DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUND DOPED WITH FREE RADICALS

For those organic compounds which lack free radicals, a doping approach named melting-liquid-nitrogen-quench was developed in order to perform dynamic nuclear polarization(DNP)-nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. By using this method, the ¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁵N DNP enhancements were observed with free-radical-doped dibenzofuran and benzamide. The enhancement mechanism and relation between the concentration of unpaired electrons and the maximum DNP enhancement are discussed.