Multi-technique structural analysis of zinc carboxylates (soaps)

  • Molly Wagner
  • , Roberta Pigliapochi
  • , Valeria Di Tullio
  • , Jaclyn Catalano
  • , Nicholas Zumbulyadis
  • , Silvia A. Centeno
  • , Xiaoling Wang
  • , Kuizhi Chen
  • , Ivan Hung
  • , Zhehong Gan
  • , Michael R. Dworzak
  • , Glenn P.A. Yap
  • , Cecil Dybowski

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Abstract

A series of medium- and long-chain zinc carboxylates (zinc octanoate, zinc nonanoate, zinc decanoate, zinc undecanoate, zinc dodecanoate, zinc pivalate, zinc stearate, zinc palmitate, zinc oleate, and zinc azelate) was analyzed by ultra-high-field 67Zn NMR spectroscopy up to 35.2 T, as well as 13C NMR and FTIR spectroscopy. We also report the single-crystal X-ray diffraction structures of zinc nonanoate, zinc decanoate, and zinc oleate—the first long-chain carboxylate single-crystals to be reported for zinc. The NMR and X-ray diffraction data suggest that the carboxylates exist in three distinct geometric groups, based on structural and spectroscopic parameters. The ssNMR results presented here present a future for dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP)-NMR-based minimally invasive methods for testing artwork for the presence of zinc carboxylates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6152-6165
Number of pages14
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume52
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Apr 2023

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