13C CP/MAS NMR studies were carried out on
trans-1,2-cyclopentanediol, on
4,4-dimethyl-trans-1,2-cyclopentanediol, and on sulfolane at variable temperatures. The
spectra showed evidence of three dynamic solid-state processes: hydrogen bond exchange, ring pseudorotation, and
whole molecule rotations about local C
2
axes.
Fitting of T
1
ρ data to
calculated values of the 13C−1H dipolar
interactions allowed differentiation between ring
pseudorotations and whole molecule C
2
reorientations. Isotopic 1H/2H
substitution demonstrated the existence of
hydrogen bond exchange processes in the diols. Activation
parameters for these processes were derived from both
coalescence measurements and the
T
1
ρ measurements.