1H NMR Studies on the Cation Motions in Crystalline Cadmium Bromide Complexes [C(NH2)3]Cd2Br5, [(CH3)3NH]3Cd2Br7, and [i-C3H7NH3]CdBr3

Abstract

1H NMR T1 measurements of crystalline [C(NH2)3]Cd2Br5 showed a single minimum due to the C3 reorientation of the planar [C(NH2)3]+ ion with an activation energy (Ea) of 35.8 kJ mol−1. In [(CH3)3NH]3Cd2Br7 crystals, two T1 minima appeared which are assigned to the C3 reorientation of methyl groups in the [(CH3)3NH]+ cation with Ea = 13.0 kJ mol−1 and to the C3 reorientation of a whole cation around the molecular C3 axis with Ea = 28.9 kJ mol−1. In [i-C3H7NH3]CdBr3 crystals, a very broad T1 minimum appeared near 160 K which is assigned to the C3 reorientations of two methyl groups with Ea = 11.3 kJ mol−1 and of an NH3 group with Ea = 13.3 kJ mol−1 in the [i-C3H7NH3]+ ion, and another minimum with Ea = 23.5 kJ mol−1 near 300 K assigned to a higher order molecular motion of the cation.