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NMR Samples
Types of NMR tubes
Sample preparation
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Types of NMR Tubes
Solid State
Sample Rotors
Solution NMR
Sample Tube
Spinners
NMR Sample
Tubes with Caps
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NMR Sample Preparation
5 mm
• Use clean + dry NMR tubes and caps
(tubes can be re-used, caps should not!)
• 0.5 ml deuterated solvent
(i.e. CDCl3 ,C6 D6 , acetone-d6 ,etc.)
• substrate requirements for routine spectra:
10 mg for proton NMR
100 mg for carbon-13 NMR
• min. filling height of tube: 2 inches (5 cm)
• Cleaning of tubes:
1. rinse with solvent you were using
2. rinse with acetone
3. dry in (vacuum-)oven at low temperature
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NMR Sample Preparation
Clean
clear
solution
GOOD!
Suspension
or opaque
solution
Precipitate
Not
enough
solvent
Two
phases
Bad Samples!
Concentration
gradient
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Good and bad NMR Spectra
… are the result of:
Sample preparation
Choice of solvent
Homogeneity of magnetic field
Data acquisition parameters
Processing procedures
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Good spectrum
ppm
ppm
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Good spectrum
ppm
Peak picking
Integrals
ppm scale
ppm
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Good spectrum
ppm
ppm
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Bad spectrum ?
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Bad spectrum !
No units specified for
axis and peak picking
Signal/Noise
ratio bad
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Bad spectrum ?
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Bad spectrum !
Tall signals
are cut off
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Bad spectrum ?
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Bad spectrum !
Signals too small
(only allowed to compare signal
intensities between different spectra)
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Bad spectrum ?
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Bad spectrum !
Broad signals
(bad sample, poor shimming,
wrong processing parameters)
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Bad spectrum ?
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Bad spectrum !
Signals are distorted
Excessive peak picking
(automatic phase correction
is often insufficient)
(low p.p. threshold,
also due to improper phasing)
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Bad spectrum ?
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Bad spectrum ?
Areas without signals should be excluded.
(If you want to print all your spectra with a
default range, i.e. 0-10 ppm, don’t forget to
print detailed expansions.)
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Lab Assignments
Duration
Spectrometer
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
2X2 hrs
3 hrs
2X2 hrs
3 hrs
2 hrs
2 hrs
3 hrs
2 hrs
3 hrs
2 hrs
100 + 360 MHz
100 or 360 MHz
100 + 360 MHz
360 MHz
100 + 300 MHz
100 + 300 MHz
360 MHz
360 MHz
300 MHz
360 MHz
11.
2 hrs
360 MHz
Experiment
sample requirement
(per 0.5 ml solution)
Comprehensive 1H NMR + Indirect 13C Observation
100 mg
Pulse Width Calibration and B1
100 mg
Rare spin NMR
concentrated (80-90%)
Decoupling 1H from 13C and B2
100 mg
Spin Echo and Spin/Spin Relaxation, T2
100 mg
Spin/Lattice Relaxation, T1
100 mg
Nuclear Overhauser Effect
25 mg
Polarization Transfer and DEPT
100 mg
13C CP/MAS in Solids
(sample provided)
HETCOR (1H/13C COSY)
100 mg
1H
COSY / NOESY
(optional)
25 mg
Use your own samples, if possible. Familiarize yourselves with the procedures
for each experiment, before you come to the lab. Print the manuals.
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