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Spin-lattice relaxation in (CH3)-C-13 compounds: application to C-13 enriched aspirin




TekijätKankaanpaa M, Punkkinen M, Ylinen EE

KustantajaTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Julkaisuvuosi2002

Lehti:Molecular Physics

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiMOLECULAR PHYSICS

Lehden akronyymiMOL PHYS

Vuosikerta100

Numero17

Aloitussivu2877

Lopetussivu2893

Sivujen määrä17

ISSN0026-8976

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00268970210123955


Tiivistelmä
Spin-lattice relaxation processes in (CH3)-C-13 groups in methyl compounds are studied both theoretically and experimentally. The four spin-1/2 nuclei in such methyl groups give rise to 16 spin-rotational states, which are split by rotational tunnelling. From the corresponding populations (15 independent) five long lived combinations are formed: the C-13 magnetization M-C, proton magnetization M-H, tunnelling energy T E, rotational polarization RP and dipolar energy DE. Their spin-lattice relaxation via the transitions induced by the C-13-proton dipolar interaction is studied in detail. Direct relaxation rates and coupling terms between these combinations are derived. Predictions are compared with experimental data for C-13 spin-lattice relaxation at 75.4 MHz in 99% enriched (only methyl carbons enriched) single crystal of aspirin. Above 40 K, the M-C recovery is exponential and describable in terms of the direct relaxation transitions without couplings. The same is true for the initial relaxation in the region of non-exponential relaxation between 30 K and 40 K. The orientation dependence of the initial relaxation rate agrees with the theoretical calculations. The non-exponentiality is related to resonant level-crossing transitions with omega(t) + omega(C) = omega(H), where the angular frequencies represent rotational tunnelling and carbon and proton resonances, respectively. The resonant transitions produce couplings between M-C, M-H and T E that are described quite accurately by the present model.


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