We describe in this paper the synthesis, crystallization, and solid-state NMR dynamics of molecules intended to emulate the structure and function of macroscopic compasses. The desired structures consist of polar pyridine (2) and pyridazine (3) groups as well as their corresponding N-oxides (2O and 3O), each linked axially to two bulky triphenyl methyl groups by 1, 4-triple bonds. The structures are such that the central polar heterocycles ...
[Dominguez, Zaira; Dang, Hung; Strouse, M. Jane; Garcia-Garibay, Miguel A. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002 , vol. 124, # 26 p. 7719 - 7727]