correction of the Ca 3d orbital energy. The chemical shifts and the electric field gradients were obtained with the gauge including projector augmented-wave (GIPAW) and the projector augmented-wave (PAW) methods, respectively. The simulated 2D-3QMAS NMR spectrum of the CAS glass is in very good agreement with the available experimental data, notably because it takes into account the disorder present in the glass. This agreement further validates our CAS glass model. We show that the oxygen triclusters are not visible in a 2D-3QMAS NMR (17)O spectrum since their NMR parameters overlap with those of the Al-O-Si, Si-O-Si, or Al-O-Al sites. Finally, correlations between the structural characteristics and the values of the NMR parameters are extracted from the calculation with the aim of helping the interpretation of NMR spectra of glasses of similar compositions.     

The nature of oxygen exchange in ZrW2O8 revealed by two-dimensional solid-state 17O NMR

17O magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR has been used to determine the nature of oxygen exchange in ZrW(2)O(8). A highly effective isotopic labelling technique has been developed and 1D NMR and 2D exchange spectroscopy (EXSY) experiments have revealed that mutual exchange occurs between all oxygen sites, even at temperatures considerably below the alpha to beta order-disorder phase transition.     

New limits for solid-state 17O NMR spectroscopy: complete resolution of multiple oxygen sites in a simple biomolecule

A solid-state 17O NMR 1H-decoupled double angle rotation (DOR) study of monosodium l-glutamate monohydrate (l-MSG) is reported. It is shown that all eight inequivalent sites can be resolved with DOR line widths ( approximately 65 Hz) approximately 120 times narrower than those in the MAS spectrum. The lines are tentatively assigned on the basis of their behavior under proton decoupling and the isotropic chemical shift and the quadrupole interaction parameter for each extracted by a combination of DOR and 3Q MAS at variable magnetic fields. With a shift range of approximately 45 ppm for these similar oxygen sites and spectral resolution under DOR comparable to that for spin-1/2 nuclei, solid-state 17O NMR should have tremendous potential in the study of biomolecules.     

17O NMR spectra of alpha-diesters

17O NMR spectra of title compounds were measured at natural abundance in acetonitrile solutions. Intercarbonyl dihedral angles have been estimated by molecular mechanics, which show invariance except in one case. Because of this invariance, contrary to other alpha-dicarbonyl compounds, a correlation between chemical shifts and dihedral intercarbonyl angles could not be developed. Spectroscopic and computational results allowed us to evaluate other conformational features.     

17O and 29Si NMR parameters of MgSiO3 phases from high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy and first-principles calculations

The 29Si and 17O NMR parameters of six polymorphs of MgSiO3 were determined through a combination of high-resolution solid-state NMR and first-principles gauge including projector augmented wave (GIPAW) formalism calculations using periodic boundary conditions. MgSiO3 is an important component of the Earth's mantle that undergoes structural changes as a function of pressure and temperature. For the lower pressure polymorphs (ortho-, clino-, and protoenstatite), all oxygen species in the 17O high-resolution triple-quantum magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra were resolved and assigned. These assignments differ from those tentatively suggested in previous work on the basis of empirical experimental correlations. The higher pressure polymorphs of MgSiO3 (majorite, akimotoite, and perovskite) are stabilized at pressures corresponding to the Earth's transition zone and lower mantle, with perovskite being the major constituent at depths >660 km. We present the first 17O NMR data for these materials and confirm previous 29Si work in the literature. The use of high-resolution multiple-quantum MAS (MQMAS) and satellite-transition MAS (STMAS) experiments allows us to resolve distinct oxygen species, and full assignments are suggested. The six polymorphs exhibit a wide variety of structure types, providing an ideal opportunity to consider the variation of NMR parameters (both shielding and quadrupolar) with local structure, including changes in coordination number, local geometry (bond distances and angles), and bonding. For example, we find that, although there is a general correlation of increasing 17O chemical shift with increasing Si-O bond length, the shift observed also depends upon the exact coordination environment.     

17O NMR spectroscopy: Proton–oxygen coupling in simple alcohols at natural abundance

¹⁷O NMR data are reported for 3-pentanol ( 1 ), cyclopentanol ( 2 ), cyclohexanol ( 3 ), and cycloheptanol ( 4 ). The ¹⁷O NMR signals for 1–4 appeared as doublets, shown to arise from proton–oxygen coupling (¹J_OH = 76 ± 3 Hz) by proton decoupling experiments. The effect of concentration, temperature, and solvent was examined in detail for 2 . Proton—oxygen coupling was observed at low concentrations, decreased at lower temperatures, and was sensitive to solvent.     

17O NMR data of phenoxyethyl derivatives

¹⁷O NMR data for 52 phenoxyethyl derivation have been measured and assigned. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the detection of both carbonyl and hydroxyl oxygens in amino acid derivatives: a O NMR reinvestigation

The hypothesis and the conclusions of previous ¹⁷O NMR studies on the detection of both oxygens of the carboxylic group of Boc-[¹⁷O]Tyr(2,6-diClBzl)-OH in DMSO-d₆ solution (Tetrahedron Lett.2000, 41, 8651) are reconsidered. The appearance of two discrete resonances at 340 and 175 ppm of this protected amino acid is not now attributed: (a) to the reduction of the intramolecular conformational exchange rate, due to the effect of intramolecular hydrogen bonding of the hydroxy part of the carboxyl with the carbonyl oxygen of the Boc-group, and (b) to the effect of solvent viscosity, suggested in the mentioned study. The cause of this phenomenon is now attributed to a strong hydrogen bonding of the polar proton acceptor solvent DMSO with the carboxy group, which effectively reduces the proton exchange rate, thus becoming slow on the ¹⁷O NMR time scale.     

17O MQMAS NMR studies of Na-A and Ca-A

We report, for the first time, 17O MQMAS and 17O/23Na double resonance NMR studies on calcium-exchanged zeolite sodium-A; the results show that the isotropic shifts of the framework sites are strongly affected by factors including the hydration level and nature of the charge-balancing cations.     

17O NMR studies of substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles

Three series of substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazoles were studied by (17)O NMR spectroscopy. Chemical shifts values were correlated with empirical Hammett parameters as well as calculated bond lengths and chemical shielding values.     

Accurate first principles prediction of 17O NMR parameters in SiO2: assignment of the zeolite ferrierite spectrum

17O NMR parameters, both the chemical shifts and the quadrupolar parameters, are calculated for SiO2 polymorphs using density functional theory with the generalized gradient-corrected PBE functional. The gauge including projector augmented wave (GIPAW) method (Pickard, C. J.; Mauri, F. Phys. Rev. B2001, 63, 245101) ensures the reproduction of all electron results while using computationally efficient pseudopotentials. The use of plane-waves permits fully converged calculations to be performed on structures containing 144 atoms in the unit cell, without the need to resort to the cluster approximation. The calculated NMR parameters of cristobalite, quartz, coesite, and faujasite are in excellent agreement with experimental data. This demonstrates that density functional theory is able to reproduce with high accuracy the 17O NMR parameters in SiO2 systems. This precision is used to assign the spectrum of the zeolite ferrierite. The data calculated for SiO2 are used to confirm that no simple correlation between the chemical shift and Cq NMR parameters and Si-O-Si angle exists, emphasizing the importance of predictive theories in this field.     

17O NMR Investigation of cyclic aromatic ethers

A linear relationship between the C-O-C angle and the molecular dihedral angle in a series of phenoxathi-ins and azaphenoxathiins is reported. ¹⁷O nmr spectroscopic data (natural abundance in acetonitrile at 75°C) were obtained on eight cyclic aromatic ethers 1-8 , including phenoxathiins, and two model compounds, acyclic aromatic ethers 9 and 10. The chemical shifts of the cyclic aromatic ethers were very sensitive to structural variations and were dependent upon electonic and conformational effects; however, no quantitative relationship between ¹⁷O chemical shift and geometric parameters was found.     

含氧催化剂的17O固体核磁共振谱学研究

含氧催化剂在工业催化等多个领域有重要应用.氧离子半径很大,而且往往出现在材料的关键位点,所以一般认为氧与吸附和催化过程密切相关.17O是氧的唯一有核磁共振响应的稳定同位素,其化学范围极宽(>1000 ppm),能灵敏反映结构信息;由于是四极核(I>1/2),其四极耦合作用也能用于结构研究.因此,17O固体核磁共振谱学应是一种能提供丰富催化剂结构信息的理想表征手段.然而,目前17O固体核磁共振研究催化剂并非常规手段,这主要是因为17O的天然丰度很低,同位素标记较为昂贵和困难,其较低的旋磁比和较大的四极耦合作用导致谱线加宽,难以获得高质量的谱图并加以解析.随着高磁场和高速魔角旋转等技术的发展,17O固体核磁共振谱学可以用于一系列简单氧化物和沸石等催化剂的结构研究.近年来,随着双旋转(DOR)、动态角旋转(DAS)、多量子魔角旋转(MQMAS)以及卫星跃迁魔角旋转(STMAS)等新技术的发展,能够消除二阶四极耦合作用带来的谱线展宽,显著提升谱图分辨率.而诸如交叉极化(CP)和旋转回波双共振(REDOR)技术,已经能用于探索氧与其它原子核空间相关方面的信息,成为研究催化剂相关作用的基础.本文综述了氧化物及相关催化剂17O固体核磁共振谱学研究的新进展.17O核磁共振谱学用于简单氧化物催化剂的结构研究,已经能够区分催化剂结构中不同晶相以及不同结晶学位点的氧物种,而1H→17O双共振实验也能用于选择表面羟基物种.对纳米氧化物结构的近期研究表明,17O核磁共振能将纳米氧化铈材料表面第1、2、3层、表面羟基、与氧空位靠近的氧物种与“体相”氧物种区分开来;此外借助17O-水和纳米氧化物作用,实现表面选择标记,为进一步探索催化剂结构和催化机理提供了新的可能.对于复合氧化物和负载催化剂,17O核磁共振谱学能够有效研究与催化性能最为相关的界面结构.在重要的氧化物催化材料沸石的研究中,17O核磁共振也发挥了巨大作用.借助高分辨率17O核磁共振方法,能够区分沸石中Si-O-Si和Si-O-Al物种,在一部分沸石中还能将不同结晶学位置的T-O-T’物种区分开来,并观测到天然沸石中违反Lowenstein规则,出现Al-O-Al物种的情况.借助双共振实验能够对与催化活性最为相关的B酸位Si-O(H)-Al结构和酸性进行研究,这一方法与探针分子相结合,已经能够对沸石和小分子的相互作用进行研究,提供吸附过程的重要信息.包括杂多酸和层状双氢氧化物在内的重要含氧催化材料也能够借助17O固体核磁共振进行局域结构和相互作用的研究.随着表面选择标记和动态核极化等选择表面研究的17O核磁共振技术的发展,我们能实现更为高效的表面结构的17O核磁共振观测,这一谱学方法将提供更多有关含氧催化剂和外来物种相互作用的信息,为研究氧化物催化剂及其催化应用提供新的策略.     

17O NMR investigation of phosphite hydrolysis mechanisms

The use of solution 17O NMR spectroscopy in verifying the mechanism of trialkyl phosphite hydrolysis is presented. Trimethyl phosphite was reacted with 17O-labeled H2O at different temperatures and two reactant concentrations, with the reaction being monitored by 17O NMR. Kinetic details elucidated from the NMR spectra are also discussed.     

17O NMR: 2J(17O1H) coupling constants by line shape analysis

Two bond spin-spin coupling constants ²J(¹⁷O¹H) are determined for the oxygen in ether, aldehyde, acid, ester and amide groups by line shape analysis of the corresponding ¹⁷O NMR spectra.     

Organic peracids: a structural puzzle for 17O NMR and ab initio chemical shift calculations

We have applied (17)O NMR spectroscopy to investigate the structure of the organic peracids formed by reaction of acetic acid (AA) or lactic acid (LA) with aqueous hydrogen peroxide (HP), which are used in several "green chemistry" applications. The interpretation of the experimental spectra has been supported by ab initio calculations of the (17)O chemical shifts for several possible species, using a continuum representation of the solvent. The combined use of these tools has also allowed us to discuss the decomposition mechanism of LA/HP solutions. The calculated electric field gradients for water, HP, and CO(2) (a decomposition product of LA) correlate well with the experimental (17)O line widths.