Safety note: Some of the materials mentioned here are very dangerous. Ask a qualified chemist for advice before handling them. Qualified chemists should check the relevant safety literature before handling or giving advice about unfamiliar substances. NMR solvents are toxic and most are flammable. Specifically, scandium salts are of unknown on account of their scandium under normal circumstances, however, their anions may be toxic.

⁴⁵Scandium NMR

⁴⁵Scandium (⁴⁵Sc) is a high sensitivity nucleus but with a 100% natural abundance that yields broad lines even in symmetric environments over a wide chemical shift range. ⁴⁵Sc is a spin 7/2 nucleus and is therefore quadrupolar. As a result, the signal width increases with asymmetry of the environment. ⁴⁵Sc NMR is rarely used because scandium is rare and has a limited chemistry and when it is used it is to study the chemical environment of the scandium. Each type of Scandium compound has its characteristic chemical shift (fig. 2).

Fig. 1. Chemical shift ranges for scandium NMR (X = halide)

We do not have experience of ⁴⁵Sc NMR in our laboratory but could provide the service if given an appropriate sample.

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Properties of ⁴⁵Sc

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