elucidation
-ethanol and beyond...
Dr. Tim Claridge
tim.claridge@chem.ox.ac.uk
Introduction
Historical overview
NMR Instrumentation
dynamics
interactions
Nuclear Spin
spin
B0
precession
External
magnetic
field
magnetic moment
and Resonance
N
External
magnetic
field
DE
HO-CH2-CH3
And now
10 mg incubation product from antibiotic biosynthesis
pathway (700 MHz, cryogenic probe)
Me
HO 2C
N
H
CO2 H
NMR instrumentation
robot
console
preamplifier
Magnet
400 MHz
anti-vibration
platform
Magnet development
B0 /Tesla
1000
23.5
1H Frequency (MHz)
21.1
800
18.8
16.4
14.1
600
20 MHz/year
11.7
400
8.5
7.0
200
0
1950
1960
1970
1980
Year
1990
2000
2010
Superconducting magnet
NMR probeheads
Radiofrequency
transmit & receive
coils
Tuning circuitry
Cryogenic probeheads
Cold head
Sample @ ~ 300K
3) Absorption intensities:
Peak integration
2) Spin-coupling
fine structure
CH3
H2C
8.5
8.0
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
1) Chemical shift
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5 ppm
2. Spin-spin couplings
Spectrum
9.5
9.0
8.5
8.0
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
frequency
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
ppm
Electron spins
surround nucleus
External
magnetic
field
their own
magnetic fields
shield nucleus
from external field
..differences in
electronic shielding
produce differences
in chemical shifts
CH3
H2C
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
ppm
doubledoublet (dd)
doublet (d)
triplet (t)
double
triplet (dt)
triple
doublet (td)
CH3
H2C
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
ppm
NMR techniques
for chemical structure elucidation
NMR
BnO
CH 2
H
BnO
Hydrogen
(1H)
NMR spectra
BnO
O
H
H
OBn
H
CH 2
H
BnO
BnO
STol
H
H
OBn
H
is NMR inactive,
13C
1D
8.5
8.0
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
5.5
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5 ppm
2D contour presentation
1H-1H
2D
Correlation
Spectroscopy (COSY)
Maps spin-spin coupled partners
H2N
CH
CH
OH
OH
CH3
Threonine
ppm
coupled hydrogen
spin system
5
ppm
2D COSY
TOCSY
COSY
F1
F2
F1
F2
2D TOCSY
2
3
H C
H
2D Heteronuclear correlation
13C
1H
Biological chemistry:
Peptides of 19 amino-acids
Chemical biology:
Protein of 110 amino acids
1H-15N
Structure
Drug binding
Protein-protein
interactions
15N
1H
3D NMR methods
for protein structures:
C
N
C
C
HNCO
HNCACO
C
C
15N
15N
13C
1H
1H
13C/15N
labelled
Protein
Medicine:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
YEAR
Material
2nd
1H
3rd
tim.claridge@chem.ox.ac.uk