Frequency Dependence of Electron Spin–lattice Relaxation for Semiquinones in Alcohol Solutions
Publication Date
10-2014
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
College of Natual Science and Mathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Keywords
Benzosemiquinone, Deuterated alcohol, Hydrogen bonding, Local mode, Spin rotation
Abstract
The spin–lattice relaxation rates at 293 K for three anionic semiquinones (2,5-di-t-butyl-1,4-benzosemiquinone, 2,6-di-t-butyl-1,4-benzosemiquinone, and 2,3,5,6-tetramethoxy-1,4-benzosemiquinone) were studied at up to 8 frequencies between 250 MHz and 34 GHz in ethanol or methanol solution containing high concentrations of OH−. The relaxation rates are about a factor of 2 faster at lower frequencies than at 9 or 34 GHz. However, in perdeuterated alcohols the relaxation rates exhibit little frequency dependence, which demonstrates that the dominant frequency-dependent contribution to relaxation is modulation of dipolar interactions with solvent nuclei. The relaxation rates were modeled as the sum of two frequency-independent contributions (spin rotation and a local mode) and two frequency-dependent contributions (modulation of dipolar interaction with solvent nuclei and a much smaller contribution from modulation of g anisotropy). The correlation time for modulation of the interaction with solvent nuclei is longer than the tumbling correlation time of the semiquinone and is consistent with hydrogen bonding of the alcohol to the oxygen atoms of the semiquinones.
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Recommended Citation
Elajaili, H. B., Biller, J. R., Eaton, S. S., & Eaton, G. R. (2014). Frequency dependence of electron spin–lattice relaxation for semiquinones in alcohol solutions. Journal of Magnetic Resonance (1997), 247, 81-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.08.014.