Proton Rotating Frame Relaxation in Lithium Hydrazinium Sulfate, Li(N2H5)SO4

Abstract

The temperature dependence of the rotating frame relaxation time T1ρ for protons in powdered lithium hydrazinium sulfate, Li(N2H5)SO4, has been determined from 140 to 495 °K. These measurements indicate that the –NH2 part of the N2H5+ ion executes 180° flips about the bisectrix of the H–N–H angle with activation energy of 10.7 ± 0.5 kcal/mole. Evidence for motion of the entire N2H5+ ion with activation energy of 17.4 ± 1.1 kcal/mole was also obtained. Separate reorientation and diffusion motions of the N2H5+ ion could not be distinguished, although evidence that the N2H5+ motion detected in the T1ρ measurements includes diffusion is obtained by comparing the T1ρ results with the temperature dependence of the proton second moment.