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GATE 2020 CY – Question 57

Inorganic Chemistry · Instrumental Methods of Analysis: UV-visible, fluorescence and FT-IR spectrophotometry, NMR and ESR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, atomic absorption spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy (Fe and Sn) and X- ray crystallography. Electroanalytical methods – cyclic voltammetry, ion-selective electrodes. Thermo-analytical methods: TGA, DTA and DSC. · 2 marks · Numerical answer

How many g∥ lines are expected for a solution of bis(salicylaldimine)copper(II) containing pure ⁶³Cu and ¹⁴N at 77 K? Nuclear spins for ⁶³Cu, ¹⁴N and ¹H are 3/2, 1 and 1/2.

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Correct answer: 60 to 60

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The copper nucleus gives $2I_{Cu}+1=4$ hyperfine components. Two equivalent nitrogen donors with I = 1 give $2nI_N+1=5$ superhyperfine components for each copper line. The two equivalent imine protons, each I = 1/2, add a three-line splitting. Thus the full specified copper–nitrogen–proton parallel pattern has $4\times5\times3=60$ lines. Ignoring the proton coupling would give only 20 and misses why the hydrogen nuclear spin is provided.

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