1-H and 14-N NMR relaxation studies on solutions of Mn(ClO4)2 in acetonitrile

Proton spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times of acetonitrile solutions of Mn(ClO₄)₂ between 298°KT413°K have been measured over a wide frequency range (10 kHzv90 MHz). From these data and corresponding 14-N NMR line width measurements of acetonitrile at varying temperatures, it is possible to extract structural and dynamical parameters such as the number of complexed acetonitrile molecules, their mean lifetime in the first solvation sphere of the manganese ions, and the rotational diffusion constant of the [Mn(CH₃CN)₆]²⁺ complex.     

Thermodynamic and magnetic resonance studies on the hydration of polymers: I. Interactions of water in a synthetic cation-exchange resin

Measurements of NMR spin-lattice relaxation times T ₁ were performed for sorbed H₂O and D₂O in a sulfonated ion-exchange resin at varying degrees of hydration with alkaline cations as counter ions. From the sorption isotherms at three different temperatures the partial molar enthalpies and entropies of sorption show a minimum for all alkaline cations at water concentrations of n 0.8, i.e., there are 0.8 water molecules per –SO ₃ ^– group. The first water molecules sorbed in the ion-exchange resin matrix are characterized by anisotrtopic rotational diffusion processes with correlation times of the order of ₁ 50 ns and ₂ 30 ps, respectively. This indicates that they are located in the electrostatic field between the corresponding ion pair. Although these two correlation times are very similar at a given temperature for all alkaline cations studied in the present investigation, the existence of a second spin-lattice relaxation time for sorbed H₂O at n=0.8 indicates that for Cs about 50% of the sorbed water diffuses between locations in the resin. This fraction decreases with ionic radii and with falling temperatures. For Li the amount is less than 20%.     

Mechanisms of polymer-supported catalysis. 5. Solvation of quaternary onium ions in polystyrene gels by 13C-NMR spectroscopy

¹³C-NMR linewidths and spin-lattice relaxation times have been determined for soluble and crosslinked polystyrenes containing quaternary phosphonium and ammonium ions. Solubilities and NMR linewidths show that the solvating abilities toward tri-n-butylphosphonium ions are CDCl₃ > CH₃OH > D₂O > benzene, toluene, toward the trimethylammonium ions, CH₃OH > CDCl₃ > D₂O > toluene, and toward the nonpolar polymer backbone, CDCl₃, benzene > toluene > CH₃OH > D₂O.     

Dynamics of [Zn(D2O)6] in [Zn(D2O)6][SiF6] crystal as studied by 1D, 2D spectra and spin-lattice relaxation time of H NMR

The dynamics of [Zn(D₂O)₆]²⁺ in [Zn(D₂O)₆][SiF₆] was investigated by ²H NMR one-dimensional spectra, two-dimensional exchange spectra and spin-lattice relaxation time (T₁). The lineshapes of those spectra and T₁ were dominated by the 180° flip of the water molecules and the reorientation of [Zn(D₂O)₆]²⁺ about the C₃ axis. The variation of lineshape of the one-dimensional spectrum below room temperature can be explained by only the 180° flip of the water molecules. The spectrum at room temperature showed a typical shape due to the rapid 180° flip of water molecules. The change in lineshape of the one-dimensional ²H NMR spectrum is caused by the three-site jump of [Zn(D₂O)₆]²⁺ about its C₃ axis above 333 K. Information of the reorientation of [Zn(D₂O)₆]²⁺ below 333 K could not be obtained from the one-dimensional spectrum and T₁. In this temperature range, the two-dimensional exchange spectrum was effective for analysis of molecular motion. The effects of multiple motions, the 180° flip of the water molecules and the reorientation of [Zn(D₂O)₆]²⁺ about the C₃ axis, on the lineshape of the two-dimensional exchange spectrum were studied using spectral simulation.     

Estimated ionicB-coefficients from NMR measurements in aqueous electrolyte solutions

¹⁷O-NMR spin-lattice relaxation timesT ₁ of D₂O molecules were measured at 5–85°C in D₂O solutions of alkali metal halides (LiClCsCl, KBr, and KI), DCl, KOD, Ph₄PCl, NaPh₄B, and tetraalkylammonium bromides (Me₄NBrAm₄NBr) in the concentration range 0.1–1.4 mol-kg^–1 TheB-coefficients of the electrolytes obtained from the concentration dependence of relaxation ratesR ₁=1/T₁ were divided into the ionicB-coefficients by three methods: (i) the assumption ofB (K⁺)=B(Cl^–), (ii) the assumption ofB(Ph₄P⁺)=B(Ph₄B^–), and (iii) the use ofB(Br^–) obtained from a series ofB(R₄NBr). It was found that Methods (ii) and (iii) resulted in an abnormal temperature dependence of theB-coefficients of alkali metal ions and a negative values of rotational correlation times _c at lower temperatures for hydroxide and halide ions. These results suggest that the methods based on the van der Waals volume are not adequate for the ionic separation of NMRB-coefficients. From the analysis using the assumption ofB(K⁺)=B(Cl^–), it was found that D₃O⁺, OD^–, and Me₄N⁺ ions are the intermediates between structure makers and breakers, and that the hydrophobicity of phenyl groups is weaker than that of alkyl groups due to the interactions between water molecules and -electrons in phenyl groups.     

Spin-lattice relaxations study of water mobility in natural natrolite

The mobility of water molecules in natural natrolite (Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀?2H₂O) is investigated by the ¹H NMR method. The spin-lattice relaxation times in the laboratory and rotating frames (T₁ and T_1ρ) are measured as a function of the temperature for a polycrystalline sample. From experimental T₁ data it follows that at T > 286 K the diffusion of water molecules along channels parallel to the c axis is observed. From experimental T_1ρ data it follows that at T > 250 K the diffusion of water molecules in transversal channels of natrolite is also observed. At a low temperature (T < 250 K) the dipolar interaction with paramagnetic impurities (presumably Fe³⁺ ions) becomes significant as a relaxation mechanism of ¹H nuclei.     

1H NMR relaxation study of polymer-solvent interactions during thermotropic phase transition in aqueous solutions

The dynamic-structural changes and polymer - solvent interactions during the thermotropic phase transition in poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME)/D₂O solutions in a broad range of polymer concentrations (c = 0.1-60 wt.-%) were studied combining the measurements of ¹H NMR spectra, spin-spin (T₂) and spin-lattice (T₁) relaxation times. Phase separation in solutions results in a marked line broadening of a major part of polymer segments, evidently due to the formation of compact globular-like structures. The minority (∼15%) mobile component, which does not participate in the phase separation, consists of low-molecular-weight fractions of PVME, as shown by GPC. Measurements of spin-spin relaxation times T₂ of PVME methylene protons have shown that globular structures are more compact in dilute solutions in comparison with semidilute solutions where globules probably contain a certain amount of water. A certain portion of water molecules bound at elevated temperatures to (in) PVME globular structures in semidilute and concentrated solutions was revealed from measurements of spin-spin and spin-lattice relaxation times of residual HDO molecules.     

An analysis of the total ion-solvent encounter configuration of ClO 4 − and BF 4 − with Na+ and Li+ in water,studied by various nuclear magnetic relaxation times. Part 21

Proton relaxation rates of the solvent water in NaClO₄, NaBF₄, LiClO₄, and NiBF₄ solutions together with some self-diffusion coefficients are reported and interpreted in terms of structure-breaking effects.¹⁹F relaxation rates in⁷LiBF₄ and⁶LiBF₄ solutions in D₂O have been measured, and the relaxation contribution caused by⁷Li⁺ has been evaluated to give a cation-anion model pair distribution function.⁷Li relaxation rates in H₂O and D₂O are also reported, and conclusions concerning the hydration structure of Li⁺ have been drawn. The strong relaxation effects caused by the ions BF ₄ ^– and ClO ₄ ^– on²³Na⁺ and⁷Li⁺ have been subjected to a detailed analysis, and combined ion-solvent encounter configurations are presented which yield an electric field gradient strong enough to cause the observed effect.Part 1 was presented at the Faraday Discussion Ion-Ion and Ion-Solvent Interaction, Oxford, September 1977 (see ref. 1).     

Kinetic study of the reaction of CH3O with Br and Br2

The title reactions have been studied at room temperature by applying the discharge flow method coupled with laser induced fluorescence detection of methoxy radicals and resonance fluorescence detection of bromine atoms. The following rate constants were determined: CH₃O + Br Õ products (1) k ₁ (298 K) = (3.4 ± 0.4 (1)) × 10¹³ cm³ mol^-1 s^-1, CH₃O + Br₂ Õ products (2) k ₂ (298 K) £ 5 × 10⁸ cm³ mol^-1 s^-1.     

A study of the NMR relaxation mechanisms of ABCl3 (A=Rb, Cs, B=Cd, Mn) single crystals with the electric quadrupole and the electric magnetic types

The ⁸⁷Rb and ¹³³Cs spin-lattice relaxation rates of RbCdCl₃ and CsCdCl₃ single crystals grown using the slow evaporation method were measured over the temperature range 160-400 K. The changes in the ⁸⁷Rb spin-lattice relaxation rate near 340, 363, and 395 K correspond to phase transitions of the RbCdCl₃ crystal. The jump in T₁⁻¹ at 395 K is due to a shortening in the c-direction as a result of a phase transition from a cubic to a tetragonal structure. We suggest that the cubic Rb environment is favored above 395 K due to the fast motions and soft modes, which cause relaxation and average out the quadrupolar splittings. The temperature dependence of the relaxation rate below 340 K in RbCdCl₃ can be represented by and is thus in accordance with a Raman process. The ¹³³Cs nuclei in the CsCdCl₃ crystal produce only one resonance line, which indicates that the local structure around the Cs atoms is cubic. The temperature dependence of the relaxation rate of the Cs nuclei can also be described with the quadratic equation . In the case of the RbCdCl₃ and CsCdCl₃ crystals, which are of electric quadrupolar type, their relaxations proceed via Raman processes, whereas in RbMnCl₃ and CsMnCl₃ crystals, which are of magnetic relaxation type, the relaxations proceed via single phonon processes. Therefore, the relaxation mechanisms of these different types of ABCl₃ crystals (quadrupolar and magnetic) are completely different NMR behavior.     

Bulk properties and hydration numbers of ammonium nitrate and ammonium chloride in solution: A structural and thermodynamic analysis

The apparent volumes of the salts in the systems H₂O-NH₄Cl (298 K) and H₂O-NH₄NO₃ (273 K, 298 K, and 323 K) are reproduced with an accuracy of 0.03–0.01 cm³/mol by the equation ? = ?⁰ + Aw ₂ ^0.5 + Bw ₂, where w ₂ is the salt content (mass fractions). The study shows that there is a correspondence between the critical (for determining the hydration number) structural parameters-the intrinsic volume of the electrolyte and the volume of water in ion hydration shells-and the limiting (at w ₂ = 1) partial molar volumes of the components. The hydration numbers at infinite dilution are 6.9 for NH₄Cl at 298 K and 9.1, 6.7, and 6.4 for NH₄NO₃ at 273 K, 298 K, and 323 K. The water volume in ion hydration shells decreases in the sequence: No ₃ ^? , Cl^?, and NH ₄ ⁺ . The hydration numbers decrease with increasing salt concentration. The study shows that within a simpler model ? = ?⁰ + aw ₂ ^0.5 , the hydration numbers are temperature independent.     

Pressure and temperature effects on the excess deuteron and proton conductance

The limiting molar conductances ° of deuterium chloride DCl in D₂O were determined as a function of pressure and temperature in order to examine the proton-jump mechanism in detail. The excess deuteron conductances °_E(D ⁺), as estimated by the equation [°_E(D ⁺) = °(DCl/D ₂ O) – °(KCl/D ₂ O)], increases with an increase in the pressure and temperature as well as the excess proton conductance [°_E(H ⁺) = °(HCl/H ₂ O) – °(KCl/H ₂ O)]. The isotope effect on the excess conductances, however, depends on the pressure and temperature contrary to the model proposed by Conway et al.: °_E(H ⁺)/°_E(D ⁺) decreases with increasing pressure and temperature. The magnitude of the decrease with pressure becomes more prominent at lower temperature. These results are discussed in terms of the pre-rotation of adjacent water molecules, the bending of hydrogen bonds with pressure, and the difference in strength of hydrogen bonds between D₂O and H₂O.     

Magnetic Relaxation Probing of the State of Diheptyl Dithiophosphate Ions in Water and Aqueous Triton X-100 Solutions

The nuclear magnetic relaxation was used to study the state of diheptyl dithiophosphoric acid (D7DTP, L₇) anions in water and aqueous solutions of the nonionic surfactant, Ttiton X-100, at 298 K in the presence of paramagnetic probes, Mn²⁺ions. It was found that increase in the spin-lattice relaxation rate of water protons is caused by formation of simple and mixed (with surfactant) aggregates of D7DTP. Unlike the Mn²⁺–sodium dodecyl sulfate –Triton X-100 system, studied previously an influence of a probe concentration was found at surfactant concentration close to the CMC. It was suggested that two types of mixed species containing diheptyl dithiophosphate ions, Mn(II), and nonionic surfactant can be formed: micellar aggregates, {Mn(L₇)₂(TX)}, and polynuclear associates, [Mn _x (L₇) _y (tx) _z ]. The associates likely contain surfactant in the form of monomers (tx).     

Coordination chemistry of alkali and alkaline earth cations: Crystal structure of rubidium (benzo-15-crown-5)2NO3·H2O

The complex Rb(B15C5)₂NO₃·H₂O is monoclinic,P2_1/c,a=12.695(3),b=19.471(3),c=12.991(2)Å, =99.60(2)^o,V=3166 ų,D _c =1.473 g/cm³ (163 K),D _c =1.434 g/cm³ (298 K),D _o =1.44 g/cm³ (298 K),T=163K,Z=4, MoK=0.71069 Å, 2(4^o–53^o), =16.43 cm^–1,F(000)=1424. FinalR for the 4588 observed reflections (F>3) is 0.062. All ten oxygens of the two benzo-crowns are shown to coordinate to the rubidium ion (Rb...O,2.92 to 3.07 Å) forming a charge-separated sandwich. The nearest nitrate oxygen is displaced 6.51 Å from the rubidium ion and is hydrogen bonded to a water molecule. Supplementary Data relating to this article are deposited with the British Library as Supplementary Publication No. SUP 82028 (28 pages)     

A carbon-13 study of relaxation in the mesophases of 5O·7 and the 5CB homologous series

Abstract

Carbon-13 spin-lattice relaxation times of the protonated ring carbons have been measured at 22·6 MHz in the nematic and all four smectic phases of 5O·7 (4-n-pentyloxybenzylidene-4′-n-heptylaniline). Dong has obtained the deuterium spectral densities J ₁ and J ₂ at 15·4MHz for the deuterated aniline ring of 5O·7-d ₄, and has presented and applied a theory in which the spectral densities are expressed in terms of the diffusion constants D∥ and D?. His results are used to calculate ¹³C relaxation times from the spectral densities J ₀, J ₁ and J ₂. The calculated ¹³C spin-lattice relaxation times are then compared with our experimental values to test the theory. The ¹³C spin-lattice relaxation times of all the resolved resonances in the various phases of the first four members of the 5CB homologous series have been published previously. Dong has also published an analysis of 5CB deuterium data, and we use his results for the diffusion constants D∥ and D? to calculate ¹³C relaxation times of the protonated aromatic carbons of 5CB, 6CB, 7CB and 8CB. The ¹³C relaxation times of the unprotonated aromatic carbons of the 5CB series are calculated in the manner of Wittebort et al., but using the spectral density expressions developed by Dong. The calculated ¹³C spin-lattice relaxation times of the 5CB homologous series are then compared with our experimental values to test the theory for the protonated and unprotonated ring carbons.     

13C-NMR relaxation studies of alkali metal cryptate complexes

The ¹³C spin-lattice relaxation times (T₁'s) of cryptands [2.1.1], [2.2.1] and [2.2.2] as well as those of the corresponding cryptate complexes with Li⁺, Na⁺, and K⁺ in CDCl₃ and CH₃OH:D₂O (90:10) were measured and the results are interpreted in terms of molecular compression and desolvation effects.     

Tensimetric investigation of the CrCl<Subscript>3</Subscript>—Cl<Subscript>2</Subscript> system in the temperature range of 600–1200 K

The sublimation pressure of chromium trichloride was measured by the static method with a quartz membrane-gauge manometer in the temperature range of 875–1230 K. An approximating equation for the sublimation pressure vs. temperature was found. The enthalpy (259.4±4 kJ mol^–1) and the entropy (224.2±3.5 J mol^–1 K^–1) of sublimation at 298 K were calculated. For the process 2 CrCl₃(g) + Cl₂(g) = 2 CrCl₄(g), the following values were obtained: _r H°₂₉₈ = –207.1±11.6 kJ mol^–1 and _r S°₂₉₈ = –173.6±10 5 J mol^–1 K^–1.Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1561–1564, August, 2004.     

Effect of the Measurement Temperature on the Dispersive Component of the Surface Free Energy of a Heat Treated SiO2 Xerogel

The surface free energy of a monolithic silica xerogel treated at 1000°C has been measured by inverse gas chromatography in the temperature range 25–150°C using n-alkanes. Values of the dispersive component, _S ^D, vary from 49.07 mJ·m^–2 at 25°C to 17.20 mJ·m^–2 at 150°C. The _S ^D value obtained at 25°C is lower than that found for amorphous and crystalline silicas but higher than that found for glass fibres meaning that the heat treatment at 1000°C changes drastically the structure of the silica xerogel showing a surface similar to a glass. However, the higher value of _S ^D in comparison to glass fibres can be attributed to the mesoporous structure present in the silica xerogel. In the temperature range of 60–90°C there exists an abrupt change of the _S ^D values as well as in the dispersive component of the surface enthalpy, h _S ^D. Such abrupt change can be attributed to an entropic contribution of the surface free energy.     

CP/MAS Carbon-13 NMR Study of Spin Relaxation Phenomena of Cellulose Containing Crystalline and Noncrystalline Components

Abstract

Cross-polarization, ¹³C rotating frame spin-lattice relaxation and C laboratory frame spin-lattice relaxation processes have been studied for different cellulose samples by CP/MAS ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. It was found that the CP process can be described by a simple thermodynamic model and relative intensities of the respective resonance lines are consistent with the atomic ratios for the spectra obtained at a contact time of about 1 ms. The observed rotating frame spin-lattice relaxation times T^C ₁₀ were dominantly dependent on the time constant T^D _CH by which ¹³C nuclei were coupled to the ¹H dipolar spin system. It was, therefore, impossible to obtain information about molecular