Formation of p-cresol:piperazine complex in solution monitored by spin-lattice relaxation times and pulsed field gradient NMR diffusion measurements

J Magn Reson. 2003 Oct;164(2):197-204. doi: 10.1016/s1090-7807(03)00252-0.

Abstract

A study of the nature of the anthelmintic p-cresol:piperazine complex in chloroform solution has been conducted using different NMR techniques: self-diffusion coefficients using DOSY; NOE, NULL, and double-selective T1 measurements to determine inter-molecular distances; and selective and non-selective T1 measurements to determine correlation times. The experimental results in solution and CP-MAS were compared to literature X-ray diffraction data using molecular modeling. It was shown that the p-cresol:piperazine complex exists in solution in a very similar manner as it does in the solid state, with one p-cresol molecule hydrogen bonded through the hydroxyl hydrogen to each nitrogen atom of piperazine. The close correspondence between the X-ray diffraction data and the inter-proton distances obtained by NULL and double selective excitation techniques indicate that those methodologies can be used to determine inter-molecular distances in solution.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Chloroform / chemistry*
  • Cresols / chemistry*
  • Crystallography / methods*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Piperazine
  • Piperazines / chemistry*
  • Protons
  • Solutions
  • Spin Labels

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Cresols
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Piperazines
  • Protons
  • Solutions
  • Spin Labels
  • 4-cresol
  • Piperazine
  • Chloroform