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Recent Progress in Homonuclear Correlation Spectroscopy of Quadrupolar Nuclei

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Modern Magnetic Resonance

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We review the recent progress in homonuclear correlation NMR spectroscopy on half-integer spin quadrupolar nuclei undergoing magic-angle spinning (MAS). The most central component of such experimentation is a dipolar recoupling stage, during which the through-space interactions are reactivated and used for retrieving information about interatomic proximities and NMR interaction tensor parameters. Yet, while several homonuclear correlation techniques for half-integer spin applications exist and their usage has accelerated over the past few years, they are not as versatile and reliable as analogous spin-1/2 implementations. This stems mainly from the insufficient resolution and sensitivity of NMR spectra from quadrupolar nuclei, coupled with the challenges to achieve efficient dipolar recoupling by radio-frequency fields in the presence of MAS. Herein, we contrast various two/three-dimensional homonuclear correlation NMR protocols for establishing internuclear connectivities/proximities from the viewpoints of spectral resolution and sensitivity, with particular emphasis on experimentation involving two-spin double-quantum (2Q) coherences that has emerged as the most popular correlation technique. We discuss the relative merits of currently proposed 2Q-recoupling options for half-integer spins. The most promising recent methods for extracting structural information are reviewed, encompassing the estimation of internuclear distances and electric-field gradient tensor orientations, and the probing of cluster-sizes of (re)coupled quadrupolar nuclei. We also review recent advances in utilizing homonuclear J interactions among quadrupolar nuclei, which until recently was an essentially untapped area of solid-state NMR. The contents are organized to convey the current state-of-the-art techniques and their limitations, where we also identify the needs for further developments and suggest potentially fruitful future research directions.

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Edén, M. (2018). Recent Progress in Homonuclear Correlation Spectroscopy of Quadrupolar Nuclei. In: Webb, G. (eds) Modern Magnetic Resonance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28388-3_104

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