By combination of fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) and detection of the
free-induction decay during a rotor-synchronized quadrupolar Carr-Pur
cell-Meiboom-Gill (QCPMG) train of refocusing pulses, the sensitivity
of quadrupolar-echo MAS NMR spectra for the central transition of half
-integer quadrupolar nuclei exhibiting large quadrupolar couplings may
be significantly enhanced. Enhancements by an order of magnitude may
easily be realized while maintaining information about the anisotropic
interactions. In the present study the so-called QCPMG-MAS experiment
is demonstrated experimentally and by numerical simulations for the t
wo Rb-87 sites in Rb2SO4. (C) 1998 Academic Press.