TRAPDOR double-resonance and high-resolution MAS NMR for structural and template studies in zeolite ZSM-5

A combination of 27Al magic-angle spinning (MAS)/multiple-quantum (MQ) MAS, and 27Al-{14N} TRAnsfer of Population in DOuble-Resonance (TRAPDOR) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was used to study aluminium environments in zeolite ZSM-5. 27Al-{14N} TRAPDOR experiments, in combination with 14N NMR were employed to show that the two tetrahedral peaks observed in the 27Al MAS/3Q-MAS spectra of as-synthesized ZSM-5 are due to aluminium atoms occupying crystallographically inequivalent T-sites. A 13C-{27Al} TRAPDOR experiment was used to study the template, tetrapropyl ammonium bromide (TPABr), in the three-dimensional pore system of ZSM-5. The inequivalency of the methyl groups of TPA was observed in the 13C-{27Al} TRAPDOR spectra of as-synthesized ZSM-5 and the motion of the methyl end of the propyl chain appeared to be more restricted in the sinusoidal channel than in the straight channel.