Total X-ray scattering coupled to atomic pair distribution function analysis (PDF) and solid state NMR allowed the identification and structural characterisation of isolated molecules and nanocrystals of sodium nitroprusside confined in mesoporous silica.
AbstractApplying a nematic liquid crystalline phase of a synthetic Na-hectorite with layer separations >100 nm, the reaction time for pillaring with Al13 Keggin oligocation could be reduced to seconds ensuring that cation exchange is controlled by thermodynamics. With this material at hand we are able to resolve the long-standing dispute regarding the charge of intercalated Keggin oligocations. Micropore sizes as determined by physisorption isotherms, adsorption isotherms obtained via elemental analysis, and results of 27Al solid-state NMR and pyridine probe IR spectroscopy favor a charge of +7 for the Al13 pillars intercalated into hectorite unaltered.
Like nOe in solution NMR, through-space proton correlations have been exploited in the solid state to obtain the cis–trans conformational polymorphism.
Determination of DNA minor groove width in distamycin-DNA complexes by solid-state NMR
