Heteronuclear multiple bond correlation principles

NMR has become a standard tool for structure determination and, in particular, for these of Strychnos alkaloids. The last general article in this field was authored by J. Sapi and G. Massiot in 1994 [65] and described the advances in spectroscopic methods applied to these molecules. More recently, strychnine (1) has even been used to illustrate newly introduced experiments [66]. We comment, here, on their advantages and sum up the principles of usual 2D experiments in Fig. (1) and Fig. (2) (COSY Correlation SpectroscopY, TOCSY TOtal Correlation SpectroscopY, NOESY Nuclear Overhauser Enhancement SpectroscopY, ROESY Rotating frame Overhauser Enhancement SpectroscopY, HMQC Heteronuclear Multiple Quantum Coherrence, HMBC Heteronuclear Multiple Bond Correlation). This section updates two areas of research in the field new H and 13C NMR experiments with gradient selection or/and selective pulses, 15N NMR, and microspectroscopy. To take these data into account, another section comments on the structure elucidation of new compounds isolated from Strychnos. It covers the literature from 1994 to early 2000. 

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