Abstract:
The temperature dependence of the proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxation time T-1 and second moment M(2) of polycrystalline beta-estradiol hemihydrate (1,3,5-estratriene-3,17 beta-diol) is measured at frequencies of 14 and 25 MHz. Below 260 K relaxation is found to be dominated by C-3 reorientation of the single methyl group in each molecule, characterized by an activation energy of 9.4 ±0.1 kJ/mol. Above 260 K another relaxation mechanism becomes evident, characterized by an activation energy of 22.0 ±2.0 kJ/mol and ascribed to motion of the water molecules in the solid.
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