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NMR spectroscopy is one of the most important and widely used techniques for the identification of compounds. Based on an established course this core text offers a truly modern and updated approach.

* Provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject

* Includes a multi-disciplinary approach, concentrating on basic principles and concepts

* Contains chapters of worked examples and problems to encourage a fuller understanding of topics

* Offers a pedagogical approach, starting with quarks and nucleons, and moving on to cover NMR imaging, COSY (Correlated Spectroscopy) and NOESY (Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy).

As a core subject in many science disciplines, this text will appeal to a wide range of students, as well as practising scientists and technicians. Assuming only a basic knowledge of complex numbers and matrices, it carefully and lucidly aids readers to fully understand this challenging subject.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. xxi)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Part 1 Nuclear Magnetism (p. 3)
• 1 Matter (p. 5)
• 1.1 Properties of Nuclei (p. 5)
• 1.2 Spin (p. 6)
• 1.3 Atomic and Molecular Structure (p. 10)
• 1.4 States of Matter (p. 17)
• Notes (p. 20)
• Further Reading (p. 21)
• Exercises (p. 21)
• 2 Magnetism (p. 23)
• 2.1 The Electromagnetic Field (p. 23)
• 2.2 Macroscopic Magnetism (p. 23)
• 2.3 Microscopic Magnetism (p. 25)
• 2.4 Spin Precession (p. 27)
• 2.5 Larmor Frequency (p. 30)
• 2.6 Spin--Lattice Relaxation: Nuclear Paramagnetism (p. 32)
• 2.7 Transverse Magnetization and Transverse Relaxation (p. 36)
• 2.8 NMR Signal (p. 39)
• 2.9 Electronic Magnetism (p. 39)
• Notes (p. 41)
• Further Reading (p. 41)
• Exercises (p. 42)
• 3 NMR Spectroscopy (p. 43)
• 3.1 A Simple Pulse Sequence (p. 43)
• 3.2 A Simple Spectrum (p. 43)
• 3.3 Isotopomeric Spectra (p. 47)
• 3.4 Relative Spectral Frequencies--Case of Positive Gamma (p. 49)
• 3.5 Relative Spectral Frequencies--Case of Negative Gamma (p. 51)
• 3.6 Inhomogeneous Broadening (p. 53)
• 3.7 Chemical Shifts (p. 56)
• 3.8 Multiplet Structure (p. 61)
• 3.9 Heteronuclear Decoupling (p. 65)
• Notes (p. 67)
• Further Reading (p. 67)
• Exercises (p. 67)
• Part 2 The NMR Experiment (p. 69)
• 4 The NMR Spectrometer (p. 71)
• 4.1 The Magnet (p. 71)
• 4.2 The Transmitter Section (p. 73)
• 4.3 The Duplexer (p. 76)
• 4.4 The Probe (p. 77)
• 4.5 The Receiver Section (p. 80)
• 4.6 Overview (p. 85)
• Notes (p. 86)
• Further Reading (p. 87)
• 5 Fourier Transform NMR (p. 89)
• 5.1 A Single-Pulse Experiment (p. 89)
• 5.2 Signal Averaging (p. 90)
• 5.3 Multiple-Pulse Experiments: Phase Cycling (p. 93)
• 5.4 Heteronuclear Experiments (p. 95)
• 5.5 Arrayed Experiments (p. 96)
• 5.6 NMR Signal (p. 98)
• 5.7 NMR Spectrum (p. 101)
• 5.8 Two-dimensional Spectroscopy (p. 110)
• 5.9 Three-dimensional Spectroscopy (p. 119)
• Notes (p. 120)
• Further Reading (p. 121)
• Exercises (p. 122)
• Part 3 Nuclear Spin Interactions (p. 125)
• 6 Review of Quantum Mechanics (p. 127)
• 6.1 Functions (p. 127)
• 6.2 Operators (p. 131)
• 6.3 Eigenfunctions and Eigenvalues (p. 138)
• 6.4 Exponential Operators (p. 140)
• 6.5 Cyclic Commutation (p. 143)
• 6.6 Spinless Quantum Mechanics (p. 145)
• 6.7 Energy Levels (p. 148)
• 6.8 Natural Units (p. 149)
• 6.9 Superposition States and Stationary States (p. 149)
• 6.10 Conservation Laws (p. 150)
• 6.11 Angular Momentum (p. 151)
• 6.12 Spin (p. 160)
• 6.13 Spin-1/2 (p. 163)
• Notes (p. 166)
• Further Reading (p. 166)
• Exercises (p. 167)
• 7 Nuclear Spin Hamiltonian (p. 169)
• 7.1 Spin Hamiltonian Hypothesis (p. 169)
• 7.2 Electromagnetic Interactions (p. 170)
• 7.3 External and Internal Spin Interactions (p. 176)
• 7.4 External Magnetic Fields (p. 176)
• 7.5 Internal Spin Hamiltonian (p. 180)
• 7.6 Motional Averaging (p. 184)
• 7.7 Chemical Shift (p. 192)
• 7.8 Electric Quadrupole Coupling (p. 201)
• 7.9 Direct Dipole--Dipole Coupling (p. 203)
• 7.10 J-Coupling (p. 211)
• 7.11 Spin--Rotation Interaction (p. 216)
• 7.12 Summary of the Spin Hamiltonian Terms (p. 217)
• Notes (p. 218)
• Further Reading (p. 219)
• Exercises (p. 220)
• 8 Spin Systems in Isotropic Liquids (p. 223)
• 8.1 Molecular Spin System (p. 223)
• 8.2 Spin Ensemble (p. 224)
• 8.3 Motionally Suppressed J-couplings (p. 225)
• 8.4 Chemical Equivalence (p. 226)
• 8.5 Magnetic Equivalence (p. 229)
• 8.6 Weak Coupling (p. 233)
• 8.7 Heteronuclear Spin Systems (p. 234)
• 8.8 Alphabet Notation (p. 235)
• 8.9 Spin Coupling Topologies (p. 236)
• Notes (p. 237)
• Further Reading (p. 237)
• Exercises (p. 237)
• Part 4 Uncoupled Spins-1/2 (p. 239)
• 9 Single Spin-1/2 (p. 241)
• 9.1 Zeeman Eigenstates (p. 241)
• 9.2 Measurement of Angular Momentum. Quantum Indeterminacy (p. 242)
• 9.3 Energy Levels (p. 243)
• 9.4 Superposition States (p. 244)
• 9.5 Spin Precession (p. 248)
• 9.6 Rotating Frame (p. 252)
• 9.7 Precession in the Rotating Frame (p. 256)
• 9.8 Radiofrequency Pulse (p. 258)
• Notes (p. 269)
• Further Reading (p. 270)
• Exercises (p. 270)
• 10 Ensemble of Spins-1/2 (p. 273)
• 10.1 Spin Density Operator (p. 273)
• 10.2 Populations and Coherences (p. 275)
• 10.3 Thermal Equilibrium (p. 281)
• 10.4 Rotating-Frame Density Operator (p. 284)
• 10.5 Magnetization Vector (p. 285)
• 10.6 Strong r.f. Pulse (p. 286)
• 10.7 Free Precession Without Relaxation (p. 292)
• 10.8 Operator Transformations (p. 295)
• 10.9 Free Evolution with Relaxation (p. 298)
• 10.10 Magnetization Vector Trajectories (p. 303)
• 10.11 NMR Signal and NMR Spectrum (p. 305)
• 10.12 Single-Pulse Spectra (p. 307)
• Notes (p. 310)
• Further Reading (p. 312)
• Exercises (p. 312)
• 11 Experiments on Non-Interacting Spins (p. 315)
• 11.1 Inversion-Recovery: Measurement of T[subscript 1] (p. 315)
• 11.2 Spin Echoes: Measurement of T[subscript 2] (p. 318)
• 11.3 NMR Imaging (p. 325)
• Notes (p. 334)
• Further Reading (p. 335)
• Exercises (p. 335)
• Part 5 Coupled Spins-1/2 (p. 337)
• 12 Homonuclear AX System (p. 339)
• 12.1 Weakly Coupled Spin-Pair Hamiltonian (p. 340)
• 12.2 Zeeman Product States and Superposition States (p. 341)
• 12.3 Energy Levels (p. 342)
• 12.4 Total Angular Momenta (p. 343)
• 12.5 Density Operator (p. 344)
• 12.6 Rotating Frame (p. 347)
• 12.7 Free Evolution (p. 350)
• 12.8 Spectrum of the AX System: Spin-Spin Splitting (p. 352)
• 12.9 Product Operators (p. 355)
• 12.10 Thermal Equilibrium (p. 364)
• 12.11 Radiofrequency Pulses (p. 366)
• 12.12 Free Evolution of the Product Operators (p. 373)
• 12.13 Spin Echo Sandwich (p. 381)
• Notes (p. 384)
• Further Reading (p. 384)
• Exercises (p. 384)
• 13 Experiments on AX Systems (p. 387)
• 13.1 COSY (p. 387)
• 13.2 Inadequate (p. 399)
• 13.3 INEPT (p. 416)
• 13.4 AX Systems in Weakly Oriented Liquids (p. 425)
• Notes (p. 431)
• Further Reading (p. 432)
• Exercises (p. 432)
• 14 Multiple Spin-1/2 Systems (p. 435)
• 14.1 Spin Hamiltonian (p. 435)
• 14.2 Energy Eigenstates (p. 436)
• 14.3 Superposition States (p. 438)
• 14.4 Spin Density Operator (p. 438)
• 14.5 Populations and Coherences (p. 439)
• 14.6 NMR Spectra (p. 444)
• 14.7 Multiple-Spin Product Operators (p. 446)
• 14.8 Thermal Equilibrium (p. 450)
• 14.9 Radiofrequency Pulses (p. 451)
• 14.10 Free Precession (p. 451)
• 14.11 Spin Echo Sandwiches (p. 455)
• 14.12 INEPT in an I[subscript 2]S System (p. 457)
• 14.13 COSY in Multiple-Spin Systems (p. 460)
• 14.14 TOCSY (p. 467)
• Notes (p. 474)
• Further Reading (p. 475)
• Exercises (p. 475)
• Part 6 Motion and Relaxation (p. 477)
• 15 Motion (p. 479)
• 15.1 Motional Processes (p. 479)
• 15.2 Motional Timescales (p. 485)
• 15.3 Motional Effects (p. 486)
• 15.4 Motional Averaging (p. 487)
• 15.5 Motional Lineshapes and Two-Site Exchange (p. 488)
• 15.6 Longitudinal Magnetization Exchange (p. 500)
• Notes (p. 510)
• Further Reading (p. 511)
• Exercises (p. 511)
• 16 Relaxation (p. 513)
• 16.1 Types of Relaxation (p. 513)
• 16.2 Relaxation Mechanisms (p. 514)
• 16.3 Random Field Relaxation (p. 515)
• 16.4 Dipole--Dipole Relaxation (p. 527)
• 16.5 Steady-State Nuclear Overhauser Effect (p. 538)
• 16.6 NOESY (p. 543)
• 16.7 ROESY (p. 550)
• 16.8 Cross-Correlated Relaxation (p. 557)
• Notes (p. 568)
• Further Reading (p. 569)
• Exercises (p. 570)
• Part 7 Appendices, Symbols and Answers to Exercises (p. 571)
• 17 Appendices (p. 573)
• 17.1 Rotations and Cyclic Commutation (p. 573)
• 17.2 Rotation Sandwiches (p. 575)
• 17.3 Spin-1/2 Rotation Operators (p. 576)
• 17.4 Full Quadrupolar Interaction (p. 577)
• 17.5 Secular Approximation (p. 578)
• 17.6 J-Couplings and Magnetic Equivalence (p. 583)
• 17.7 Quadrature Detection and Spin Coherences (p. 585)
• 17.8 Strong Coupling (p. 588)
• 17.9 Spin Echo Sandwiches (p. 594)
• 17.10 Phase Cycling (p. 600)
• 17.11 Bloch Equations (p. 626)
• 17.12 Chemical Exchange (p. 627)
• 17.13 Solomon Equations (p. 633)
• 17.14 Cross-Relaxation Dynamics (p. 635)
• Notes (p. 636)
• Further Reading (p. 636)
• List of Symbols (p. 639)
• Answers to the Exercises (p. 657)
• Index (p. 669)