New ways of characterizing layered silicates and their intercalates

Four new methods of probing the atomic and microstructural characteristics of the clay minerals are described: solid-state, magic-angle-spinning 27 Al and 29 Si n.m.r. (along with 18 C n.m.r. of mobile, intercalated organic species); X-ray induced photoelectron studies encompassing photoelectron diffraction as a complement to conventional photoelectron spectroscopy; high-resolution electron microscopy either alone or in association with electron-stimulated X-ray emission microanalysis; and neutron scattering techniques. In reviewing the principles, scope and application of these methods specific case histories are selected from representative minerals belonging to the serpentines, kandites, smectites, micas, vermiculites, chloritoids, zeolites and intergrowths of these with one another or with other silicate minerals. Emphasis is placed on problems not readily amenable to solution by traditional, X-ray based procedures.

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 941-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross M. Dickson ◽  
Michael S. McKinnon ◽  
James F. Britten ◽  
Roderick E. Wasylishen

The static 13C nmr powder pattern for solid ammonium thiocyanate is analyzed to obtain the 13C chemical shielding anisotropy, 321 ± 7 ppm, and the 13C–14N dipolar splitting, 1295 ± 25 Hz. Slow magic angle spinning 15N nmr experiments are analyzed to obtain a nitrogen chemical shielding anisotropy of 415 ± 15 ppm. The 13C–14N dipolar splitting leads to an effective C—N bond length of 1.19 ± 0.01 Å, in good agreement with the value of 1.176 Å reported from accurate X-ray and neutron crystallographic studies. In solid NH4NCS absolute values of the average shielding constants [Formula: see text] and ct[Formula: see text] are 52 and 34 ppm, respectively. Comparison of calculated and observed [Formula: see text] values indicates that intermolecular interactions decrease the 13C and 15N shielding constants by approximately 10 and 30 ppm, respectively.


2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric W. Ainscough ◽  
Andrew M. Brodie ◽  
Peter C. Healy ◽  
Joyce M. Waters

The X-ray crystal structure determination of bis[-(phenylcyanamido)bis(triphenylphosphine)copper(I)], [{Cu(PPh3)2(C6H5NCN)}2], (1) is reported. The complex has a centrosymmetric dimeric structure with the phenylcyanamide ligands bridging the copper atoms in a -1,3-fashion. The structure is compared with that of the 4-methylphenylcyanamido complex, [{Cu(PPh3)2(4-MeC6H4NCN)}2] (2), and the differences observed in the Cu–P bond lengths compared with changes in the solid state 31P cross-polarization magic-angle spinning (CPMAS) spectra of the two complexes.


1986 ◽  
Vol 50 (355) ◽  
pp. 163-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Pring ◽  
V. K. Din ◽  
D. A. Jefferson ◽  
J. M. Thomas

AbstractThe crystal chemistry of rhodizite was re-examined using data from high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM), magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MASNMR), a single crystal X-ray structure refinement, and a new chemical analysis. The analysis calculates to the formula: (K0.46Cs0.36Rb0.06 Na0.02)Σ0.90Al3.99Be4(B11·35Be0.55Li0.02)O28· The distribution of alkali cations was shown to be truly random by HREM images and computer image simulations. The distribution of boron and beryllium was monitored by MASNMR, the spectra for both elements gave only single resonances indicating that all beryllium and boron atoms are located in chemically equivalent sites. The structure of rhodizite was refined by single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The mineral is cubic a = 7.318(1) Å, space group P3. A full matrix least-squares refinement using 152 unique observed reflections [F > 3σ(F)] converged to R = 0.0344. The refinement confirmed the basic structure as determined by Taxer and Buerger (1967), 4 beryllium atoms of the unit cell were found to occupy a 4e special position, the remaining 0.5 being randomly distributed with the 11.35 boron atoms over the 12h sites.


2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
pp. 1187-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan M Geller ◽  
Ian S Butler ◽  
Denis FR Gilson ◽  
Frederick G Morin ◽  
Ivor Wharf ◽  
...  

The solid-state 119Sn cross-polarization (CP) magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra of a series of triaryltin chlorides of the form Ar3SnCl have been acquired. The indirect spin-spin coupling constants (J(119Sn-35Cl)), quadrupolar-dipolar shifts (d(119Sn-35Cl)), and the 119Sn chemical shift tensors were extracted. For the spectrum of triphenyltin chloride (I) the validity of the first-order perturbation approximation was tested by comparing results of both the perturbation and cubic-equation approaches and a variable-temperature NMR study undertaken to investigate the influence of the previously reported molecular motion in the solid. The X-ray crystal structures of the tris(o-tolyl)tin chloride (II) and tris(p-tolyl)tin chloride (IV) complexes have been examined. They belong to the monoclinic and triclinic space groups P21/n and P[Formula: see text], respectively, which are different from the previously reported tris(m-tolyl)tin chloride (III) complex, which crystallizes in the space group R3 and has threefold molecular symmetry. The structures and NMR properties of the complexes with meta-substituents are quite different from those with ortho- or para-substituents having axially symmetric shift tensors with small spans and larger J values.Key words: aryltin chlorides, magic angle spinning NMR, tin-chlorine spin-spin coupling, 119Sn chemical shift tensor, crystal structure.


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