Quantitative Comparison of REAPDOR and TRAPDOR Experiments by Numerical Simulations and Determination of H–Al Distances in Zeolites

Quantitative H–Al distances in acid sites of two zeolites with MFI and IFR framework topology were obtained by numerical simulation of ¹H{²⁷Al} rotational echo adiabatic passage double resonance (REAPDOR) experiments. A ²⁷Al offset-dependent data set yields for each resolved ¹H NMR line a corresponding nuclear electric quadrupole coupling constant of the neighboring ²⁷Al site. This information is used for analyzing a second data set for on-resonance irradiation, where the dipolar evolution time (number of rotor cycles) was varied, to yield the ¹H–²⁷Al dipolar coupling constant. Numerical simulations indicate that the REAPDOR method does not depend significantly on the polar angles, defining the orientation of the electric field gradient tensor of ²⁷Al with respect to the Al–H dipolar vector. In contrast, the transfer of populations in double resonance sequence is sensitive to these angles, and it can be thus used to measure them.     

“NMR invisible” aluminum species in dealuminated mordenite zeolite: a1H/27 AI TRAPDOR NMR study

Various kinds of aluminum species in dealuminated mordenite were investigated in detail, and the quadrupole coupling constants (QCCs) for aluminum atoms associated with these species were obtained by means of the newly introduced¹H/²⁷ AI TRAPWR method as well as²⁷Al magic angle spinning (MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). QCC values of 11.3, 15.3, 13.3 and (14.0± 0.6) MHz were determined from the TRAPDOR profiles for Lewis acid sites, Bronsted acid sites (SiOHAl) and two kinds of non-framework aluminum species Al(OH) _n , respectively. The source of the “invisible Al” is discussed on the basis of the NMR experimental results.     

Solid-state NMR detection of 14N-13C dipolar couplings between amino acid side groups provides constraints on amyloid fibril architecture

Solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) is a powerful technique for the structural analysis of amyloid fibrils. With suitable isotope labelling patterns, SSNMR can provide constraints on the secondary structure, alignment and registration of β‐strands within amyloid fibrils and identify the tertiary and quaternary contacts defining the packing of the β‐sheet layers. Detection of ¹⁴N? ¹³C dipolar couplings may provide potentially useful additional structural constraints on β‐sheet packing within amyloid fibrils but has not until now been exploited for this purpose. Here a frequency‐selective, transfer of population in double resonance SSNMR experiment is used to detect a weak ¹⁴N? ¹³C dipolar coupling in amyloid‐like fibrils of the peptide H₂N‐SNNFGAILSS‐COOH, which was uniformly ¹³C and ¹⁵N labelled across the four C‐terminal amino acids. The ¹⁴N? ¹³C interatomic distance between leucine and asparagine side groups is constrained between 2.4 and 3.8 Å, which allows current structural models of the β‐spine arrangement within the fibrils to be refined. This procedure could be useful for the general structural analysis of other proteins in condensed phases and environments, such as biological membranes. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

用固体核磁方法研究MCM-22分子筛中的Al状态

用固体NMR技术研究了新型分子筛MCM-22在不同水合状态下的²⁷Al谱和¹H谱.并用新的¹H/²⁷Al双共振方法TRAPDOR对MCM-22分子筛的各种铝状态进行了研究,得到了样品脱水后B酸位(Bronsted)、L酸位(Lewis)以及非骨架Al(OH)的四极耦合常数.     

NMR invisible" aluminum species in dealuminated mordenite zeolite:a ~1H/~(27)Al TRAPDOR NMR study

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