Correlation spectroscopy, COSY

Population transfer experiments may be selective or nonselective. Selective population transfer experiments have found only limited use for signal multiplicity assignments (SSrensen et al, 1974) or for determining signs of coupling constants (Chalmers et al., 1974 Pachler and Wessels, 1973), since this is better done by employing distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer (DEPT) or Correlated Spectroscopy (COSY) experiments. However, nonselective population transfer experiments, such as INEPT or DEPT (presented later) have found wide application. 

A more useful type of 2D NMR spectroscopy is shift-correlated spectroscopy (COSY), in which both axes describe the chemical shifts of the coupled nuclei, and the cross-peaks obtained tell us which nuclei are coupled to which other nuclei. The coupled nuclei may be of the same type—e.g., protons coupled to protons, as in homonuclear 2D shift-correlated experiments—or of different types—e.g., protons coupled to C nuclei, as in heteronuclear 2D shift-correlated spectroscopy. Thus, in contrast to /-resolved spectroscopy, in which the nuclei were being modulated (i.e., undergoing... 

Homonuclear shift-correlation spectroscopy (COSY) is a standard method for establishing proton coupling networks. Diagonal and off-diagonal peaks appear with respect to the two frequency dimensions. 

Of course, you can find yourself looking at spectra that are complex enough to warrant numerous decoupling experiments for elucidation. In these circumstances, running a single correlated spectroscopy (COSY) 2-D experiment as an alternative might well be the answer. A full explanation of the theoretical... 

On the basis of their 13C NMR assignments (see below), 111—111 correlation spectroscopy (COSY) and H-13C COSY experiments allowed to assign the H NMR data of a series of sparteine analogues and derivatives (compounds 24-27). These data are collected in Table 2 <2003JST275>. Detailed 111 NMR assignments for other sparteine derivatives are also available in the literature (see, for instance, <2005JST75>). 

LC-NMR plays a central role in the on-line identification of the constituents of crude plant extracts (Wolfender and others 2003). This technique alone, however, will not provide sufficient spectroscopic information for a complete identification of natural products, and other hyphenated methods, such as LC-UV-DAD and LC-MS/MS, are needed for providing complementary information. Added to this, LC-NMR experiments are time-consuming and have to be performed on the LC peak of interest, identified by prescreening with LC-UV-MS. NMR applied to phenolic compounds includes H NMR,13 C NMR, correlation spectroscopy (COSY), heteronuclear chemical shift correlation NMR (C-H HECTOR), nuclear Overhauser effect in the... 

No general studies have been carried out for these compounds, but there are several reports in which the stereochemistry of the final product has been elucidated by NOESY, correlation spectroscopy (COSY), or heteronuclear single quantum correlation (HSQC) experiments. For example, intensive NOESY experiments were used to establish the exact nature of each of the three cycloadducts 151a-c generated by the cycloaddition of a substituted nitrone to dimethyl (Z)-diethylenedicarboxylate <2000EJ03633>. 

Scalar coupled experiments COSY and TOCSY The correlated spectroscopy (COSY) experiment is one of the most simple 2D-NMR pulse sequences in terms of the number of RF pulses it requires [32]. The basic sequence consists of a 90-C-90-acquire. The sequence starts with an excitation pulse followed by an evolution period and then an additional 90° pulse prior to acquisition. Once the time domain data are Fourier transformed, the data appear as a diagonal in... 

The interaction between different hydrogens in a molecule, known as scaler or spin-spin coupling , transmitted invariably through chemical bonds, usually cover 2 or 3 at the most. Therefore, when a hydrogen with a chemical shift A is coupled to a hydrogen with chemical shift B , one would immediately make out that the hydrogens must be only 2 or 3 bonds away from one another. To know exactly with particular hydrogens are coupled to one another it is necessary to record a two-dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (COSY) spectrum. 

In order to assign the chemical shifts of the carbon atoms of the conjugated diene system of each CLA isomer, it was necessary to conduct INADEQUATE, HMBC (heteronuclear multiple bond correlation) and two-dimensional 1H-13C correlation spectroscopy (COSY) techniques on the carbon signals of the diene system of the ,Z-isomers. The results of these experiments for the CLA isomers are summarized in Table 13. 

Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy (COSY) and Total Correlation Spectroscopy (TOCSY)... 

Two-Dimensional NMR—Basically, the two-dimensional NMR techniques of nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY) and correlation spectroscopy (COSY) depend on the observation that spins on different protons interact with one another. Protons that are attached to adjacent atoms can be directly spin-coupled and thus can be studied using the COSY method. This technique allows assignment of certain NMR frequencies by tracking from one atom to another. The NOESY approach is based on the observation that two protons closer than about 0.5 nm perturb one another s spins even if they are not closely coupled in the primary structure. This allows spacial geometry to be determined for certain molecules. 

Aryl derivatives of thieno[3,2-f]pyridines, 36 and 37, have been the subject of two-dimensional (2-D) NMR studies. Phase-sensitive nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY) and correlation spectroscopy (COSY) experiments confirm the nonplanar conformation of the two aromatic ring systems <1999SAA1035>. 

Figures 13.7 and 13.8 are two examples of two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy applied to polymers. Figure 13.7 is the proton homonuclear correlated spectroscopy (COSY) contour plot of Allied 8207A poly(amide) 6 [29]. In this experiment, the normal NMR spectrum is along the diagonal. Whenever a cross peak occurs, it is indicative of protons that are three bonds apart. Consequently, the backbone methylenes of this particular polymer can be traced through their J-coupling. Figure 13.8 is the proton-carbon correlated (HETCOR) contour plot of Nylon 6 [29]. This experiment permits the mapping of the proton resonances into the carbon-13 resonances.

Fig. 13.7 Proton homonuclear correlated spectroscopy (COSY) contour plot of Allied 8207A, a poly(amide) 6.

Wemmer, D. E., Homonuclear Correlated Spectroscopy (COSY). Concepts in Magnetic Resonance An Educational Journal, 1989,1, (No 2)... 

New techniques for data analysis and improvements in instrumentation have now made it possible to carry out stmctural and conformational studies of biopolymers including proteins, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids. NMR, which may be done on noncrystalline materials in solution, provides a technique complementary to X-ray diffraction, which requires crystals for analysis. One-dimensional NMR, as described to this point, can offer structural data for smaller molecules. But proteins and other biopolymers with large numbers of protons will yield a very crowded spectrum with many overlapping lines. In multidimensional NMR (2-D, 3-D, 4-D), peaks are spread out through two or more axes to improve resolution. The techniques of correlation spectroscopy (COSY), nuclear Overhausser effect spectroscopy (NOESY), and transverse relaxation-optimized spectroscopy (TROSY) depend on the observation that nonequivalent protons interact with each other. By using multiple-pulse techniques, it is possible to perturb one nucleus and observe the effect on the spin states of other nuclei. The availability of powerful computers and Fourier transform (FT) calculations makes it possible to elucidate structures of proteins up to 40,000 daltons in molecular mass and there is future promise for studies on proteins over 100,000... 

Homonuclear correlation spectroscopy (COSY) experiments (see Chapter 9) substantiate the theoretical predictions, based on molecular orbital calculation, of the pattern of spin delocalization in the 3e orbitals of low-spin Fe(III) complexes of unsymmetrically substituted tetraphenylporphyrins [46]. Furthermore, the correlations observed show that this n electron spin density distribution is differently modified by the electronic properties of a mono-orf/io-substituted derivative, depending on the distribution of the electronic effect over both sets of pyrrole rings or only over the immediately adjacent pyrrole rings [46]. No NOESY cross peaks are detectable, consistently with expectations of small NOEs for relatively small molecules and effective paramagnetic relaxation [47]. 

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