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Accurate measurements of longitudinal relaxation time constants (T1) in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) experiments are important for the study of molecular-level structure and dynamics. Such measurements are often made under magic-angle spinning conditions; however, there are numerous instances where they must be made on stationary samples, which often give rise to broad powder patterns arising from large anisotropic NMR interactions. In this work, we explore the use of wideband uniform-rate smooth-truncation pulses for the measurement of T1 constants. Two experiments are introduced: (i) BRAIN-CPT1, a modification of the BRAIN-CP (BRoadband Adiabatic-INversion-Cross Polarization) sequence, for broadband CP-based T1 measurements and (ii) WCPMG-IR, a modification of the WURST-CPMG sequence, for direct-excitation (DE) inversion-recovery experiments. A series of T1 constants are measured for spin-1/2 and quadrupolar nuclei with broad powder patterns, such as 119Sn (I = 1/2), 35Cl (I = 3/2), 2H (I = 1), and 195Pt (I = 1/2). High signal-to-noise spectra with uniform patterns can be obtained due to signal enhancements from T2eff-weighted echo trains, and in favorable cases, BRAIN-CPT1 allows for the rapid measurement of T1 in comparison to DE experiments. Protocols for spectral acquisition, processing, and analysis of relaxation data are discussed. In most cases, relaxation behavior can be modeled with either monoexponential or biexponential functions based upon measurements of integrated powder pattern intensity; however, it is also demonstrated that one must interpret such T1 values with caution, as demonstrated by measurements of T1 anisotropy in 119Sn, 2H, and 195Pt NMR spectra.
Efficient acquisition of high-quality ultra-wideline (UW) solid-state NMR powder patterns in short experimental time frames is challenging. UW NMR powder patterns often possess inherently low signal-to-noise (S/N) and usually overlap for samples containing two or more magnetically distinct nuclides, which obscures spectral features and drastically lowers the spectral resolution. Currently, there is no reliable method for resolving overlapping powder patterns originating from unreceptive nuclei affected by large anisotropic NMR interactions. Herein, we discuss new methods for resolving individual UW NMR spectra associated with magnetically distinct nuclei by exploiting their different relaxation characteristics using 2D relaxation-assisted separation (RAS) experiments. These experiments use a non-negative Tikhonov fitting (NNTF) routine to process high-quality T and T relaxation data sets to produce high-resolution, 2D spin-relaxation correlation spectra for both spin-1/2 and quadrupolar nuclei in organic and organometallic solids under static (i.e., stationary) conditions. It is found that (i) T RAS data sets can be acquired in a fraction of the time required for analogous T RAS data sets, because a time-incremented 2D data set is not required for the former, and (ii) Tikhonov regularization is superior to conventional non-negative least-squares fitting, as it more reliably and robustly results in cleaner separation of patterns based on relaxation time constants.
Many NMR-active nuclei give rise to solid-state NMR spectra that span extremely large frequency regions due to the effects of large anisotropic NMR interactions; such spectra, which can range from 250 kHz to several MHz in breadth, have been termed ultrawideline (UW) NMR spectra. UWNMR spectra are often too broad to be uniformly excited by conventional pulse sequences that implement rectangular radiofrequency (RF) pulses. Therefore, they are typically acquired with specialized pulse sequences and frequencyswept (FS) pulses; however, such experiments are conducted predominantly upon stationary samples (i.e., static NMR with no magic-angle spinning, MAS). Herein, we demonstrate how to implement Carr−Purcell Meiboom−Gill (CPMG) type pulse sequences that utilize rectangular pulses to acquire high-quality wideline and UWNMR spectra under MAS conditions, which are useful for providing uniformly excited patterns with substantial signal enhancements in comparison to conventional MAS NMR spectra and identifying peaks and/or patterns corresponding to magnetically nonequivalent sites. We discuss the pulse timings, delays, and the duration of windowed acquisition periods that are necessary for using CPMG-type pulse sequences for T 2 -dependent enhancement under MAS conditions while allowing for chemical shift resolution and maintaining a conventional spinning-sideband (SSB) manifold, as well as protocols for processing these spectra. Careful consideration is given to pulse lengths and RF amplitudes used in these pulse sequences. Using several spin-1 / 2 (i.e., 119 Sn, 207 Pb, 195 Pt) nuclei and one integer-spin quadrupolar nucleus (i.e., 2 H), we show how sensitivity-enhancing protocols, including CPMG and cross-polarization (CP), can be used to deliver high-quality MAS NMR spectra, which feature high signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios and uniformly excited SSB manifolds. The methods outlined herein are facile to implement and offer the potential to open up MAS NMR experiments to a wide variety of elements from across the periodic table.
This review article discusses solid‐state nuclear magenetic resonance (SSNMR) spectroscopy of NMR‐active isotopes of the light main group metals, including lithium ( 6 Li and 7 Li), sodium ( 23 Na), aluminum ( 27 Al), potassium ( 39 K), magnesium ( 25 Mg), calcium ( 43 Ca), and beryllium ( 9 Be). All of these nuclides are quadrupolar, meaning that they have nuclear spins greater than 1/2. As a result, specialized techniques are needed to effectively acquire their spectra, which can then be analyzed to provide information on molecular‐level structure and dynamics. Work on SSNMR of 7 Li, 23 Na, and 27 Al, which are all receptive nuclides, has been essential in the development of a wide range of pulse sequences and techniques for acquiring good quality, high‐resolution SSNMR spectra. Applications of 7 Li, 23 Na, and 27 Al SSNMR are widespread, owing to the ubiquity of these elements in both natural and manmade materials. 25 Mg, 39 K, 43 Ca, and 9 Be are relatively unreceptive nuclides by comparison (the former three are low‐γ nuclides); however, much work has gone into both development of spectral acquisition methods and application of these methods to study a wide range of systems. This review article, which is directed at non‐NMR experts and/or students, provides a basic background to SSNMR of quadrupolar nuclides, and then discusses key reviews and papers which are essential for understanding the scope and potential of SSNMR of metal nuclides.
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) enhances solution-state NMR signals of labile and otherwise invisible chemical sites, by indirectly detecting their signatures as a highly magnified saturation of an abundant resonancefor instance, the 1H resonance of water. Stimulated by this sensitivity magnification, this study presents PROgressive Saturation of the Proton Reservoir (PROSPR), a method for enhancing the NMR sensitivity of dilute heteronuclei in static solids. PROSPR aims at using these heteronuclei to progressively deplete the abundant 1H polarization found in most organic and several inorganic solids, and implements this 1H signal depletion in a manner that reflects the spectral intensities of the heteronuclei as a function of their chemical shifts or quadrupolar offsets. To achieve this, PROSPR uses a looped cross-polarization scheme that repeatedly depletes 1H–1H local dipolar order and then relays this saturation throughout the full 1H reservoir via spin-diffusion processes that act as analogues of chemical exchanges in the CEST experiment. Repeating this cross-polarization/spin-diffusion procedure multiple times results in an effective magnification of each heteronucleus’s response that, when repeated in a frequency-stepped fashion, indirectly maps their NMR spectrum as sizable attenuations of the abundant 1H NMR signal. Experimental PROSPR examples demonstrate that, in this fashion, faithful wideline NMR spectra can be obtained. These 1H-detected heteronuclear NMR spectra can have their sensitivity enhanced by orders of magnitude in comparison to optimized direct-detect experiments targeting unreceptive nuclei at low natural abundance, using modest hardware requirements and conventional NMR equipment at room temperature.
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