Complex dynamics of proton and deuteron transfer in double hydrogen bond of benzoic acid isotopes

Autor: L. Latanowicz, J. Boguszyńska, E.C. Reynhardt
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM. 710:111-117
ISSN: 0166-1280
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2004.08.035
Popis: This paper deals with spin-lattice relaxation due to classical jumps and incoherent tunnelling of protons and deuterons in hydrogen bonds in solids. An analysis of experimental spin-lattice relaxation data for carboxylic acids suggests that tunnelling does not contribute to spin-lattice relaxation above the temperature at which the thermal energy of molecules and the potential barrier height are equal. It is also shown that contributions to the spin-lattice relaxation rate due to classical motion and incoherent tunnelling in excited vibrational states are negligible for fast proton transfer. However, for deuterons this contribution to spin-lattice relaxation is significant.
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