Analysis NMR spectroscopy

Shi et al.71 have assigned the backbone and side-chain chemical shifts for 103 of 238 residues of proteorhodopsin using solid state NMR spectroscopy. Analysis of the chemical shifts has allowed determination of protonation states of several carboxylic acids as well as boundaries and distortions of trans-membrane a-helices and secondary structure elements in the loops. It has been shown that internal Asp227, making a part of the counterion, is ionised, while Glul42 located close to the extracellular surface is neutral. 

Mallet, ]. F., E. M. Gaydou, and A. Archavlis. Determination of petro-selinic acid in Umbeliferae seed oils by combined GC and NMR spectroscopy analysis. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 1990 67(10) 607-610. 

Along with solution-state NMR spectroscopy, analysis of the solid-state spectra of nitrogen heterocycles has been carried out to evaluate the various chemical shift tensors associated with the 1SN nucleus <1997JA9804>. Importantly, this showed the dominance of the tensor perpendicular to the plane of the aromatic system along with the key effect of protonation of the pyridine nitrogen. 

Such a method requires separate analyses of the reaction products for addition process this has usually been done by infrared spectroscopy ", gas chromatography isotopic dilution method " or nmr spectroscopy . Analysis of the unreacted fraction of the competing reactants may be used as a substitute for analysis of products, when the latter (or one of them) are slowly decomposing. 

By aging treatment of PPA, free phosphoric acid content in the poly(phosphoric acid) has been increased, and in turn, its catalyst activity. The increase of phosphoric acid content in the poly(phosphoric acid) was followed by NMR spectroscopy analysis. Figure 2.5 shows the NMR the PPA spectrum after thermal treatment with the respective assignments for the phosphorus species. Table 2.2 shows the relative amounts of the three phosphorous... 

In addition to modem spectroscopic methods ( H nmr spectroscopy, ftir spectroscopy) and chromatographic methods (gc, hplc), HBr titration (29) is suitable for the quantitative analysis of ethyleneimine samples which contain relatively large amounts of ethyleneimine. In this titration, the ethyleneimine ring is opened with excess HBr in glacial acetic acid, and unconsumed HBr is back-titrated against silver nitrate. 

The formation of such materials may be monitored by several techniques. One of the most useful methods is and C-nmr spectroscopy where stable complexes in solution may give rise to characteristic shifts of signals relative to the uncomplexed species (43). Solution nmr spectroscopy has also been used to detect the presence of soHd inclusion compound (after dissolution) and to determine composition (host guest ratio) of the material. Infrared spectroscopy (126) and combustion analysis are further methods to study inclusion formation. For general screening purposes of soHd inclusion stmctures, the x-ray powder diffraction method is suitable (123). However, if detailed stmctures are requited, the single crystal x-ray diffraction method (127) has to be used. 

Another technique often used to examine the stmcture of double-heUcal oligonucleotides is two-dimensional nmr spectroscopy (see AfAGNETiC SPIN resonance). This method rehes on measurement of the nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs) through space to determine the distances between protons (6). The stmcture of an oligonucleotide may be determined theoretically from a set of iaterproton distances. As a result of the complexities of the experiment and data analysis, the quality of the stmctural information obtained is debated. However, nmr spectroscopy does provide information pertaining to the stmcture of DNA ia solution and can serve as a complement to the stmctural information provided by crystallographic analysis. 

The principal techniques for determining the microstmcture of phenoHc resins include mass spectroscopy, proton, and C-nmr spectroscopy, as well as gc, Ic, and gpc. The softening and curing processes of phenoHc resins are effectively studied by using thermal and mechanical techniques, such as tga, dsc, and dynamic mechanical analysis (dma). Infrared (ir) and electron spectroscopy are also employed. 

Specific optical rotation values, [a], for starch pastes range from 180 to 220° (5), but for pure amylose and amylopectin fractions [a] is 200°. The stmcture of amylose has been estabUshed by use of x-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy (23). The latter analysis shows that the proposed stmcture (23) is consistent with the proposed ground-state conformation of the monomer D-glucopyranosyl units. Intramolecular bonding in amylose has also been investigated with nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectroscopy (24). 

The field of steroid analysis includes identification of steroids in biological samples, analysis of pharmaceutical formulations, and elucidation of steroid stmctures. Many different analytical methods, such as ultraviolet (uv) spectroscopy, infrared (ir) spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) spectroscopy, x-ray crystallography, and mass spectroscopy, are used for steroid analysis. The constant development of these analytical techniques has stimulated the advancement of steroid analysis. 

Modem analytical techniques have been developed for complete characteri2ation and evaluation of a wide variety of sulfonic acids and sulfonates. The analytical methods for free sulfonic acids and sulfonate salts have been compiled (28). Titration is the most straightforward method of evaluating sulfonic acids produced on either a laboratory or an iadustrial scale (29,30). Spectroscopic methods for sulfonic acid analysis iaclude ultraviolet spectroscopy, iafrared spectroscopy, and and nmr spectroscopy (31). Chromatographic separation techniques, such as gc and gc/ms, are not used for free... 

Chain Structure. The chemical composition of poly (vinyhdene chloride) has been confirmed by various techniques, including elemental analysis, x-ray diffraction analysis, degradation studies, and in, Raman, and nmr spectroscopy. The polymer chain is made up of vinyhdene chloride units added head-to-tail ... 

Application of NMR spectroscopy to heterocyclic chemistry has developed very rapidly during the past 15 years, and the technique is now used almost as routinely as H NMR spectroscopy. There are four main areas of application of interest to the heterocyclic chemist (i) elucidation of structure, where the method can be particularly valuable for complex natural products such as alkaloids and carbohydrate antibiotics (ii) stereochemical studies, especially conformational analysis of saturated heterocyclic systems (iii) the correlation of various theoretical aspects of structure and electronic distribution with chemical shifts, coupling constants and other NMR derived parameters and (iv) the unravelling of biosynthetic pathways to natural products, where, in contrast to related studies with " C-labelled precursors, stepwise degradation of the secondary metabolite is usually unnecessary. 

Dioxolane also pseudorotates essentially freely in the vapor phase. 2,2 -Bi-l,3-dioxolane (128) has been shown by X-ray crystallography to have a conformation midway between the half-chair and envelope forms. The related compound 2-oxo-l 3-dioxolane (129) shows a half-chair conformation. This result is confirmed by microwave spectroscopy and by NMR data. Analysis of the AA BB NMR spectra of the ring hydrogen atoms in some 1,3-dioxolane lerivatives is in agreement with a puckered ring. Some 2-alkoxy-l,3-dioxolanes (130) display anti and gauche forms about the exocyclic C(2)—O bond. 

An azo coupling reaction of monatomic phenols with diazotized 4-nitroaniline has been investigated. By HPLC, NMR, elemental analysis, UV and IR spectroscopy it has been shown that the azo derivatives of o-guaiacol, o- and m-cresols interact with an excess of diazonium in pH interval of 4,5-9,5 and form corresponding 4,4-di(4-nitrophenylazo)-2,5-cyclohexadien-1 -ones. 

Relationships connecting stmcture and properties of primary alkylamines of normal stmcture C, -C gin chloroform and other solvents with their ability to extract Rh(III) and Ru(III) HCA from chloride solutions have been studied. The out-sphere mechanism of extraction and composition of extracted associates has been ascertained by UV-VIS-, IR-, and H-NMR spectroscopy, saturation method, and analysis of organic phase. Tertiary alkylamines i.e. tri-n-octylamine, tribenzylamine do not extract Ru(III) and Rh(III) HCA. The decrease of radical volume of tertiary alkylamines by changing of two alkyl radicals to methyl make it possible to diminish steric effects and to use tertiary alkylamines with different radicals such as dimethyl-n-dodecylamine which has not been used previously for the extraction of Rh(III), Ru(III) HCA with localized charge. 

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