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Theory of long-lived nuclear spin states in methyl groups and quantum-rotor induced polarisation

Theory of long-lived nuclear spin states in methyl groups and quantum-rotor induced polarisation
Theory of long-lived nuclear spin states in methyl groups and quantum-rotor induced polarisation
Long-lived nuclear spin states have a relaxation time much longer than the longitudinal relaxation time T-1. Long-lived states extend significantly the time scales that may be probed with magnetic resonance, with possible applications to transport and binding studies, and to hyperpolarised imaging. Rapidly rotating methyl groups in solution may support a long-lived state, consisting of a population imbalance between states of different spin exchange symmetries. Here, we expand the formalism for describing the behaviour of long-lived nuclear spin states in methyl groups, with special attention to the hyperpolarisation effects observed in (CH3)-C-13 groups upon rapidly converting a material with low-barrier methyl rotation from the cryogenic solid state to a room-temperature solution [M. Icker and S. Berger, J. Magn. Reson. 219, 1 (2012)]. We analyse the relaxation properties of methyl long-lived states using semi-classical relaxation theory. Numerical simulations are supplemented with a spherical-tensor analysis, which captures the essential properties of methyl long-lived states. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.
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Dumez, Jean-Nicolas
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Hakansson, Par
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Stevanato, Gabriele
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Brown, Richard
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Pileio, Giuseppe
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Levitt, Malcolm
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Dumez, Jean-Nicolas
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Hakansson, Par
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Meier, Benno
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Stevanato, Gabriele
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Hill-Cousins, Joseph
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Singha Roy, Soumya
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Brown, Richard
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Pileio, Giuseppe
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Levitt, Malcolm
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Dumez, Jean-Nicolas, Hakansson, Par, Mamone, Salvo, Meier, Benno, Stevanato, Gabriele, Hill-Cousins, Joseph, Singha Roy, Soumya, Brown, Richard, Pileio, Giuseppe and Levitt, Malcolm (2015) Theory of long-lived nuclear spin states in methyl groups and quantum-rotor induced polarisation. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 142 (4), 1-13, [44506]. (doi:10.1063/1.4906273).

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Abstract

Long-lived nuclear spin states have a relaxation time much longer than the longitudinal relaxation time T-1. Long-lived states extend significantly the time scales that may be probed with magnetic resonance, with possible applications to transport and binding studies, and to hyperpolarised imaging. Rapidly rotating methyl groups in solution may support a long-lived state, consisting of a population imbalance between states of different spin exchange symmetries. Here, we expand the formalism for describing the behaviour of long-lived nuclear spin states in methyl groups, with special attention to the hyperpolarisation effects observed in (CH3)-C-13 groups upon rapidly converting a material with low-barrier methyl rotation from the cryogenic solid state to a room-temperature solution [M. Icker and S. Berger, J. Magn. Reson. 219, 1 (2012)]. We analyse the relaxation properties of methyl long-lived states using semi-classical relaxation theory. Numerical simulations are supplemented with a spherical-tensor analysis, which captures the essential properties of methyl long-lived states. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.

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Accepted/In Press date: 5 January 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 28 January 2015
Published date: 28 January 2015
Organisations: Organic Chemistry: Synthesis, Catalysis and Flow, Magnetic Resonance

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Local EPrints ID: 395468
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/395468
ISSN: 0021-9606
PURE UUID: 2fa0863f-71a5-4be7-801e-1b9cef25650c
ORCID for Benno Meier: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2258-1507
ORCID for Richard Brown: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0156-7087
ORCID for Giuseppe Pileio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9223-3896
ORCID for Malcolm Levitt: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9878-1180

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:24

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Author: Jean-Nicolas Dumez
Author: Par Hakansson
Author: Salvo Mamone
Author: Benno Meier ORCID iD
Author: Gabriele Stevanato
Author: Joseph Hill-Cousins
Author: Soumya Singha Roy
Author: Richard Brown ORCID iD
Author: Giuseppe Pileio ORCID iD
Author: Malcolm Levitt ORCID iD

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