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Magnetic alignment and quadrupolar/paramagnetic cross-correlation in complexes of Na with LnDOTP5-
Uzi Eliav1, S Chandra Shekar, Wen Ling
1School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Abstract:
The observation of a double-quantum filtered signal of quadrupolar nuclei (e.g. (23)Na) in solution has been traditionally interpreted as a sign for anisotropic reorientational motion. Ling and Jerschow (2007) have found that a (23)Na double-quantum signal is observed also in solutions of TmDOTPNa(5). Interference effects between the quadrupolar and the paramagnetic interactions have been reported to lead to the appearance of double-quantum coherences even in the absence of a residual quadrupolar interaction. In addition, such processes lead to differential linebroadening effects between the satellite transitions, akin to effects that are well known for dipolar-CSA cross-correlation. Here, we report experiments on sodium in the presence of LnDOTP compounds, where it is shown that these cross-correlation effects correlate well with the pseudo-contact shift. In addition, anisotropic g-values of the lanthanide compounds in question, can also lead to alignment within the magnetic field, and consequently to the appearance of line splitting and double-quantum coherences. The two competing effects are demonstrated and it is concluded that both cross-correlated relaxation and alignment in the magnetic field must be at work in the systems described here.
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