Studies of Molecular Motions of Ocotillol-Type Saponins in Solution by 13C Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation

In this paper, the fully anisotropicoverall tumbling motions and side groups internal rotation of ocotillol-type saponins separated from the leaves of Panax Quidquefolium L. are investigated by 13C nuclear magnetic relaxation. The fully anisotropic overall tumbling motion model with methyl conformation jumps internal rotation among three equivalent sites is presented, and the spectral density function of this model is derived. The rotation rates for overall tumbling motions to ocotillol-type saponins （OTS） are computed by Woessner’s fully anisotropic overall tumbling motion model, and the internal rotation rate and barrier for side groups in OTS are calculated using free diffusion internal rotation model, restriction diffusion internal rotation model and conformation jumps internal rotation model, respectively.