Probing nitrite ion dynamics in Na NO  2  crystals by solid‐state  17 O  NMR
Author(s) - 
Dai Yizhe, 
Hung Ivan, 
Gan Zhehong, 
Wu Gang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title - 
concepts in magnetic resonance part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1552-5023
pISSN - 1546-6086
DOI - 10.1002/cmr.a.21409
Subject(s) - chemistry , solid state nuclear magnetic resonance , nmr spectra database , crystallography , ion , analytical chemistry (journal) , carbon 13 nmr satellite , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , j coupling , spectral line , nuclear magnetic resonance , stereochemistry , fluorine 19 nmr , physics , organic chemistry , astronomy
We report a solid‐state  17 O ( I  = 5/2)  NMR  study of the nitrite ion dynamics in crystalline Na NO  2 . Variable temperature ( VT )  17 O  NMR  spectra were recorded at 3 magnetic fields, 11.7, 14.1, and 21.1 T. The  VT   17 O  NMR  data suggest that the    NO   2   −    ion in the ferroelectric phase of Na NO  2  undergoes 2‐fold flip motion about the crystallographic  b  axis and the corresponding rotational barrier is 68 ± 5  kJ  mol −1 . We also obtained a 2D  17 O  EXSY  spectrum for a stationary sample of Na NO  2  at 250 K, which, in combination with 1D  17 O  NMR  spectral analyses, allowed precise determination of the relative orientation between the  17 O quadrupolar coupling and chemical shift tensors in the molecular frame of reference. The experimentally determined  17 O  NMR  tensors for Na NO  2  were in agreement with quantum chemical calculations produced by a periodic  DFT  code  BAND .
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