title: Establishing through-bond connectivity in solids with NMR: structure and dynamics in HC(60)(+).
abstract: We present a novel nuclear magnetic resonance experiment for establishing through-bond connectivity in solids using scalar coupling-driven correlation. This method, a variant of the popular double-quantum-filtered correlation spectroscopy experiment in liquids, is robust under fast magic-angle-spinning conditions and in the presence of dynamics. In HC(60)(+), where anisotropic molecular motion renders through-space dipolar-driven correlation ineffective, this through-bond correlation method answers a significant structural question by accurately identifying the direct bond between the protonated sp(3) hybridized carbon site and the sp(2) hybridized cationic site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA. leonard.mueller@ucr.edu
authors.forename: Leonard J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: Douglas W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Kee-Chan
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Peter D W
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure