Abstract
The rates of 2H, 13C, and 14N spin-lattice relaxation for liquid deuterium cyanide have been studied as a function of temperature. The quadrupolar nuclei relax exclusively by the quadrupolar relaxation mechanism while the rate of 13C and 15N relaxation is completely dominated by the spin-rotation mechanism. The apparent activation energy that describes the temperature dependence of spin-lattice relaxation for all nuclei studied is approximately 1.6 kcal mol−1. The temperature dependence of the rate of 13C relaxation in liquid HCN was also investigated. Although the determination of very accurate rotational and angular momentum correlation times is hampered by intermolecular effects on the nuclear quadrupolar coupling constants and the appropriately averaged C—H bond separation, the derived correlation times for DCN and HCN are in reasonable agreement (± 15%).
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