NMR probes

Hunger M and Horvath T 1995 A new MAS NMR probe for in situ investigations of hydrooarbon oonversions on solid oatalysts under oontinuous-flow oonditions Chem. Commun. 1995 1423-4... 

We discuss the rotational dynamics of water molecules in terms of the time correlation functions, Ciit) = (P [cos 0 (it)]) (/ = 1, 2), where Pi is the /th Legendre polynomial, cos 0 (it) = U (0) U (it), u [, Is a unit vector along the water dipole (HOH bisector), and U2 is a unit vector along an OH bond. Infrared spectroscopy probes Ci(it), and deuterium NMR probes According to the Debye model (Brownian rotational motion), both... 

Sample preparation requirements in solid state NMR are strikingly simple because the measurement is carried out at ambient temperature and pressure. Wide-line NMR experiments can be carried out on solid samples in any form, as far as the sample dimensions fit those of the coil in the NMR probe. MAS experiments require the material to be uniformly distributed within the rotor. 

When the reaction was followed in an nmr probe, the appearance and disappearance of two intermediates 66 and 67 was observed along with the buildup of product 65. The rate of reaction of 64 at 75° in formic acid, k = 3xl0" sec, is six times faster than the rate of the corresponding saturated system, 2,2-dimethyl-1-pentyl tosylate, k = 5xl0" sec, under identical conditions. If the inductive rate retarding effect of the triple bond is taken into account, then the calculated rate enhancement resulting from triple-bond participation in the solvolysis of 64 is about 3000(81). The... 

The electrochemical reduction of 4//-thiopyrans bearing four electron-withdrawing substituents leads to 5,6-dihydro-2//-thiopyrans. Four diastereoisomers are produced, their relative proportions depending on the electrolytic conditions. Their conformations have been established using the vinylic proton as an nmr probe and confirmed in some instances by X-ray analysis <96JCS(P2)2623>. 

Figure 1.6 A 500-MHz NMR spectrometer (Bruker AMX 500). The console is the computer-controlled recording and measuring system the superconducting magnet and NMR probe assemblies are on the right.

What properties should an ideal NMR probe have ... 

Fig. 2.5.1 Schematic of an NMR flow cell used to introduce and mix reactants and follow product formation used in a conventional 5-mm diameter NMR probe [11].

The application of NMR to the study of chemical reactions has been expanded to a wide range of experimental conditions, including high pressure and temperatures. In 1993, Funahashi et al. [16] reported the construction of a high pressure 3H NMR probe for stopped-flow measurements at pressures <200 MPa. In the last decade, commercial flow NMR instrumentation and probes have been developed. Currently there are commercially available NMR probes for pressures of 0.1-35 MPa and temperatures of 270-350 K (Bruker) and 0.1-3.0 MPa and 270-400 K (Varian). As reported recently, such probes can be used to perform quantitative studies of complicated reacting multicomponent mixtures [17]. 

M. W. Hunter, P.T. Callaghan, R. Dyk-stra, C. E. Eccles 2003, (Design and construction of a portable one-sided access NMR probe), in Book of Abstracts 7th International Conference on Magnetic... 

Fig. 5.3.8 Photograph of the detection region of the NMR probe with radiofrequency coil. A methane—air mixture was ignited above the zeolite pellets. The mixture also contained xenon for NMR detection. Hp-129Xe NMR spectra with 30% xenon (from high-density xenon optical pumping) in 70% methane is depicted. (1) The spectrum in the absence of combustion and (2) the spectrum during combustion. Adapted from Ref. [2],...

On-line SFE-NMR coupling was also reported [151,152], SFE provides some degree of separation by means of solubility and affinity to the matrix. This offers the possibility of transferring analytes directly from the extraction into the NMR probe. Drawbacks in the acquisition of SFE-NMR and SFC-NMR spectra are the elongated spin-lattice relaxation times 7) of protons and the pressure dependence of H NMR chemical shifts [153]. 

LC-NMR hyphenation consists of a liquid chromatograph (autosampler, pump, column and oven) and a classical HPLC detector. The flow of the detector is brought via an interface to the flow-cell NMR probe. Using commercial NMR flow-cells with volumes between 40 and 180 p,L, in connection with microbore columns or packed capillaries, complete spectra have been provided from 1 nmol of sample. These micro-cells allow expensive deuterated solvents to be used, and thus eliminate solvent interference without excessive cost. The HPLC eluent can be split in order to allow simultaneous MS detection. 

Hunger, M. and Horvath, T.J. (1995) A new mas NMR probe for in-situ investigations of hydrocarbon conversion on solid catalysts under continuous-flow conditions, Chem. Soc. Client. Comm., 14, 1423. 

Figure 4.7 shows the structures of important carotenoids (all-E) lutein, (all-E) zeaxanthin, (all-E) canthaxanthin, (all-E) p-carotene, and (all-E) lycopene. Employing a self-packed C30 capillary column, the carotenoids can be separated with a solvent gradient of acetone water=80 20 (v/v) to 99 1 (v/v) and a flow rate of 5 pL min, as shown in Figure 4.8 (Putzbach et al. 2005). The more polar carotenoids (all-E) lutein, (all-E) zeaxanthin, and (all-E) canthaxanthin elute first followed by the less polar (all-E) p-carotene and the nonpolar (all-E) lycopene. Figure 4.9 shows the stopped-flow II NMR spectra of these five carotenoids. The chromatographic run was stopped when the peak maximum of the compound of interest reached the NMR probe detection volume.

FIGURE 4.5 Schematic design of a microcoil NMR probe. (From Rehbein, J. et al., Characterization of Bixin by LC-MS and LC-NMR, John Wiley Sons Ltd., 2387, 2007. With permission.)... 

Problems associated with restricted rotation (discussed later) also seem to be worse in D6-DMSO, and being relatively nonvolatile (it boils at 189 °C, though some chemical decomposition occurs approaching this temperature so it is always distilled at reduced pressure), it is difficult to remove from samples, should recovery be required. This nonvolatility however, makes it the first choice for high temperature work - it could be taken up to above 140 °C in theory, though few NMR probes are capable of operating... 

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