THE EFFECT OF RELAXATION ON THE SYMMETRY OF NMR SPECTRA
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1964
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Ohio State University
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The effect of nuclear relaxation on the symmetry properties of NMR spectra is examined in terms of the properties of the relaxation matrix elements $R_{ijkl}$. For “extreme narrowing” conditions, the symmetry relation $R_{ijkl} = R$ obtains for (a) only one dominant relaxation mechanism, or (b) two dominant relaxation mechanisms with the same commutation properties with $\lambda$, a spin inversion operator. This symmetry relation does not obtain for two dominant relaxation mechanisms with the same order of spatial dependence and different commutation properties with $\lambda$. The effect of nuclear relaxation can therefore yield unsymmetrical first-order spectra; the application of this theorem to the determination of the absolute sign of spin-spin coupling constants is proposed.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College