Rotating-frame Overhauser spectroscopy

Whittemore, N.A. et al., A quenched molecular dynamics-rotating frame Overhauser spectroscopy study of a series of semibiosynthetically monoacylated anthocyanins, J. Org. Chem., 69, 1663, 2004. 

I must admit that I was only remotely familiar with this work when my associate, Donald Davis, accidentally discovered some persistent artifacts in an experiment now known as rotating frame Overhauser spectroscopy. These artifacts showed magnetization transfer between J-coupled spins and to me the explanation for this transfer looked very similar to the so-called Hartmann-Hahn magnetization transfer, used in sohd state NMR to enhance sensitivity. Once the analogy was clear, it was quite straightforward to improve the magnetization transfer process and to make it work really well. 

Chiappe et al. reported the use of rotating-frame Overhauser spectroscopy (ROESY) and HOESY to investigate two pyrazolium-based ILs with different anions [83]. Using homo- and heteronuclear NOE, they showed the presence of aggregation, how sensitive the aggregation is to steric hindrance, and the nature of anions. Specifically they found that aggregation motives are in a head-to-tail and head-to-head manner. From the HOESY experiments, the researchers probed the formation of loose ion pairs, which are also sensitive to steric effects. Castner s group has utilized H— F HOESY to probe-specific cation—anion interactions for isoelectronic... 

Multidimensional spectraas well as techniques including DEPT (distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer), COSY (correlated spectroscopy), and ROESY (rotating-frame overhauser enhancement spectroscopy) have been increasingly used. 

ROESY Rotating-frame Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy... 

The conformation of the mixed p agonist/5 antagonist H-Tyr-c[-D-Orn-2-Nal-D-Pro-Gly-] in comparison to that of H-Tyr-c[-D-Orn-Phe-D-Pro-Gly-] was studied in DMSO-d6 by NMR spectroscopy and by molecular mechanics calculations [62,64]. Neither peptide showed nuclear Overhauser effects between C H protons or chemical exchange cross peaks in spectra obtained by total correlation and rotating frame Overhauser enhance-... 

In order to combat this, the rotating frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy (ROESY) techniques can be employed. An in-depth discussion of how this technique works is outside the remit of this book but suffice to say, in the ROESY methods (1- and 2-D), NOE data is acquired as if in a weak r.f. field rather than in a large, static magnetic field and this assures that all NOEs are present and positive, irrespective of tumbling rate and magnet size. It is possible that some TOCSY correlations can break through in ROESY spectra but these will have opposite phase to the genuine ROESY correlations and so should therefore not be a problem - unless they should overlap accidentally with them. A 2-D ROESY spectrum of the naphthalene compound is shown below (Spectrum 8.6). 

ROESY Rotating-frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy. A variation (one and two dimensional) on the nuclear Overhauser experiment (NOE). The techniques have the advantage of being applicable for all sizes of molecule. See Laboratory frame model. 

Various studies were focusing on the conformational behavior of the cinchonan carbamate selectors in free and complexed form, which could readily be derived from the dihedral coupling constant of the Hs-Hg protons ( /hsh9) and intramolecular NOEs as measured by 2D-NOESY [92,93] or two-dimensional rotating frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy (2D-ROESY) [65] spectra. 

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In Chapter 3 (Section 3.16), there is a description of the nuclear Overhauser effect difference experiment, an experiment that provides information about H— H through-space proximity. Review of this section is helpful before proceeding here. The ROESY experiment, rotating-frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy, is a useful 2-D analogue of the nuclear Overhauser effect difference experiment. This experiment is useful for molecules of all sizes whereas the related experiment, NOESY (nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy), is not very useful with small molecules. NOESY is used primarily with biological macromolecules. Both NOESY and ROESY experiments correlate protons that are close to each other in space, typically 4.5 A or less. 

Molecules in the transition area of molecular weight (2000-4000 Da depending on molecular shape, rigidity, and solvent viscosity) show little or no NOE. For these molecules an alternative experiment called ROES Y (rotating-frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy, Chapters 8 and 10) is effective. 

ROESY (rotating frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy) is a variant of NOESY, in which the transfer of magnetization occurs on the spin-lock axis in the x-y plane rather than on the z axis (Fig. B.9). A continuous low-power radio frequency pulse provides the mixing by effectively reducing the field strength (Bq in the laboratory frame on the z axis to B in... 

A 2002 review by Reynolds and Enriquez describes the most effective pulse sequences for natural product structure elucidation.86 For natural product chemists, the review recommends HSQC over HMQC, T-ROESY (transverse rotating-frame Overhauser enhancement) in place of NOESY (nuclear Over-hauser enhancement spectroscopy) and CIGAR (constant time inverse-detected gradient accordion rescaled) or constant time HMBC over HMBC. HSQC spectra provide better line shapes than HMQC spectra, but are more demanding on spectrometer hardware. The T-ROESY or transverse ROESY provides better signal to noise for most small molecules compared with a NOESY and limits scalar coupling artefacts. In small-molecule NMR at natural abundance, the 2D HMBC or variants experiment stands out as one of the key NMR experiments for structure elucidation. HMBC spectra provide correlations over multiple bonds and, while this is desirable, it poses the problem of distinguishing between two- and three-bond correlations. 

We described the basic aspects of NOESY in Section 10.1 as an introductory example of a 2D experiment. NOESY is very widely used in measuring macro-molecular conformation, as we see in Chapter 13. However, as shown in Fig. 8.4, the H— H nuclear Overhauser enhancement 17 varies from its value of +0.5 in small molecules to a limiting value of — 1 in large polymers with very long Tc, and at intermediate values of rc the NOE may vanish. An alternative is to use the NOE measured in the rotating frame, as this quantity is always positive. By analogy to NOESY, this technique has the acronym ROESY (rotating frame Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy),... 

A complex, multiply bridged 1,2,3,4-adduct of C60 (168) (Scheme 1.11) including a noninherently chiral addition pattern as well as a multitude of stereogenic centers in the addend moiety was obtained in a tandem reaction between the alkaloid scandine and Ceo-324 The sequence included a photoin-duced addition of the tertiary amine subunit of the alkaloid and a [2 + 2] cycloaddition of its vinyl group to the adjacent intrahexagonal formal double bond of the fullerene. The structural elucidation included 1H-1 H COSY-, HMQC- (heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence), HMBC-, and ROESY-(rotating frame Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy) NMR experiments and... 

NMR experiments include COSY, TOCSY, Cheteronuclear NMR experiments, NOESY (nuclear overhauser enhancement spectroscopy) and ROESY (rotating frame overhauser effect spectroscopy) as well as other two- and three-dimensional methodologies (Fossen and Andersen, 2006). 

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Several physical methods have been employed to ascertain the existence and nature of ICs infrared (IR) absorption spectroscopy nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy,14 including JH nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) difference spectroscopy, H 2-D rotating-frame Overhauser effect spectroscopy (2-D ROESY),15 and solid-state 13C cross-polarization/magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) spectroscopy 16 induced circular dichroism (ICD) absorption spectroscopy 17 powder and singlecrystal X-ray diffraction 18 and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB MS). 

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