Ss. Pochapsky et al., CLOSED-SHELL ION-PAIR AGGREGATION IN NONPOLAR-SOLVENTS CHARACTERIZED BY NMR DIFFUSION MEASUREMENTS, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (24), 1995, pp. 2513-2514
Closed-shell ion pairs, formed by tetrabutylammonium chloride, aggrega
te in (CHCl3)-H-2 solution; stimulated-echo NMR experiments incorporat
ing pulsed field gradients yielded diffusion coefficients for the aggr
egates and comparison of aggregate diffusion with that of an internal
standard of similar size and shape (Bu(4)Si) was used to determine the
extent of aggregation; temperature and concentration effects indicate
that aggregation is primarily entropy-driven.