Magnetic Resonance (Aug 2024)
<sup>1</sup>H-enhanced <sup>103</sup>Rh NMR spectroscopy and relaxometry of <sup>103</sup>Rh(acac)<sub>3</sub> in solution
Abstract
Recently developed polarisation transfer techniques are applied to the 103Rh nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of the 103Rh(acac)3 coordination complex in solution. Four-bond 1H–103Rh J couplings of around 0.39 Hz are exploited to enhance the 103Rh NMR signal and to estimate the 103Rh T1 and T2 relaxation times as a function of field and temperature. The 103Rh longitudinal T1 relaxation in 103Rh(acac)3 is shown to be dominated by the spin–rotation mechanism, with an additional field-dependent contribution from the 103Rh chemical shift anisotropy.