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Cerussite, PbCO 3 , like all members of the aragonite group, shows a tendency to form twins, due to high pseudo-symmetry within the crystal structure. We here demonstrate that the twin law of a cerussite contact twin may be established using only 207 Pb-NMR spectroscopy. This is achieved by a global fit of several sets of orientation-dependent spectra acquired from the twin specimen, allowing to determine the relative orientation of the twin domains. Also, the full 207 Pb chemical shift tensor in cerussite at room temperature is determined from these data, with the eigenvalues being δ 11 = (- 2315 ± 1) ppm, δ 22 = (- 2492 ± 3) ppm, and δ 33 = (- 3071 ± 3) ppm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of important porous materials with many current and potential applications. Their applications almost always involve the interaction between host framework and guest species. Therefore, understanding of host–guest interaction in MOF systems is fundamentally important. Solid‐state NMR spectroscopy is an excellent technique for investigating host–guest interaction as it provides information complementary to that obtained from X‐ray diffraction. In this work, using MOF α‐Mg3(HCOO)6 as an example, we demonstrated that 13C chemical shift tensor of organic linker can be utilized to probe the host–guest interaction in MOFs. Obtaining 13C chemical shift tensor components (δ11, δ22, and δ33, where δ11 ≥ δ22 ≥ δ33) in this MOF is particularly challenging as there are six coordinatively equivalent but crystallographically non‐equivalent carbons in the unit cell with very similar local coordination environment. Two‐dimensional magic‐angle‐turning experiments were employed to measure the 13C chemical shift tensors of each individual crystallographically non‐equivalent carbon in three microporous α‐Mg3(HCOO)6 samples with different guest species. The results indicate that the δ22 component (with its direction approximately being co‐planar with the formate anion and perpendicular to the C−H bond) is more sensitive to the adsorbate molecules inside the MOF channel due to the weak C−H···O hydrogen bonding or the ring current effect of benzene. The 13C isotropic chemical shift, on the other hand, seems much less sensitive to the subtle changes in the local environment around formate linker induced by adsorption. The approach described in this study may be used in future studies on host–guest interaction within MOFs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chemical shift tensors (CSTs) are an exquisite probe of local geometric and electronic structure. 15 N CST are very sensitive to hydrogen bonding, yet they have been reported for very few proteins to date. Here we present experimental results and statistical analysis of backbone amide 15 N CSTs for 100 residues of four proteins, two E. coli thioredoxin reassemblies (1-73-(U- 13 C, 15 N)/74-108-(U- 15 N) and 1-73-(U- 15 N)/74-108-(U- 13 C, 15 N)), dynein light chain 8 LC8, and CAP-Gly domain of the mammalian dynactin. The 15 N CSTs were measured by a symmetry-based CSA recoupling method, ROCSA. Our results show that the principal component δ 11 is very sensitive to the presence of hydrogen bonding interactions due to its unique orientation in the molecular frame. The downfield chemical shift change of backbone amide nitrogen nuclei with increasing hydrogen bond strength is manifested in the negative correlation of the principal components with hydrogen bond distance for both α-helical and β-sheet secondary structure elements. Our findings highlight the potential for the use of 15 N CSTs in protein structure refinement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The results of a 35/37Cl solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) study of the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride complex of meso-octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole ( 1) are reported. Line shapes obtained from magic-angle-spinning and stationary powder samples collected at 9.4 and 21.1 T are analyzed to provide the 35/37Cl quadrupolar tensor and chemical shift (CS) tensor and their relative orientation. The relatively high symmetry of the chloride ion coordination environment is manifested in the small value of the quadrupole coupling constant, CQ(35Cl) = 1.0 MHz. The isotropic chemical shift of 120 ppm (with respect to NaCl(s)) is at the upper edge of the typical range seen for organic hydrochlorides. Consideration of chemical shift anisotropy (span, Ω = 50 ppm) and non-coincidence of the quadrupolar and CS tensors were essential to properly simulate the experimental spectra. The utility of gauge-including projector-augmented wave density functional theory (GIPAW-DFT) calculations of chlorine quadrupolar and CS tensors in organic chlorides was explored by validation against available benchmark experimental data for solid amino acid hydrochlorides. The calculations are shown to systematically overestimate the value of the 35Cl quadrupole coupling constant. Additional calculations on various hydrated and solvated models of 1 are consistent with a structure in which solvent and water of hydration are absent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The individual components of the backbone 15N CSA tensor, σ11, σ22, σ33, and the orientation of σ11 relative to the NH bond described by the angle β have been determined for uniformly labeled 15N, 13C ubiquitin from partial alignment in phospholipid bicelles, Pf1 phage, and poly(ethylene glycol) by measuring the residue-specific residual dipolar couplings and chemical shift deviations. No strong correlation between any of the CSA tensor components is observed with any single structural feature. However, the experimentally determined tensor components agree with the previously determined average CSA principal components [Cornilescu and Bax (2000) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 10143–10154]. Significant deviations from the averages coincide with residues in β-strand or extended regions, while α-helical residue tensor components cluster close to the average values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The electronic surroundings of phosphorus and lithium atoms in the ionic conductor lithium dihydrogen phosphate (LDP) have been studied by single-crystal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy at room temperature. From orientation-dependent NMR spectra of a large homegrown LDP single crystal, the full 31P chemical shift (CS) and 7Li quadrupole coupling (QC) tensor was determined, using a global fit over three rotation patterns. The resulting CS tensor is characterized by its three eigenvalues: δ 11 P A S = (67.0 ± 0.6) ppm, δ 22 P A S = (13.9 ± 1.5) ppm, and δ 33 P A S = (− 78.7 ± 0.9) ppm. All eigenvalues have also been verified by magic-angle spinning NMR on a polycrystalline sample, using Herzfeld–Berger analysis of the rotational side band pattern. The resulting 7Li QC tensor is characterized by its quadrupolar coupling constant χ = Q 33 P A S = (− 71 ± 1) kHz and the two eigenvalues Q 11 P A S = (22.3 ± 0.9) kHz, and Q 22 P A S = (48.4 ± 0.8) kHz. The initially unknown orientation of the mounted crystal, expressed by the orientation of the rotation axis in the orthorhombic crystal frame, was included in the global data fit as well, thus obtaining it from NMR data only. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]