文摘
Solid-state potassium-39 NMR spectra of two potassium complexes of crown-ether-based organic ligands(1·KI and 2) have been acquired at 11.75 and 21.1 T and interpreted to provide information on the39K quadrupolar and chemical shift tensors. The analyses reveal a large potassium chemical shift tensorspan of 75 ± 20 ppm for 1·KI. This appears to be the first such measurement for potassium in anorganic complex, thereby suggesting the utility of potassium chemical shift tensors for characterizing organicand biomolecular K+ binding environments. Compound 2 exhibits a cation- interaction between K+ and aphenyl group, and therefore, the 39K NMR tensors obtained for this compound must bepartly representative of this interaction. Analyses of potassium-39 spin-rotation data for gaseous 39K19Fand 39K35Cl available from molecular beam experiments performed by Cederberg and co-workers revealthe largest potassium CS tensor spans known to date, 84.39 and 141 ppm, respectively. Collectively, theresults obtained highlight the potential of ultrahigh-field potassium-39 solid-state NMR spectroscopy and, inparticular, the wide range of the anisotropy of the potassium CS tensor when organic and diatomic systemsare considered.