Insensitive nuclei enhancement by polarization

INEPT (insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer) Polarization transfer pulse sequence used to record the NMR spectra of insensitive nuclei, e.g., C, with sensitivity enhancement may be used for spectral editing. 

There is another member of this family of experiments known as INEPT (Insensitive Nuclei Enhancement by Polarization Transfer), which was the forerunner of DEPT. INEPT still has its uses for obtaining spectra of really insensitive nuclei such as silicon-29 or nitrogen-15. 

J splittings cannot be directly resolved. In addition to the obvious advantage of providing a map of chemical bonds between the spins, /-based transfers do not require spin-locking and are not disturbed by molecular motions. The major drawback of polarization transfer through J coupling is that the delays involved in the pulse sequences, such as insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer (INEPT) [233] or heteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence (HMQC)... 

Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer (INEPT) method (see Table 3.13). 

In the case of the 7-hydroxy-substituted compounds 44 (Scheme 2), 54 different derivatives were investigated by 13C NMR spectroscopy and, in some cases, also by 1SN NMR spectroscopy <1995JST(335)273>. With the help of proton-coupled 13C NMR spectra, semi-selective INEPT (insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer) experiments, and heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) two-dimensional 2D-NMR spectra, all shifts could be unequivocally assigned. While the C-7 shifts did not allow the existing tautomeric situation to be determined, a clear decision could be made by H NMR spectroscopy in this respect. The 1SN NMR spectra revealed an equilibrium between the N(4)H and N(3)H tautomeric forms, which is fast on the NMR timescale. 

INEPT insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer... 

The INEPT (Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer) experiment [6, 7] was the first broadband pulsed experiment for polarization transfer between heteronuclei, and has been extensively used for sensitivity enhancement and for spectral editing. For spectral editing purposes in carbon-13 NMR, more recent experiments such as DEPT, SEMUT [8] and their various enhancements [9] are usually preferable, but because of its brevity and simplicity INEPT remains the method of choice for many applications in sensitivity enhancement, and as a building block in complex pulse sequences with multiple polarization transfer steps. The potential utility of INEPT in inverse mode experiments, in which polarization is transferred from a low magnetogyric ratio nucleus to protons, was recognized quite early [10]. The principal advantage of polarization transfer over methods such as heteronuclear spin echo difference spectroscopy is the scope it offers for presaturation of the unwanted proton signals, which allows clean spec-... 

Substituted pyridines Insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer procedure (INEPT) for 1SN NMR with natural isotope abundance 2J, 3J and 4/(15N, H) coupling constants obtained in (CD3)2CO and DMSO-d6 81OMR(16)170... 

Pulse sequences for non-selective polarization transfer, not only useful for signal enhancement but also for multiplicity selection, are referred to as INEPT [54], abbreviated from Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer . An improved method denoted as Distortionless Enhancement by Polarization Transfer or DEPT" [55] permits the cleanest multiplicity selection known so far, with full enhancement and low sensitivity to individual CH coupling constants. In addition, fully enhanced and undistorted coupled spectra can be recorded. Finally, subspectra for CH, CH2 and CH3 groups can be generated. 

Other nuclei besides H or have been used to monitor enantiomeric discrimination with chiral lanthanide chelates. This includes the NMR spectra of chiral 2-thiabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane 2,2-dioxides (14) and 8,8-dioxides (15) with Pr(hfc)3 . The Si NMR spectrum of a-C-silylated amines and alcohols (38) in the presence of Eu(tfc)3 was used to monitor the optical purity of these compounds . A refocused-decoupled INEPT (insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer) pulse sequence was used to circumvent the long spin-lattice relaxation times of the silicon. 

More modem one-dimensional (ID) sequences such as INEPT (Insensitive Nuclei Enhanced by Polarization Transfer) or DEPT (Distortionless Enhancement by Polarization Transfer) [6,13-15] have not been used extensively [16]. This type of experiment seems to be more powerful than the old INDOR technique. 

These composite pulses can be used in liquid- and solid-state multi-pulse experiments such as the //V PT experiment (insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer) and the Jeener-Broekaert echo experiment [Wiml]. 

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