Magic-angle spinning magnetization transfer

Fig. 10. The pulse sequence for the WISE experiment.21 This two-dimensional experiment separates H wideline spectra according to the isotropic l3C chemical shift of the 13C each H is bonded to. An initial H 90° pulse creates transverse H magnetization that is allowed to evolve in t. A short cross-polarization step then transfers the remaining H magnetization to the nearest 13C spin, i.e. the bonded one. The resulting 13C transverse magnetization is then allowed to evolve in ti under magic-angle spinning, where an FID is recorded.

Solid-state experiments use a dry sample that is packed into a rotor and spun at high frequency inside the spectrometer s magnetic field. This approach is termed cross-polarization magic angle spinning (CPMAS), and is the standard protocol for solids. It relies on transfer of magnetization from protons to C (or other nuclei) in order to achieve rapid analyses with reasonably narrow spectral lines. Cody et al. 

We present a solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiment that allows the observation of a high-resolution two-dimensional heteronuclear correlation (2D HETCOR) spectrum between aluminum and phosphorous in aluminophosphate molecular sieve VPI-5. The experiment uses multiple quantum magic angle spinning (MQMAS) spectroscopy to remove the second order quadrupolar broadening in Al nuclei. The magnetization is then transferred to spin-1/2 nuclei of P via cross polarization (CP) to produce for the first time isotropic resolution in both dimensions. 

M. Weingarth, D.E. Demco, G. Bodenhausen, P. Tekely, Improved magnetization transfer in solid-state NMR with fast magic angle spinning, Chem. Phys. Lett. 469 (2009) 342-348. 

Keywords Ultrafast, Magic angle spinning (MAS), Magnetization transfer. Correlation... 

Magnetization transfer from abundant H nuclei to rare C(CP) and magic angle spinning (MAS) to nullify chemical shift anisotropy... 

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