Understanding NMR Spectroscopy

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Understanding NMR Spectroscopy

James Keeler Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK


This text discusses the high-resolution NMR of liquid samples and concentrates exclusively on spin-half nuclei (mainly 1H and 13C). It is aimed at people who are familiar with the use of routine NMR for structure determination and who wish to deepen their understanding of just exactly how NMR experiments work. It demonstrates that in NMR it is possible, quite literally on the back of an envelope, to make exact predictions of the outcome of quite sophisticated experiments. The experiments chosen are likely to be encountered in the routine NMR of small to medium-sized molecules, but are also applicable to the study of large biomolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids.

The book starts off at a gentle pace, working through some more-or-less familiar ideas, and then elaborating these as the book progresses. Each chapter ends with exercises which are designed to assist in the understanding of the ideas presented and to grasp the underlying ideas.


Review


"The writing is quite clear and very well illustrated." (
CHOICE, June 2006)
"...very clear and informative book. Keeler's text is highly recommended." (Times Higher Education Supplement, 24th Feb 2006)
"… the great strength of James Keeler's book is its clarity …" (Times Higher Educational Supplement, February 2006)


From the Back Cover


Understanding NMR Spectroscopy
James Keeler Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
This text is aimed at people who have some familiarity with high-resolution NMR, and who now wish to deepen their understanding of how NMR experiments actually work The book concentrates on those experiments which are commonly used in structural studies of small- to medium-sized molecules.  Although the special experiments used in biomolecular NMR are not considered explicitly, the key concepts and ideas introduced in this book are very relevant to understanding such experiments.
The book starts off at a gentle pace, working through some more-or-less familiar ideas, and then elaborating these as the discussion progresses. Sufficient quantum mechanics is introduced to enable a proper analysis of the pulse sequences, but the approach taken is informal. All of the calculations are gone through step-by-step, with commentary on each stage so that you can see exactly what is going on.
This is neither a how to book, nor a book about the theory of NMR. Rather, the aim of the text is to give the reader a set of tools with which to analyse and think about modern NMR experiments.
Each chapter ends with exercises which are designed to assist in the understanding of the ideas presented. A solutions manual for these exercises is available on-line via the SpectroscopyNow website: http://www.spectroscopynow.com/nmr


About the Author


Dr James Keeler is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Selwyn College. In addition to being actively involved in the development of new NMR techniques, he is also responsible for the undergraduate chemistry course, and is Editor-in-Chief of
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. Dr Keeler is well know for his clear and accessible exposition of NMR spectroscopy.