High Resolution NMR

Theory and Chemical Applications

Edwin D. Becker

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780120846603
• eBook ISBN: 9780323161855
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

High Resolution NMR: Theory and Chemical Applications discusses the principles and theory of nuclear magnetic resonance and how this concept is used in the chemical sciences. This book is written at an intermediate level, with mathematics used to augment verbal descriptions of the phenomena. This text pays attention to developing and interrelating four approaches – the steady state energy levels, the rotating vector picture, the density matrix, and the product operator formalism. The style of this book is based on the assumption that the reader has an acquaintance with the general principles of quantum mechanics, but no extensive background in quantum theory or proficiency in mathematics is required. This book begins with a description of the basic physics, together with a brief account of the historical development of the field. It looks at the study of NMR in liquids, including high resolution NMR in the solid state and the principles of NMR imaging and localized spectroscopy. This book is intended to assist chemistry graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, or researchers to understand NMR at a fundamental level. This text also provides illustrations of the applications of NMR to the determination of the structure of small organic molecules and macromolecules, including proteins.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• High Resolution NMR: Theory and Chemical Applications
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface to Second Edition
• Preface to First Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Theory of NMR
• Chapter 3. Instrumentation and Techniques
• Chapter 4. Chemical Shifts
• Chapter 5. Electron-Coupled Spin–Spin Interactions
• Chapter 6. The Use of NMR in Structure Elucidation
• Chapter 7. Analysis of Complex Spectra
• Chapter 8. Relaxation
• Chapter 9. Theory and Application of Double Resonance
• Chapter 10. Pulse Fourier Transform Methods
• Chapter 11. Exchange Processes: Dynamic NMR
• Chapter 12. Solvent Effects and Hydrogen Bonding
• Chapter 13. Use of NMR in Quantitative Analysis
• Chapter 14. Contemporary Developments in NMR
• References
• Appendix A: General NMR References
• Appendix B: Nuclear Spins, Magnetic Moments, and Resonance Frequencies
• Appendix C: Proton and Carbon-13 NMR Spectra of "Unknowns"
• Appendix D: Answers to Selected Problems
• Index