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Laboratory Experiments
NMR Determination of Internal Rotation Rates and Rotational Energy Barriers: A Physical Chemistry Lab Project
Kevin F. Morris and Luther E. Erickson
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 50112
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May 1996
Vol. 73 No. 5
p. 471

Abstract
This article describes an experiment suitable for Physical Chemistry laboratories. It consists of an improved method to analyze the kinetics of internal rotation around the C-N amidic bond. The improvement over traditional experiments relies on the use of a saturation transfer NMR technique which allows the expansion of the typically narrow temperature range available in conventional NMR lineshape analysis experiments with dimethylacetamide.

This experiment will expose students to a variety of NMR techniques, such as saturation transfer, inversion-recovery, and lineshape analysis. It will also demonstrate that NMR is an extremely useful tool to chemists, with very relevant applications in physical chemistry.

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Morris, Kevin F.; Erickson, Luther E. J. Chem. Educ. 1996 73 471.
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