Heteronuclear correlation through multiple quantum coherence

Fig. 10.14. Gradient-enhanced HMQC pulse sequence described in 1991 by Hurd and John derived from the earlier non-gradient experiment of Bax and Subramanian. For 1H-13C heteronuclear shift correlation, the gradient ratio, G1 G2 G3 should be 2 2 1 or a comparable ratio. The pulses sequence creates heteronuclear multiple quantum of orders zero and two with the application of the 90° 13C pulse. The multiple quantum coherence evolves during the first half of ti. The 180° proton pulse midway through the evolution period decouples proton chemical shift evolution and interchanges the zero and double quantum coherence terms. Antiphase proton magnetization is created by the second 90° 13C pulse that is refocused during the interval A prior to detection and the application of broadband X-decoupling.

H homonuclear correlation spectroscopy (COSY). The connection between the benzyltetraisoquinoline and pavine moieties in 66 was located at C-10 and C-7 through an ether bridge as a result of the unambiguous assignments of H and 13C NMR signals by the heteronuclear multiple-bond quantum coherence (HMQC) and heteronuclear multiple-bond coherence (HMBC) NMR techniques. The EIMS of 66 confirmed the presence of a hydroxybenzyl moiety due to the observed complementary peaks at m/z 545 and 107 [11]. Furthermore, the structure of 66 was substantiated by the formation of herveline C (68) after 66 was treated with diazomethane in ethyl ether solution overnight [11]. 

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