High-resolution 1H NMR in solids with multiple-pulse sequences and magic-angle sample spinning at 270 MHz

Abstract

A probe suitable for 270-MHz 1H NMR in solids is described, using the combination of the phase-error-compensated WAHUHA multiple-pulse cycle and magic-angle sample spinning (MAS). The experimental results obtained at this frequency are compared with measurements at 60 MHz. Because of the increase of frequency the spectral resolution is improved by a factor of about 5. For a variety of organic and inorganic substances the resolution varies from 0.3 ppm in polycrystalline adamantane to about 2 ppm, sufficient to resolve resonance signals of protons of different molecular groups, such as NH 3, NH 4, olefinic, aromatic, and aliphatic protons. Averaged chemical shifts of a series of selected hydrogen-bonded powder samples are discussed. The residual linewidths were found to be due predominantly to second-order residual dipolar broadening, the cross term between resonance offset and dipolar interaction, nonresolved chemical shifts, and interactions of protons with nuclei which have a strong quadrupolar moment. The resolution is expected to be increased by combining the high-field MAS experiments and more effective multiple-pulse sequences, e.g., the 24-pulse cycle developed recently by Burum and Rhim.