Highlighting gyroscopic motion in crystals in 13C CPMAS spectra by specific isotopic substitution and restricted cross polarization.

The temperature-dependent exchange rate and signal coalescence in the 13C CPMAS NMR spectrum of a crystalline molecular gyroscope are exposed by specifically deuterating the overlapping static carbons.

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