The population imbalance between nuclear singlet states and triplet of strongly coupled spin-1/2 pairs, also known as order, is well protected against several common relaxation mechanisms. We study the 13C pairs in aqueous solutions 1,2-13C2 squarate over a range pH values. order accessed by introducing 18O nuclei to break chemical equivalence. dianion equilibrium with hydrogen-squarate (SqH?) ...