Solid-state 25Mg NMR spectroscopic and computational studies of organic compounds. square-pyramidal magnesium(II) ions in aqua(magnesium) phthalocyanine and chlorophyll a.

We report a solid-state (25)Mg NMR spectroscopic study of two magnesium-containing organic compounds: monopyridinated aqua(magnesium) phthalocyanine (MgPc.H(2)O.Py) and chlorophyll a (Chla). Each of these compounds contains a Mg(II) ion coordinating to four nitrogen atoms and a water molecule in a square-pyramidal geometry. Solid-state (25)Mg NMR spectra for MgPc.H(2)O.Py were obtained at 11.7 T (500 MHz for (1)H) for a (25)Mg-enriched sample (99.1% (25)Mg atom) using both Hahn-echo and quadrupole Carr-Purcell Meiboom-Gill (QCPMG) pulse sequences. Solid-state (25)Mg NMR spectra for Chla were recorded at (25)Mg natural abundance (10.1%) at 19.6 T (830 MHz for (1)H). The (25)Mg quadrupole parameters were determined from spectral analyses: MgPc.H(2)O.Py, C(Q) = 13.0 +/- 0.1 MHz and eta(Q) = 0.00 +/- 0.05; Chla, C(Q) = 12.9 +/- 0.1 MHz and eta(Q) = 1.00 +/- 0.05. This work represents the first time that Mg(II) ions in a square-pyramidal geometry have been characterized by solid-state (25)Mg NMR spectroscopy. Extensive quantum mechanical calculations for electric-field-gradient (EFG) and chemical shielding tensors were performed at restricted Hartee-Fock (RHF), density functional theory (DFT), and second-order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP2) levels for both compounds. Computed (25)Mg nuclear quadrupole coupling constants at the RHF and MP2 levels show a reasonable basis-set convergence at the cc-pV5Z basis set (within 7% of the experimental value); however, B3LYP results display a drastic divergence beyond the cc-pVTZ basis set. A new crystal structure for MgPc.H(2)O.Py is also reported.