In hyperpolarization experiments using parahydrogen, a partially negative line (PNL) of o-H2 is occasionally spotted in the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra. This is a manifestation of the two-spin order (TSO) of the proton spins, appearing transiently in o-H2 molecules freshly derived from p-H2. For the TSO to be observable, the o-H2 NMR signal must be split into a doublet. In the literature, the splitting is believed to originate from a slow exchange of the dissolved dihydrogen with the dihydride moiety bound to a catalyst present in the reaction mixture. Because this hypothesis may be debatable, in this work a different splitting mechanism is proposed. It employs a residual dipolar coupling (RDC) between the hydrogen protons, originating from a partial orientation of the H2 molecules by the external magnetic field. The orientation effect is due to the anisotropic magnetic polarizability of H2. In a magnetic field of 11.74 T at room temperature, the currently predicted value of the RDC is −0.0024 Hz. Even such small RDC values are sufficient for the PNL effect to be clearly visible in NMR spectra for physically reasonable levels of the TSO in the o-H2 molecules. For RDC values much smaller than the natural linewidth of o-H2, the theoretical frequency distance between the minimum and maximum of PNL proves to be practically independent of the RDC and is of the order of the linewidth. The calculated amplitudes of the PNLs are proportional to the RDC values used in the calculations.
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28 September 2023
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September 26 2023
Non-uniform orientation of H2 molecules in a magnetic field as a critical condition for the appearance of partially negative NMR lines of o-H2 in hyperpolarization experiments using p-H2
P. Bernatowicz
;
P. Bernatowicz
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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T. Ratajczyk
;
T. Ratajczyk
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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S. Szymański
S. Szymański
a)
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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J. Chem. Phys. 159, 124304 (2023)
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Received:
July 13 2023
Accepted:
September 12 2023
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P. Bernatowicz, T. Ratajczyk, S. Szymański; Non-uniform orientation of H2 molecules in a magnetic field as a critical condition for the appearance of partially negative NMR lines of o-H2 in hyperpolarization experiments using p-H2. J. Chem. Phys. 28 September 2023; 159 (12): 124304. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0167498
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