Chlorine Nuclear Quadrupole Relaxation due to the Motion of Pyridinium Cations in Pyridinium Hexachlorometallates(IV): (pyH)2 MCl6 (M = Sn, Pb, Te)

Abstract

Abstract The temperature dependence of the chlorine quadrupole spin-lattice relaxation time T1Q was observed for one of the three 35Cl NQR lines of (pyH)2 MCl6(M = Sn, Pb, Te). Each T1Q curve can be devided into three temperature regions. In the low-and high-temperature regions, T1Q is dominantly determined by the relaxation mechanism due to the libration and reorientation of [MCl6]2- , respectively. In the intermediate temperature region, T1Q results from the modulation of the electric field gradient by the motion of the neighboring pyridinium cations. This way the reorientational motion of the cation between potential wells with nonequivalent depths is precisely characterized.