Zinc-67 NMR study of tetrahedral and octahedral zinc sites with symmetrical oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur ligands

Abstract

We report a 67Zn nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study of compounds containing zinc ions coordinated by oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur ligands. New information concerning 67Zn nuclear quadrupole coupling constants (NQCC) and chemical shift was obtained from magic-angle spinning (MAS) spectra of solid compounds containing both natural abundance and enriched 67Zn isotopes. Rapid ligand exchange processes of [Zn(thiourea)4]2+ in aqueous solutions were also observed.Key words: 67Zn NMR, nuclear quadrupolar coupling constant, ligand exchange.