13C and 1H NMR investigation of pilocarpine hydrochloride in water solution

Dynamic and geometric features of pilocarpine in water solution were delineated by interpreting 13C and 1H NMR spin-lattice relaxation rates and nuclear Overhauser effects. The motional correlation time was evaluated at 53 ± 5 ps at 298 K. 1H—1H distances, as calculated from double-selective 1H spin-lattice relaxation rates, and 13C—1H distances, as calculated from selective 13C–{1H} Overhauser effects, gave evidence of a C7 puckered conformation of the furanone ring and of an angle of ca. 50° between the two rings.

The 18-crown-6.2 chloroacetonitrile complex. X-ray crystal structure and solid phase motions of guest and host as studied by variable temperature 13C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy

The title complex has two distinct 18-crown-6 moieties of approximate D3d symmetry in the unit cell. The 45.3 MHz 13C CPMAS spectra have two regions of broadening for the crown ether carbons. At high temperatures a dipolar washout mechanism is operative, leading to broadening when molecular motion has a correlation time approximately equal to the inverse of the decoupling field. At lower temperatures broadening occurs when the motional correlation time is equal to the inverse of the chemical shift difference. The activation energy for 18-crown-6 reorientation in this solid is calculated to be ca. 48 kJ/mol. For the chloroacetonitrile, the CH2 carbon also shows dipolar washout, but at a temperature much lower than the 18-crown-6. The activation energy for reorientation for this "guest species" is ca. 42 kJ/mol.

A novel 1:1 benzenesulfonamide: 18-crown-6 complex as uncovered via 13C solid phase NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography

A 1:1 complex of 18-crown-6 ether and benzenesulfonamide has been prepared, whose melting point is within 4° of the previously reported 1:2 complex. The X-ray crystallographic structure shows pseudo D3d symmetry in the crown ether portion of this complex, in contrast to the 1:2 complex, which exhibits Ci symmetry in the macrocycle. The temperature dependent 13C CPMAS NMR spectra of these complexes have two regions of broadening for the crown ether carbons. At higher temperatures, a dipolar "washout" mechanism is operative, leading to broadening when molecular motion has a correlation time approximately equal to the inverse of the decoupling field. At lower temperatures broadening occurs when the motional correlation time is equal to the inverse of the chemical shift difference. From application of the Arrhenius equation, the activation energy for the molecular motion in solid 18-crown-6 is found to be approximately 10kcal/mol. Evidence for independent anisotropic motion in the benzenesulfonamide moiety of the 1:1 complex is also presented. Keywords: crown ether, molecular motion, solid phase NMR.

Motional Correlation Time of Dilute 111Cd Impurities in Se-Rich Liquid Se-Te Alloys

ABSTRACTThe motional correlation time, τc, in liquid Se and Se-rich Se-Te alloys has been investigated between 500 and 900°C using time differential perturbed angular correlations of y-rays from dilute 111Cd impurities. In all alloys we find τc ∝ exp (E0/kT) at low T where E0 = 0.36 eV. τC deviates from this relation at high T. At low T, τCis tentatively identified as the lifetime of a Cd to host molecule bond, and at high T as the average lifetime of bonds in the host molecule.