Abstract Protonation of the tricyclic antidepressant drug trimipramine with maleic acid, methanesulfonic acid and hydrochloric acid was studied using 1 H, 13 C and 15 N NMR spectroscopy at natural abundance. The effect of counter ions on the protonation was compared under identical conditions of solvent, concentration and temperature using homonuclear and heteronuclear one-and two-dimensional experiments. Differential ...