Sugar nuclear magnetic resonance spectra

Fig. 3. (Top) A two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of a sugar (Bottom) conventional NMR spectrum of same sugar. Tile two-dimensional spectrum also can be plotted as a contour map with intensities denoted by color. (JEOL Inc)...

This difference in the AG values is especially observable in the temperature-dependent, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum of 5,6-bis(acetamido)-l,6-anhydro-5,6-dideoxy-j8-L-idopyranose. This sugar contains a flve-membered and a six-membered ring amide in... 

Other methods of identification include the customary preparation of derivatives, comparisons with authentic substances whenever possible, and periodate oxidation. Lately, the application of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has provided an elegant approach to the elucidation of structures and stereochemistry of various deoxy sugars (18). Microcell techniques can provide a spectrum on 5-6 mg. of sample. The practicing chemist is frequently confronted with the problem of having on hand a few milligrams of a product whose structure is unknown. It is especially in such instances that a full appreciation of the functions of mass spectrometry can be developed. 

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy gives precise information on complexation in solution. Equilibrium is rapidly established on an NMR time scale, hence only an average spectrum is observed and it is difficult to determine the spectrum of a pure complex. When complexation of a sugar or polyol with a diamagnetic ion occurs, all of the signals shift downfield. Equation (11.1) allows the variation of the shielding constant Ao- of the proton to be calculated when the nucleus is subjected to an electric field E whose projection on the C-H bond is... 

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