Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9594296 | Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We report data determined from proton-carbon polarization-transfer kinetics at 23°C for six common solid amino acids. Proton spin-lattice relaxation times in the rotating frame, T1ÏH, for α-glycine, alanine, cysteine, leucine, isoleucine, and valine determined from the long-time decay of the carbon magnetization indicate that the presence of a mobile entity such as a methyl group shortens T1ÏH to a few milliseconds. Polarization transfer between protons and carbons in polycrystalline α-glycine is analyzed and compared to theoretical models, two of which account for the variation of polarization-transfer rate with orientation of the dipole-dipole vector in the magnetic field. A generalization of a model proposed by Mueller et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 32 (1974) 1402) reproduces the observed polarization transfer in α-glycine with reasonable accuracy, showing that the early time development reflects orientational variation of dipolar oscillations.
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Authors
J.M. Smith, C. Dybowski, S. Bai,