The det
ailed
1H NMR rel
ax
ation study,performed forCp
2NbH
X2H
A(
1)
and its p
arti
ally-deuter
ated deriv
atives intoluene-
d8, h
as demonstr
ated how
T1 and
T1selme
asurements c
an be used for
accur
ate determin
ation of thehydride-hydride
and met
al-hydride dist
ances in Nb complexes. The
T1sel method w
as independentlysupported by therel
ax
ation studies of the p
arti
ally deuter
ated deriv
atives of
1. The
applic
ation of the
T1sel appro
ach is limitedbythe presence in the H
X/H
A p
air of the slowhydride/hydride site exch
ange ch
ar
acterized by s
atur
ationtr
ansferexperiments:
k296 = 1.34s
-1,
ages/gifch
ars/Delt
a.gif" BORDER=0 >
Gages/entities/thermod.gif">(298K) = 17.3 kc
al/mol,
ages/gifch
ars/Delt
a.gif" BORDER=0 >
Hages/entities/thermod.gif"> = 13.1 kc
al/mol,
and
ages/gifch
ars/Delt
a.gif" BORDER=0 >
Sages/entities/thermod.gif"> = -14.2 eu.Theexch
ange does not show
a pronounced isotopic effect,
and
k(H)/
k(D) = 1.1
at 295 K. It h
as beensuggested th
atthe
T1sel appro
ach c
an be used forindic
ation of slow hydride/hydride exch
anges. The experiment
alestim
ationsh
ave shown Nb-H dipole-dipole inter
actions to be very import
ant forthe hydride rel
ax
ation in
1. The Nb-Hcontribution shortens signific
antly the hydride
T1 times, providing, for ex
ample, up to 64% ofthe H
X rel
ax
ationr
ate. The rel
ax
ation H
X-H
A and Nb-Hdist
ances h
ave been discussed.