Dynamic Behavior of Poly(2-vinylpyridine) in Solution Studied by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation

Ravindranathan, Sapna and Sathyanarayana, DN (1995) Dynamic Behavior of Poly(2-vinylpyridine) in Solution Studied by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation. In: Macromolecules, 28 (7). pp. 2396-2405.

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Abstract

Abstract: The dynamics of poly(2-vinylpyridine) in chloroform solution has been examined by C-13 spin-lattice relaxation time and NOE measurements as a function of temperature. The experiments were performed at 50.3 and 100.6 MHz. The backbone carbon relaxation data have been analyzed in terms of six motional models. Among these models, the models which consider conformational transitions and bond librations for the backbone were found to be more successful. Pyridyl ring motion has been modeled as a restricted rotation with the rotational amplitude varying with temperature. The activation energy parameters obtained from the relaxation data of the pyridyl ring carbon have been compared with the energy barrier for ring rotation estimated from conformational energy calculations using the AM1 semiempirical quantum chemical method. The results of the conformational energy calculations support the description of pyridyl ring motion as a restricted rotation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Macromolecules
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	31 May 2011 08:52
Last Modified:	31 May 2011 08:52
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/38009

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