FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Instrumentation

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

The Final Exam is on Mon 12/8 at 4pm in Room GS-101

 

CHM  6830

Fall Semester 2008

Mo & We 4:00-5:20am 

Classroom: GS-101 

Instructor: Dr. Frank Mari (mari@fau.edu)

Office: SEB-134

Office Hours TU, TH 11:00-12:00n

 

FAU's NMR Course Home Page: http://www.science.fau.edu/chemistry/mari/instr-nmr.html

Required Textbooks:
J. B. Lambert, H. F. Shurvell, D. A. Lightner and R. G. Cooks, “Organic Structural Spectroscopy”, 1998
J. P. Hornak, "The Basics of NMR", http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/nmr, 1997
The NMR Periodic Table: http://bmrl.med.uiuc.edu:8080/MRITable/

Recommended Texts:
H. Friebolin, "Basic 1 and 2D NMR Spectroscopy", 3rd Ed., Wiley, 1998.

T. J. Logan, "Macromolecular NMR spectroscopy", http://www.sb.fsu.edu/~logan/, 2000
S. Braun, H. O. Kalinowski and S. Berger, "150 and More Basic NMR Experiments", VCH, Weinhein, 1999
                 ftp://ftp.bruker.de/pub/nmr/courses+manuals/100_NMR_Experiments/150_and_more_v2.pdf
J. K. M. Sanders and B. K. Hunter, "Modern NMR Spectroscopy", 2nd Ed., Oxford, 1993.
J. K. M. Sanders, E. C. Constable, B. K. Hunter and C. M. Pearce, "Modern NMR Spectroscopy, a Workbook of Chemical Problems", 2nd Ed., Oxford.

MATERIAL TO BE COVERED

Part I: General Principles
A. Historical background and evolution of NMR techniques
B. The nature of the NMR phenomena
C. Modern Instrumentation
D. Magnets, Probes, RF-hardware
E. Sample preparation and handling
F. Pulse Field Gradients
G. Waveform Generators and Pulse Shaping
H. Computer interfaces, software and data handling

Part II: 1D NMR experiments
A. The one-pulse experiment
B. Data processing and handling
C. Spin decoupling and difference spectroscopy
D. Multiple-pulse experiments
E. Shaped pulse experiments
F. Gradient experiments
G. Relaxation techniques. Determination of T1 and T2

Part III: Multidimensional NMR experiments
A. The 2D experiment: Basic concepts and properties of the second dimension
B. Connections through bonds. Homonuclear and Heteronuclear experiments
C. Connections through space. The Nuclear Overhauser Effect.

Part IV: Practical Applications of NMR spectroscopy.
A. Multinuclear NMR and its applications to small molecules: The Taxol case study
B. Multinuclear NMR and its applications to Biological chemistry
C. Applications to microsampling, LC- NMR and combinatorial chemistry
D. Biomedical NMR and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Lectures

Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6


Useful NMR Links

The National High Field Magnet Lab (Tallahassee, Fl)

Varian NMR Instruments Homepage (Palo Alto, CA)

NMR Information Server (University of Florida) Contains links to numerous NMR related sites

University of Minnesota NMR Lab Homepage at the Department of Chemistry. A well-organized homepage that contains instructions for the operation of the Varian Unity Inova spectrometers. It also has several tips on the how to run NMR experiments according to your structural elucidation needs.

2D NMR by Marc BRIA, Pierre WATKIN & Yves PLANCKE (France) An excellent home page that contains interactive examples  on the principles and applications of the most popular 2D NMR experiments (it is also in French, if you would like to practice the language)

Exam Sets

Set 1
Set 2