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Sn,X), the expected pattern is observed both in Sn and X NMR spectra, usually in the appearance typically of partially relaxed scalar coupling when it holds that 1 <2jt7( Sn,X) 10 (see Figure 9). 

Fig. 5. 62.8MHz ovpbjiH NMR spectra of a cyclic bis(amino)plumbylene (=15% in [Dg]toluene), showing the competition between scalar relaxation of the second kind [short relaxation times caused by partially relaxed scalar coupling C N ... 

Nuclear spin relaxation is caused by fluctuating interactions involving nuclear spins. We write the corresponding Hamiltonians (which act as perturbations to the static or time-averaged Hamiltonian, detemiming the energy level structure) in tenns of a scalar contraction of spherical tensors ... 

Scalar coupling 0 Relaxation of the coupled spin or exchange Can be Important for T2 Further reading... 

Hyperfine Interaction (dipolar and scalar) 2,0 Electron relaxation, may be complicated Paramagnetic systems and Impurities [17-191... 

In a selective-inversion experiment, it is the relaxation of the z magnetizations that is being studied. For a system without scalar coupling, this is straightforward a simple pulse will convert the z magnetizations directly into observable signals. For a coupled spur system, this relation between the z magnetizations and the observable transitions is much more complex [22]. 

Generally speaking, neither dynamical, nor relaxation parts of (A7.20) are diagonal over index q. It is simpler to diagonalize the dynamical term, proceeding to the GF, where scalar product (j L) = (JzLq) =... 

Elucidation of the stereostructure - configuration and conformation - is the next step in structural analysis. Three main parameters are used to elucidate the stereochemistry. Scalar coupling constants (mainly vicinal couplings) provide informa-hon about dihedral bond angles within a structure. Another way to obtain this information is the use of cross-correlated relaxation (CCR), but this is rarely used for drug or drug-like molecules. 

Angular restraints are another important source of structural information. Several empirical relationships between scalar couplings and dihedral angles have been found during the last decades. The most important one is certainly the Karplus relation for -couplings. Another, relaxation-based angular restraint is the so-called CCR between two dipolar vectors or between a dipolar vector and a CSA tensor. 

The number of NMR parameters available for measurement is rather small, consisting of the chemical shift, relaxation rates (/1 and lo), scalar (J) couplings, dipolar (D) couplings, cross-relaxation rates (the NOE), and hydrogen exchange rates. All of these have been quantified for many of the amide protons of A131 A, and most of the data suggest the presence of little persistent structure. 

We also remark that Eq. (5.44) may be decomposed into separate sets of equations for the odd and even ap(t) which are decoupled from each other. Essentially similar differential recurrence relations for a variety of relaxation problems may be derived as described in Refs. 4, 36, and 73-76, where the frequency response and correlation times were determined exactly using scalar or matrix continued fraction methods. Our purpose now is to demonstrate how such differential recurrence relations may be used to calculate mean first passage times by referring to the particular case of Eq. (5.44). 

The water nucleus chosen also has an impact on relaxation data. Proton relaxation is affected by chemical exchange and cross-relaxation, 2H by chemical exchange, and lyO by proton-exchange broadening (scalar spin-spin coupling between lH and lyO nuclei affects T2, but not 7)) (Glasel,... 

In addition to the chemical shift information, an NMR spectrum may also contain coupling information. The types of couplings frequently present in NMR experiments include scalar (J) couplings between high-abundance nuclei such as protons, dipolar couplings that are important for cross-relaxation processes and the determination of nuclear Over-hauser effect (NOE) (described later in this chapter), and quadrupolar coupling associated with quadrupolar nuclei (/> 1/2). 

The overall performance is limited by the average 1/NC and 2./NC scalar coupling values that are 10.9 (9.6) Hz and 8.3 (6.4) Hz in the (1-sheet structures (a-helical structures), respectively.37 Consequently the delay 2Ta is routinely set to 25 ms. Assuming that the 15N spin-spin relaxation time for the TROSY component is 50 ms, the transfer efficiency for the intraresidual pathway, for the first t increment (/, =0), is 0.132, when we have optimized delays for the optimal intraresidual transfer in a-helices (Fig. 6). Throughputs for the sequential pathway then become 0.045 (0.058 (5-sheet). 

The material covered in the appendices is provided as a supplement for readers interested in more detail than could be provided in the main text. Appendix A discusses the derivation of the spectral relaxation (SR) model starting from the scalar spectral transport equation. The SR model is introduced in Chapter 4 as a non-equilibrium model for the scalar dissipation rate. The material in Appendix A is an attempt to connect the model to a more fundamental description based on two-point spectral transport. This connection can be exploited to extract model parameters from direct-numerical simulation data of homogeneous turbulent scalar mixing (Fox and Yeung 1999). 

In many reacting flows, the reactants are introduced into the reactor with an integral scale L that is significantly different from the turbulence integral scale Lu. For example, in a CSTR, Lu is determined primarily by the actions of the impeller. However, is fixed by the feed tube diameter and feed flow rate. Thus, near the feed point the scalar energy spectrum will not be in equilibrium with the velocity spectrum. A relaxation period of duration on the order of xu is required before equilibrium is attained. In a reacting flow, because the relaxation period is relatively long, most of the fast chemical reactions can occur before the equilibrium model, (4.93), is applicable. 

Figure 4.8. Sketch of wavenumber bands in the spectral relaxation (SR) model. The scalar-dissipation wavenumber kd lies one decade below the Batchelor-scale wavenumber kb. All scalar dissipation is assumed to occur in wavenumber band [/cd, oo). Wavenumber band [0, k ) denotes the energy-containing scales. The inertial-convective sub-range falls in wavenumber bands [k, k3 ), while wavenumber bands [/c3, /cD) contain the viscous-convective sub-range.

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