Applications of NMR Crystallography to Problems in Biomineralization: Refinement of the Crystal Structure and P-31 Solid-State NMR Spectral Assignment of Octacalcium Phosphate

作者：Davies Erika; Duer Melinda J^*; Ashbrook Sharon E; Griffin John M

来源：Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134(30): 12508-12515.

DOI：10.1021/ja3017544

By combining X-ray crystallography, first-principles density functional theory calculations, and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we have refined the crystal structure of octacalcium phosphate (OCP), reassigned its P-31 NMR spectrum, and identified an extended hydrogen-bonding network that we propose is critical to the structural stability of OCP. Analogous water networks may be related to the critical role of the hydration state in determining the mechanical properties of bone, as OCP has long been proposed as a precursor phase in bone mineral formation. The approach that we have taken in this paper is broadly applicable to the characterization of crystalline materials in general, but particularly to those incorporating hydrogen that cannot be fully characterized using diffraction techniques.

• 出版日期2012-8-1