Chem 627/326

Formly known as Chem 545, 542, 625

NMR is arguably the most powerful analytical tool in modern chemical research. It encompasses a broad spectrum of techniques and information- from counting the number of protons in a molecule to determining 3-D structures and distances.

This class in intended to provide NMR training to all students (both undergraduate and graduate) who expect to use the NMR facility in their research. The class consists of lectures once a week, and individual instrument training. Typically, students require about 20 training sessions to complete training on basic experiments on all three spectrometers.

Prequisite: There is no prerequisite, but 1 semester of physical chemistry is recommended.

Schedule:  Spring 2023 is still in flux - below is the schedule from Spring 2022

•  the lecture is Fridays at 1 pm.

21 Jan
    no class

28 Jan 
    Class overview
    NMR theory


4 Feb 
	Data Acquisition
		Instrumental parameters
		Instrumental design
	Locking and Shimming

11 Feb 
	Data Processing
        Processing Parameters
		Apodizations
		Data "Corrections"
	Solution Experiments
		"Simple 1D"
		Decoupling
		NOE
		Relaxation (T1 and T2)
		APT (Attached proton test)

18 Feb   
	Multi-dimensional experiments
        COSY (Correlated spectroscopy)
		NOESY (NOE spectroscopy)
		Hetcorr/HMQC

25 Feb 
	Introduction to Solid-State NMR
		Theory
		MASS/VASS/DOR
		CP
		CSA
		2D  solids

4 Mar    
	Advanced Topics
        Hints, Problems
	    Review

11  and 18  Mar 
    No class UNM spring break.

25 Mar
    Mass Spectrometry part 1.
	
1 Apr
    Mass Spectrometry part 2.
    
8 Apr
    Final during class time.