Abstract
Proton magnetic resonance spin–lattice relaxation times T1 have been measured for trimethylamine-borane from 120 to 380 K, a few degrees above the melting point. Minima in T1 at 157 and 259 K are attributed to threefold reorientation of each of the three methyl groups and the borane group and to threefold reorientation of the whole molecule about the B—N axis, respectively. Activation energies for these processes were found to be 3.3 and 6.7 kcal/mol. Abrupt changes in T1 at 350 and 360 K correspond exactly with heat capacity transitions observed by other workers. The time constant for the decay of the free induction signal (FID curve) changes by two orders of magnitude at 360 K. Having a value of some 3 ms above 360 K, it shows that there must be rapid diffusion as well as molecular tumbling in the highest temperature solid phase.
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