Dept. of Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Graduate Course, 7,5p

Goal of the course

The successful participant of this course should:

• Be familiar with the function and use of contemporary pulse sequences for high resolution NMR spectroscopy
• Be able to identify the experiments required to solve structural problems with a focus on organic chemistry
• Be able to optimize both NMR experiment setup and processing of NMR data
• Be able to choose and interprete suitable NMR experiments to study molecular interactions

Contents

Processing of NMR data: Reference deconvolution, linear prediction, J-doubling

Spin simulation: Parameters from higher order NMR spectra

Models describing NMR experiments: Magnetization, polarization, coherence, vector model, product operator formalism

Pulse sequences: NMR hardware, elements of pulse sequences, optimization of pulse sequences

Solvent suppression: By data processing, saturation, selective excitation schemes, WET

Selective experiments: 1D TOCSY, selective INEPT, 1D NOESY, 1D ROESY

2D NMR experiments: J-resolved experiments, homonuclear correlation: P.E.COSY, DQF-COSY, extraction of coupling constants; heteronuclear correlation: J-HMBC, MBOB. Measurement of heteronuclear coupling constants, 2D NOE experiments: Correlation between NOE and distance. TROSY and related techniques, 3D NMR experiments

Dynamic NMR: Variable temperature experiments, coalescence, and full lineshape fitting, EXSY

Molecular interactions: Measurement of self-diffusion, transferred NOE, saturation transfer difference and related techniques, SAR by NMR

Teaching

Lectures, theoretical and practical exercises, lab reports.

Grades

Passed (G) or not passed (U).

Requirements

Successful participation (grade G) in course "Modern High-Resolution NMR Spectroscopy, 5 hp" or equivalent course.

Course literature

Handouts and selected articles from the scientific literature.

Responsible: Adolf Gogoll

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