A combined deuterium NMR and quantum chemical investigation of inequivalent hydrogen bonds in organic solids.

Deuterium magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations are used to investigate organic solids in which inequivalent hydrogen bonds are present. The use of (2)H MAS allows one to measure the chemical shift, δ, quadrupolar coupling constant, C(Q), and asymmetry in the quadrupolar interaction, η(Q), for each type of hydrogen bond present in the system. Quantum chemical calculations of the magnetic shielding (σ, which can be related to δ) and the electric field gradient (EFG, which can be related to C(Q)) are compared to the experimental results and are discussed with respect to the relative strengths of the hydrogen bonds within each system.

Solid-state nitrogen-15 NMR and quantum chemical study of N,N-dimethylaniline derivatives.

In this study the components of the nitrogen chemical shift (CS) tensor are examined for a series of para substituted N,N-dimethylaniline derivatives. This is done through measurement of the 15N NMR spectra of powder samples and through quantum chemical calculations on the isolated molecules. Experiments and calculations show that the isotropic CS, delta(iso), decreases with increasing electron donating ability of the para substituent, in agreement with previous solution studies.

Silver-109 NMR spectroscopy of inorganic solids.

In this study the (109)Ag NMR spectra of the following solid inorganic silver-containing compounds were investigated: AgNO(3), AgNO(2), Ag(2)SO(4), Ag(2)SO(3), AgCO(3), Ag(3)PO(4), AgCl, AgBr, AgI, AgSO(3)CH(3), silver p-toluenesulfonate, NaAg(CN)(2), KAg(CN)(2), K(3)Ag(CN)(4), Me(4)NAgCl(2), silver diethylthiocarbamate, silver lactate, silver acetate, silver citrate, and bis[(N,N(1)-di-tert-butylformamidinato)silver(I)]. The magic angle spinning (MAS) spectra of all compounds were obtained. In some cases, when protons were available, the (1)H to (109)Ag cross-polarization (CP) technique was used to enhance the signal and shorten the experimental relaxation delay.

A standard for silver CP/MAS experiments.

Silver methanesulfonate, AgSO3CH3, is a photo-stable, commercially available compound which is a superior 109Ag standard for setting up CP/MAS experiments. The 109Ag CP/MAS spectrum at moderate sample spinning speeds easily yields a single, relatively narrow peak with a single transient. The 109Ag chemical shift of solid AgSO3CH3 is 87.

A solid-state nitrogen-15 NMR and ab initio study of nitrobenzenes.

Insight into the unexpectedly small range of isotropic nitrogen chemical shifts in nitrobenzene derivatives is gained through measurements of the chemical shift (CS) tensor by solid-state NMR experiments and ab initio molecular orbital (MO) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The principal components, delta(ii), of the (15)N CS tensors have been measured for nitrobenzene, 4-nitroaniline, 4-nitrotoluene, 4-nitroanisole, 4-nitroacetophenone, nitromesitylene, and 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylnitrobenzene. No obvious correlations of the delta(ii) values with traditional reactivity parameters were observed.

Structure and dynamics of ND3BF3 in the solid and gas phases: a combined NMR, neutron diffraction, and Ab initio study.

The decrease in D-->A bond lengths, previously reported for some Lewis acid/base complexes, in going from the gas to the solid phases is investigated by obtaining an accurate crystal structure of solid ND(3)BF(3) by powder neutron diffraction. The B-N internuclear distance is 1.554(3) A, 0.

A Deuterium NMR Spectroscopic Study of Solid BH(3)NH(3).

Deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) powder spectra and spin-lattice relaxation times (T(1)) are used to measure the deuterium quadrupolar coupling constants (QCCs) chi(BD) and chi(ND) and to investigate the molecular reorientation of the BD(3) and ND(3) groups in solid deuterated borane monoammoniate, BD(3)NH(3) and BH(3)ND(3), respectively. In the high-temperature, tetragonal, phase (above 225 K) the following Arrhenius parameters are obtained from the temperature-dependent T(1): E(a) = 5.9 +/- 0.