title: Multiple quantum and high-resolution NMR, molecular structure, and order parameters of partially oriented ortho and meta dimethyl-, dichloro-, and chloromethylbenzenes codissolved in nematic liquid crystals.
abstract: We develop a strategy for analyzing complex nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of several solutes codissolved in liquid-crystal phases. Spectral parameters of solutes m- or o-xylene were estimated by analyzing 2D multiple-quantum NMR spectra using a modified version of a least-squares fitting routine which adjusts chemical shifts, order parameters, structural parameters, and/or dipolar couplings independently. These estimates were used to facilitate analysis of the high-resolution spectra which contain resonances from many solutes. Calculated spectra of m- or o-xylene were subtracted from the experimental high-resolution spectra leaving resonances from the other solutes readily visible. Accurate spectral parameters of all codissolved solutes were determined from the high-resolution spectra. Order parameters and structural parameters (including vibrationally corrected parameters) of m- and o-xylene, m- and o-chlorotoluene, and m- and o-dichlorobenzene were calculated from the dipolar couplings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. syvitski@chem.ubc.ca
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Syvitski
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Burnell
mesh_terms: D001554:Benzene / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D014050:Toluene / Q000737:chemistry; D014992:Xylenes / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D014992:Xylenes; D014050:Toluene; D001554:Benzene