Abstract
Direct evidence for dynamic intramolecular double proton exchange in carboxylic acid dimers in the solid is obtained from NMR measurements. For the p-toluic acid dimer, an asymmetric double minimum potential with an energy difference ΔG = 1.0 kJ/mol and an activation energy of Ea = 4.8 kJ/mol between the two tautomeric forms is found. The equilibrium position of the carboxylic proton pair at low temperature is derived from the corresponding dipolar coupling tensor. The importance of double proton tunneling at low temperature is discussed.
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