RB-87 DYNAMIC-ANGLE SPINNING NMR-SPECTROSCOPY OF INORGANIC RUBIDIUM SALTS

Five inorganic rubidium salts, RbCl, RbClO4, Rb2SO4, Rb2CrO4, and RbNO3, were examined using Rb-87 NMR spectroscopy. Significant line narrowing occurs under dynamic-angle spinning (DAS) compared to magic-angle spinning (MAS) or variable-angle spinning (VAS). From DAS spectra acquired at various magnetic field strengths, isotropic chemical shifts and isotropic second-order quadrupolar shifts were obtained. By simulations of single-site line shapes obtained from MAS-detected DAS experiments, complete chemical shift and quadrupolar parameters were determined for each of the three crystallographically distinct rubidium sites in RbNO3.