Reorientational tunneling of partially deuterated methyl groups: A single-crystal deuteron NMR study of aspirin-CH2D
摘要:
Partially deuterated methyl groups in single crystals of aspirin are investigated by deuteron NMR at temperatures between 8 K and room temperature. The CH2D groups perform reorientations which are governed by a rotational potential with three wells, two of which are almost equally deep whereas the third is significantly deeper. At temperatures below 20 K, a so far unobserved type of incoherent tunneling process is identified. This process consists in reorientations between the two upper potential wells which are fast on the time scale of the quadrupolar interaction, whereas transitions into the deeper well are slow on this time scale. At temperatures above 35 K, the methyl groups perform thermally activated stochastic reorientations between all three potential wells. By determining the relative populations of the three wells as a function of temperature, the energy difference between the lower and the two upper wells is found to be 3.3 meV. This amounts to almost 8% of the average barrier height, which is determined from the temperature dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation time to be 43 meV.
Reorientational tunneling of partially deuterated methyl groups: A single-crystal deuteron NMR study of aspirin-CH2D
摘要:
Partially deuterated methyl groups in single crystals of aspirin are investigated by deuteron NMR at temperatures between 8 K and room temperature. The CH2D groups perform reorientations which are governed by a rotational potential with three wells, two of which are almost equally deep whereas the third is significantly deeper. At temperatures below 20 K, a so far unobserved type of incoherent tunneling process is identified. This process consists in reorientations between the two upper potential wells which are fast on the time scale of the quadrupolar interaction, whereas transitions into the deeper well are slow on this time scale. At temperatures above 35 K, the methyl groups perform thermally activated stochastic reorientations between all three potential wells. By determining the relative populations of the three wells as a function of temperature, the energy difference between the lower and the two upper wells is found to be 3.3 meV. This amounts to almost 8% of the average barrier height, which is determined from the temperature dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation time to be 43 meV.
No Contribution of an Inductive Effect to Secondary Deuterium Isotope Effects on Acidity
作者:Charles L. Perrin、Agnes Flach
DOI:10.1002/anie.201102125
日期:2011.8.8
Effect and cause: Secondarydeuteriumisotope effects on the acidity of the deuterated compounds 1–4 were measured by using an NMR titration method applicable to a mixture and capable of very high accuracy. Variable‐temperature experiments show that these isotope effects are due only to changes in vibrational frequencies. These findings refute an inductive origin for these isotope effects.
Secondary Deuterium Isotope Effects on the Acidity of Carboxylic Acids and Phenols
作者:Charles L. Perrin、Yanmei Dong
DOI:10.1021/ja069103t
日期:2007.4.1
Secondary deuterium isotope effects (IEs) on acidities have been accurately measured by an NMR titration method applicable to a mixture of isotopologues. Deuteration definitely decreases the acidity of carboxylicacids and phenols, by up to 0.031 in the DeltapK per D. For aliphatic acids, the IEs decrease as the site of deuteration becomes more distant from the OH, as expected, but a surprising result
The microwave spectra of eight isotopic species of acetyl cyanide have been investigated in the region 8000 to 34 000 Mc. The hindered internal rotation of the methyl group splits some of the rotational lines into doublets. Analysis of these splittings for four isotopic species gives a barrier to internal rotation of 1270±30 cal/mole.
From the rotational constants of CH3COCN, C13H3COCN, CH3COC13N, CH3CO18CN, CD3COCN, and CD3C13OCN the following structural parameters were determined: C–H1.086±0.005 A∠HCH108∘44′±30′C=O1.226±0.005∠CmethylCO124∘3′±1∘C≡N1.164±0.005∠CCC114∘59′±1∘Cmethyl–Ccarbonyl1.490±0.010∠CCN180∘ (assumed)Ccarbonyl–Ccyanide1.466±0.010.A study of CH2DCOCN and CHD2COCN shows that in its equilibrium configuration, the acetyl cyanide molecule has a methyl hydrogen opposite the oxygen atom.
A dipole moment of 3.45D was obtained from Stark effect measurements.