NMR Spectroscopy and Homogeneous Catalysis

Eloisa Martinez Viviente, Paul S. Pregosin, and Danide Schott 

Mechanisms in Homogeneous Catalysis. A Spectroscopic Approach. Edited by Brian Heaton Copyright 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 3-527-31025-8 

In the following pages we will try to illustrate and summarise some of the more relevant applications of all of these methods. 

Following the course of a reaction by NMR remains one of the most popular applications of this technique in homogeneous catalysis. The resulting kinetic information and/or the detection and identification of intermediates are important sources of mechanistic information. Often, isotopic labeling with [5-12] or [13-15] facilitates the acquisition and interpretation of the resulting NMR spectra. 

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