The T1 and T1ρ of deuterium
in 13C/2H double‐labeled
2′(R/S),5′(R/
S)‐2H2
‐1′,2′,3′,4′,5′‐
13C5
‐2′‐deoxyadenosine and the corresponding
thymidine derivative as well as in the non‐uniformly labeled
(shown in bold and underlined) DNA duplex, d5′(1C2G3A4T5T6A7A8T9C10G)23′, have been determined for
the first time. These double‐labelled nucleoside blocks have a
special feature in that the geminal 2′–2″ and
5′–5″ proton–proton couplings are eliminated
by replacement with diastereomeric deuterium at C‐2′ and
C‐5′ centers. This uniquely enables us to perform
deuterium relaxation measurement experiments through selective
polarization transfer, 1H–13C–
2H–13C–1H at
C‐2′ and C‐5′ centers, thereby allowing
filtration of all other naturally abundant methylene‐ and
methine‐13C as well as enriched methine‐
13C fragments. Comparison of T1 and T
1ρ of 2H in double‐labeled (
13C/2H) 2′‐deoxyadenosine
and thymidine with that of the non‐uniformly labeled DNA
duplex, d5′(1C2G3
A4T5T6A7A8T9C10G)23′, shows that the dynamics of various nucleotide residues are
indeed non‐uniform. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley &
Sons, Ltd.