Chirality-Induced Electron Spin Polarization and Enantiospecific Response in Solid-State Cross-Polarization Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- 8 November 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Nano
- Vol. 12 (11), 11426-11433
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b06467
Abstract
NMR-based techniques are supposed to be incapable of distinguishing pure crystalline chemical enantiomers. However, through systematic studies of cross-polarization magic angle spinning (CP-MAS) NMR in a series of aminoacids, we have found a rather unexpected behavior in the intensity pattern of optical isomers in hydrogen/nitrogen nuclear polarization transfer that would allow the use of CP NMR as a non-destructive enantioselective detection technique. In all molecules considered, the D isomer yields higher intensity than the L form, while the chemical shift for all nuclei involved remains unchanged. We attribute this striking result to the onset of electron spin polarization, accompanying bond charge polarization through a chiral center, a secondary mechanism for polarization transfer that is triggered only in the CP experimental setup. Electron spin polarization is due to the chiral-induced spin selectivity effect (CISS), which creates an enantioselective response, analogous to the one involved in molecular recognition and enantiospecific separation with achiral magnetic substrates. This polarization influences the molecular magnetic environment, modifying the longitudinal relaxation time T1 of 1H, ultimately provoking the observed asymmetry in the enantiomeric response.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Commission (CTQ2013-45415-P, CTQ2015-67660-P)
- Ministerio de Econom?a y Competitividad (CTQ2013-45415-P, CTQ2015-67660-P)
- Eusko Jaurlaritza (IT-324-07, IT-588-13)
- Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UFI11/22QOSYC)
- Donostia International Physics Center
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