Spectroscopy:
Solution NMR
Sample Preparation
Presentation of Data
1999 Konstantin Pervushin, Roland Riek, Gerhard Wider, and Kurt Wthrich;
TROSY
2000 Lucio Frydman;
Quadrupolar MQMAS
2001 Peter Boesiger, Klaas Prmann, Markus Weiger;
Sensitivity-encoded magnetic
resonance imaging
2002 Ad Bax, Aksel Bothner-By and James Prestegard;
Residual dipolar couplings of weakly
aligned molecules in solution
2003 Jacob Schaefer;
REDOR Technique for Solid State NMR
2004 Lewis E. Kay,
NMR of Biological Macromolecules
2005 Stephan Grzesiek,
J couplings across hydrogen bonds
2006 Thomas Szyperski, Eriks Kupce, Ray Freeman, and Rafael Bruschweiler;
Acceleration of Multidimensional NMR
by novel procedures for scanning data space and efficiently processing results to obtain a
conventional spectral representation
2007 Robert G. Griffin;
High-field dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) for sensitivity enhancement in
solid-state MAS NMR
2008 Malcom H. Levitt;
Optimized pulses and pulse sequences to enhance the power of liquid &
solid state NMR
2009 Daniel P. Weitekamp;
PASADENA and BOOMERANG
significantly improve NMR force detection by circumventing the problems of inhomogeneous
magnetic fields
2010 Paul T. Callahan;
Contributions to the study of polymeric and heterogeneous materials by advanced NMR exchange, diffusion
and relaxation techniques, and for his innovative q-space-diffusion-related developments that were relevant
in the context of the development of diffusion-tensor imaging.
2011 Daniel Rugar, John Mamin, and John Sidles;
Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy
(MRFM).
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2012 Klaes Golman and Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen:
Dissolution-DNP NMR
NMR Spectroscopy
NUCLEAR
MAGNETIC
RESONANC
E
6
Chapter 13
RF Pulse
TheNMRspectrum
Fourier
transform
TheFouriertransform(FT)is
acomputationalmethodfor
analyzingthefrequencies
presentinanoscillatingsignal
Magic angle
(54.7)
NMR
Probes
Solids
Solids
Liquids
10
Liquids
NMR Signal
Generation
Spectrometer:
RF Generation:
90 180
Pulse (Sequences):
RD
Receiver:
DE
AQ
FT
11
NMR Samples
Types of NMR sample holders
Sample preparation
Spectrum quality
12
NMR Sample
Tubes with Caps
13
NMR Sample
Preparation
Tubes and Caps:
Degassing Samples:
NMR Sample
Preparation
Quantity:
NMR Sample
Preparation
5 mm
16
Clean
clear
solution
GOOD!
NMR Sample
Preparation
Suspension
or opaque
solution
Precipitate
Concentration
gradient
Two
phases
Bad Samples!
Not
enough
solvent
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NMR Sample
Preparation
Shimming
improves the
magnetic field
homogeneity
If the magnetic field is not uniform within the sample, molecules in
different positions will experience different field strengths.
This will produce broad, distorted, or additional signals.18
19
Good spectrum
ppm
20
ppm
Good spectrum
ppm
Peak picking
Integrals
ppm scale
21
ppm
Good spectrum
ppm
22
ppm
Bad spectrum ?
23
Bad spectrum !
Signal/Noise
ratio bad
24
Bad spectrum ?
25
Bad spectrum !
Tall signals
are cut off
26
Bad spectrum ?
27
Bad spectrum !
28
Bad spectrum ?
29
Bad spectrum !
Broad signals
Possible reasons:
poor shimming
viscous sample
sample too concentrated
suspended particles in sample
excessive line broadening may
have been used during processing
30
Bad spectrum ?
31
Bad spectrum ?
32
Bad spectrum ?
33
34
H,
C,
13
F,
19
H,
C,
12
O,
16
intensity
magnetic field
10
0
CH3Cl
versus
CH4
lower electron
higher electron
density
density
resonate at lower
resonate at higher
applied field
applied field
CH4
CH3CH3
number of signals?
H3C
H3C
one
C
C
CH3
CH3
one
CH3
one
CH3
two
CH3
H3C C CH3
Br
one
CH3CH2CH2-Br
three
CH3CH2-Br
two
CH3CHCH3
Cl
two
CH3CHCH2CH3
Br
Cl-CH2CH2CH2-Cl
two
four
CH3
CH2Cl
three
remember:
chemical shift
convention: let most upfield signal = a, next most upfield = b,
etc.
tms
toluene
CH3
b
chemical shifts
H3C
a
H3C
C
C
CH3
a
CH3
CH3 a
a
b
CH3
CH3
H3C C CH3
a
a
Br
CH3CH2CH2-Br
CH3CH2-Br
a b a
CH3CHCH3
Cl
b
d c a
CH3CHCH2CH3
Br
b a b
Cl-CH2CH2CH2-Cl
CH3
CH2Cl
b
c
3H
2H
2H
a:b:c=3:2:2
a b a
CH3CHCH3
Cl
6H
1H
a:b=6:1
a
b
integration
H3C
a
H3C
a 12 H
C
C
CH3
a
CH3
a 12 H
CH3 a
a
a 6H
b
CH3
a 6H
b 4H
CH3
H3C C CH3
a
a
Br
a 9H
a
CH3CH2CH2-Br
a 3H
b 2H
c 2H
CH3CH2-Br
a 3H
b 2H
a b a
CH3CHCH3
Cl
a 6H
b 1H
b
d c a
CH3CHCH2CH3
Br
a
b
c
d
3H
3H
2H
1H
b a b
Cl-CH2CH2CH2-Cl
a 2H
b 4H
CH3
CH2Cl
b
c
a 3H
b 2H
c 4H
n+1
Pascal pattern:
singlet
2
3
4
doublet
1
3
6
triplet
1
quartet
quintet
splitting pattern?
H3C
a
H3C
a 12 H singlet
C
C
CH3
a
CH3
a 12 H singlet
CH3 a
a
a 6 H singlet
b
CH3
a 6 H singlet
b 4 H singlet
CH3
H3C C CH3
a
a
Br
a 9 H singlet
a
CH3CH2CH2-Br
a 3 H triplet
b 2 H complex
c 2 H triplet
CH3CH2-Br
a 3 H triplet
b 2 H quartet
a b a
CH3CHCH3
Cl
a 6 H doublet
b 1 H septet
b
d c a
CH3CHCH2CH3
Br
a
b
c
d
3H
3H
2H
1H
a 2 H quintet
b 4 H triplet
triplet
doublet
complex
complex
CH3
CH2Cl
b
c
b a b
Cl-CH2CH2CH2-Cl
a 3 H singlet
b 2 H singlet
c 4 H ~singlet
CH3CH2-OH
a 3 H triplet
b 2 H quartet
c 1 H singlet
cyclohexane
singlet
12H
2,3-dimethyl-2-butene
H3C
CH3
C C
H3C
CH3
a singlet
12H
benzene
a singlet
6H
p-xylene
H3C
CH3
a
b
a singlet
6H
b singlet
4H
tert-butyl bromide
CH3
H3C C CH3
Br
a singlet 9H
ethyl bromide
a
b
CH3CH2-Br
a
b
triplet 3H
quartet 2H
1-bromopropane
a
b
c
CH3CH2CH2-Br
a
b
c
triplet
3H
complex 2H
triplet
2H
isopropyl chloride
a
b a
CH3CHCH3
Cl
a
b
doublet 6H
septet
1H
2-bromobutane
b
d c
a
CH3CHCH2CH3
Br
a
b
c
d
triplet
doublet
complex
complex
3H
3H
2H
1H
o-methylbenzyl chloride
a
CH3
b
CH2Cl
a singlet 3H
b singlet 2H
c ~ singlet 4H
ethanol
a
c
b
CH3CH2-OH
a
b
c
triplet 3H
singlet 1H
quartet 2H
c
ethylbenzene
b a
CH2CH3
a triplet 3H
b quartet
2H
c ~singlet 5H
p-diethylbenzene
a
CH3CH2
a triplet 6H
b quartet 4H
c singlet 4H
CH2CH3
m-diethylbenzene
o-diethylbenzene
2-bromo-2-methylbutane
CH3
b CH3CCH2CH3 a
Br c
a triplet 3H
b singlet 6H
c quartet 2H
overlap
b&c
di-n-propylether
a
CH3CH2CH2-OCH2CH2CH3
a
b
c
triplet
6H
complex 4H
triplet
4H
1-propanol
a
b
d
c
CH3CH2CH2-OH
a
b
c
d
triplet
complex
singlet
triplet
3H
2H
1H
2H
C11H16
a 9H = 3CH3, no neighbors
9H
c 5H = monosubstituted
benzene
b 2H, no neighbors
CH3
CH2 C CH3
CH3
neopentylbenzene
5H
2H
C4H8Br2
a = 6H, two CH3 with no neighbors
6H
(CH3)2C
b = CH2, no neighbors & shifted
downfield due to Br
CH3
H3C C CH2
Br Br
2H
C7H8O
c = monosubst. benzene
5H
H2C
OH
b = CH2
c = OH
2H
1H
C4H9Br
a doublet 1.04 ppm
b complex 1.95 ppm
c doublet 3.33 ppm
6H
1H
2H
CH3
CH3CHCH2Br
a
b c
6H doublet
b 1H complex
c 2H doublet
C10H13Cl
a singlet 1.57 ppm 6H
b singlet 3.07 ppm 2H
c singlet 7.27 ppm 5H
b CH3
CH2 C CH3
Cl
a singlet 6H
b singlet 2H
c singlet 5H
13
C nmr
C ~ 1.1% of carbons
13
13
C-nmr
2-bromobutane
a
c
d b
CH3CH2CHCH3
Br
mri
magnetic
resonance
imaging
This image is
copyrighted,
and used by
kind permission
of Joseph
Hornak for use
in Chem-312.
http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/