Issue 39, 2009

Molecular dynamics simulation of 13C NMR powder lineshapes of CO in structure I clathrate hydrate

Abstract

Guest molecules in nonspherical cages of inclusion compounds can possess non-uniform spatial distributions and motion. This can lead to anisotropic lineshapes in the solid-state NMR spectra of the guest species. In this work, we use our previously developed molecular dynamics-based methodology to calculate the lineshape anisotropy of guest CO species in cages of the structure I (sI) clathrate hydrate as an example of the above phenomenon. The linear CO molecules in the oblate large sI clathrate hydrate cages have a preferential alignment in the plane parallel to the two hexagonal faces of the cages. Molecular dynamics simulations are performed at three temperatures in the stability range of the CO sI clathrate to determine the angular distribution of the CO guests in the large and small cages. The experimental 13C NMR powder lineshapes of CO guests in the large cages become narrower as the temperature is increased from 77 K to 220 K (the limit of the stability of the clathrate). Good agreements between the calculated and experimental powder lineshapes are obtained. No assumptions regarding the nature of the guest motions in the cages are required. The dynamics of guest rotation are characterized by studying the orientational autocorrelation function (OACF) for the CO molecules in the large and small cages at different temperatures.

Graphical abstract: Molecular dynamics simulation of 13C NMR powder lineshapes of CO in structure I clathrate hydrate

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Mar 2009
Accepted
02 Jul 2009
First published
31 Jul 2009

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009,11, 8821-8828

Molecular dynamics simulation of 13C NMR powder lineshapes of CO in structure I clathrate hydrate

H. Mohammadi-Manesh, S. Alavi, T. K. Woo, M. Ashrafizaadeh and B. Najafi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2009, 11, 8821 DOI: 10.1039/B905233J

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