Pure shift NMR experiments is a current topic of high interest in NMR spectroscopy. Since the pioneer work done by Zangger and Sterk [1] a myriad of significant improvements has been recently developed [2].
At Mestrelab, we are delighted to have played our small part to the further development of new pure shift NMR experiments.
In collaboration with the research group of Dr. Teodor Parella (http://sermn.uab.cat/) and Dr. Gary Martin, we have developed novel pure shift NMR experiments based on the application of the so-called Generalized Indirect Covariance processing technique developed by David A. Snyder and Rafael Brüschweiler [3].
The new pure shift NMR experiments, which are fully supported in Mnova 11, are described in the following articles:
The first application was also presented by André Fredi at at 8th GERMN/5th Iberian NMR Meeting. See presentation here.
You can read a tutorial on how to apply this technique with Mnova as well as watching this video.
Mnova 11 also supports other pure shift NMR experiments. In order to get a 1D Pure Shift spectrum, for both, Zangger-Sterk and PSYCHE methods, the spectrum is acquired as a pseudo-2D with multiple FIDs. To process such spectra a reconstruction routine should be applied to create a single FID combining the parts of the FIDs from the pseudo-2D FID set. Mnova 11 automatically detects major pseudo-2D Pure Shift experiments and seamlessly applies reconstruction routine, so 1D Pure Shift spectra can be loaded as any standard experiments. Bruker and Varian/Agilent formats are supported so far.
References
[1] “Homonuclear Broadband-Decoupled NMR Spectra”
Zangger, K.; Sterk, H. J. Magn. Reson. 1997, 124 (2), 486–489.
[2] “Broadband 1H homodecoupled NMR experiments: recent developments, methods and applications”
Castañar, L.; Parella, T. Magn. Reson. Chem. 2015, 53 (6), 399–426. DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4238
[3] “Generalized Indirect Covariance NMR Formalism for Establishment of Multidimensional Spin Correlations”
Snyder, D. A.; Brüschweiler, R. J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113 (46), 12898–12903. DOI: 10.1021/jp9070168
[4] “Exploring the use of Generalized Indirect Covariance to Reconstruct Pure shift NMR Spectra: Current Pros and Cons”
Fredi, A.; Nolis, P.; Cobas, C.; Martin, G. E.; Parella, T. J. Magn. Reson. 2016, 266, 16–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.03.003
[5] “Access to experimentally infeasible spectra by pure-shift NMR covariance”
Fredi, A.; Nolis, P.; Cobas, C.; Parella, T. J. Magn. Reson. 2016, 270, 161–168. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2016.07.010