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Heats of formation, structure, and heteroatom (/sup 17/O, /sup 33/S) NMR studies of organosulfur molecules, radicals, and ions: (Progress report)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6698640

Such organosulfur compounds as sulfoxides, thiolsufonates, thiolsulfinates and sulfones will be prepared and investigated by photoionization and photoelectron photoion coincidence (PEPICO) in order to determine the gas phase structures and ground state energies of these molecules and the fragments and ions derived from them. The experimental results will be supplemented by ab initio molecular orbital calculations. A new threshold electron energy analyzer will also be constructed and tested. The application of /sup 17/O and /sup 33/S NMR spectroscopy to problems in organosulfur chemistry is described with major emphasis on the evaluation and identification of organosulfur constituents of coal and petroleum based materials. An important focus of the research is to determine in a semiquantitative manner the effects of substituents on /sup 17/O and /sup 33/S NMR shifts. Continued development of lanthanide shift reagents in /sup 17/O NMR spectroscopy as an analytical tool for determination of ''oxidized'' organosulfur components in ''solution'' coal samples is also proposed. During this granting period, we will integrate our solution /sup 13/C NMR results with those obtained in the solid-state using cross polarization (CP)-magic angle spinning (MAS) techniques. We will also make attempts to observe organosulfur components directly in the solid state using CP-MAS techniques.

Research Organization:
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-80ER10641
OSTI ID:
6698640
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/10641-5; ON: DE87006361
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English