Document Type
Article
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Title
Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
120
Publication Date
3-15-2004
Abstract
We report x-ray diffractometry in a single crystal of 2-t-butyl-4-methylphenol (TMP) and low-frequency solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) proton relaxometry in a polycrystalline sample of TMP. The x-ray data show TMP to have a monoclinic, P2(1)/c, structure with eight molecules per unit cell and two crystallographically inequivalent t-butyl group (C(CH3)(3)) sites. The proton spin-lattice relaxation rates were measured between 90 and 310 K at NMR frequencies of 8.50, 22.5, and 53.0 MHz. The relaxometry data is fitted with two models characterizing the dynamics of the t-butyl groups and their constituent methyl groups, both of which are consistent with the determined x-ray structure. In addition to presenting results for TMP, we review previously reported x-ray diffractometry and low-frequency NMR relaxometry in two other van der Waals solids which have a simpler structure. In both cases, a unique model for the reorientational dynamics was found. Finally, we review a similar previously reported analysis in a van der Waals solid with a very complex structure in which case fitting the NMR relaxometry requires very many parameters and serves mainly as a flag for a careful x-ray diffraction study.
Publisher's Statement
Copyright (2004) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in J. Chem. Phys. 120, 5309 (2004) and may be found at http://jcp.aip.org/resource/1/jcpsa6/v120/i11/p5309_s1.
Citation
P.A. Beckmann et al., J. Chem. Phys. 120, 5309 (2004).
DOI
10.1063/1.1642581