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Solid state NMR methods for coal science. Progress report, October 1-December 31, 1985. [Cholesteryl acetate]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5967184
This report covers the progress made on the title project during the last quarter. During the last three months we have concentrated on further developing a new 2-D NMR method that should be useful for coals. As outlined in a previous report this new technique separates the contribution of methines, methylenes and methyl or quaternary carbons to the carbon-13 CPMAS spectra of coals. In contrast to the heteronuclear shift correlation method, which observes only protonated carbons, this method observes all carbon centers seen in a standard CPMAS spectrum. The method has been successfully applied to a rather complex molecule, cholesteryl acetate. Even though there is severe spectral overlap in this model compound's CPMAS spectrum, the dipolar-shift correlation method allows us to assign each resonance. The distribution of functional types of carbon determined in this experiment appears to be close to quantitative. In addition we have begun to test our ultra high field CPMAS equipment on chemically modified coals. 4 figs.
Research Organization:
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
FG22-83PC60791
OSTI ID:
5967184
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/60791-9; ON: DE86010155
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English