Scalar coupled experiments INADEQUATE

Homonuclear correlation experiments are not just restricted to the standard COSY experiment, but also include the TOCSY and INADEQUATE experiments. The separation of TOCSY and INADEQUATE from the homonuclear COSY experiment is based on the different coherence evolution and transfer processes involved. Thus the TOCSY experiment is based on cross-polarization in contrast to the polarization transfer used in the homonuclear COSY experiments. INADEQUATE experiments are characterized by the double quantum state of two scalar-coupled nuclei during the tl period such that the second dimension (fl) is scaled into a double quantum frequency. Nevertheless these experiments can all be considered together because they are based on homonuclear scalar coupling and the fl and f2 dimension of the corresponding 2D spectra are related to the same nucleus. 

Measurement of the scalar couplings is important in that it facilitates application of the two-dimensional INADEQUATE sequence. The conventional pulse sequence for such an experiment is [(90 J-T-(180°)-T-(90°)-t,-(135°)-t2, acquire] [80], where the value of t is chosen to maximize the connectivities for a... 

The two frequency axes may consist of a diverse assortment of pairs of fundamental NMR parameters. Examples might include chemical shift on one axis and a frequency axis for scalar couplings on the second as in the 2D /-resolved NMR experiments. Both axes may be proton chemical shift, in which responses may be correlated by scalar (/) couphng as in the COSY experiment [46—48], by dipolar relaxation pathways as in the NOESY [35, 36, 49—51] and ROESY [35, 36, 52, 53] experiments, or by chemical exchange pathways as in the EXSY experiment [54—59]. Other examples may involve chemical shift on one axis and a multiple quantum frequency on the second axis. Examples here would include proton double [60 62] and zero quantum spectroscopy [63—67], C—INADEQUATE [68, 69], etc. The available axes in a 2D NMR experiment may also be used for hetero-nuclear chemical shift correlation, e.g. H—or H— N, where the respective nucHde pairs are correlated via their one-bond ( /xh) or multiple bond ("/xh) hetero-nuclear couphngs [14, 16, 17, 23—27, 29—31, 70—72]. 

Today, a number of one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments are available for the detection of homonuclear Li, Li and Li, Li couplings. Aside from the COSY experiment, the double quantum filtered COSY (COSY-DQF), the TOCSY, and the ID and 2D INADEQUATE experiments [24] have been successfully employed. An attractive feature of all these experiments is their sensitivity for small scalar interactions which give rise to crosspeaks even if line splittings in the corresponding ID spectra are not resolved. This was first demonstrated with COSY experiments for a paramagnetic nickel complex [82] and for quadrupolar nuclei in the case of boron-11 [83]. 

Examples of solid-state, two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy in the field of coordination chemistry are still relatively rare. The incorporation of the cross-polaiization scheme into the preparation period of the INADEQUATE,SECSY, and NOESY sequences leads to three different types of chemical-shift correlation methods, based on doublequantum, single-quantum, and spin-diffusion interactions, respectively. The former three methods rely on the presence of scalar spin-spin coupling constants of suitable size, a restriction not encountered in the spin-diffusion experiment. Overlapping resonances may be resolved with two-dimensional methods, e.g., the Pd satellites in NMR spectra of palladium phosphine or phosphite complexes see Figure 11. 

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