High Resolution NMR

Preface to Second EditionPreface to First EditionAcknowledgments1. Introduction 1.1 Historical 1.2 High Resolution NMR2. The Theory of NMR 2.1 Nuclear Spin and Magnetic Moment 2.2 Classical Mechanical Description of NMR 2.3 Quantum Mechanical Description of NMR 2.4 Effect of the Boltzmann Distribution 2.5 Spin-Lattice Relaxation 2.6 Line Widths 2.7 Saturation 2.8 Macroscopic Magnetization 2.9 The Bloch Equations: Nuclear Induction 2.10 The Rotating Frame of Reference 2.11 Adiabatic Passage; Ringing Problems3. Instrumentation and Techniques 3.1 Basic NMR Apparatus 3.2 Requirements for High Resolution NMR 3.3 Modulation and Phase Sensitive Detection 3.4 Field/Frequency Control 3.5 Signal/Noise and Size of Sample 3.6 Fourier Transform Methods 3.7 Intensity Measurements 3.8 References 3.9 Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements 3.10 Frequency Calibration 3.11 Control of Sample Temperature 3.12 Useful Solvents 3.13 Sampling Techniques 3.14 Micro Techniques Problems4. Chemical Shifts 4.1 The Origin of Chemical Shifts 4.2 Reference Compounds 4.3 Chemical Shift Scales 4.4 Magnetic Susceptibility Correction 4.5 Empirical Correlations of Chemical Shifts 4.6 Theory of Chemical Shifts 4.7 Effect of Electron Density 4.8 Magnetic Anisotropy and Chemical Shifts 4.9 Ring Currents 4.10 Nuclei Other Than Hydrogen 4.11 Carbon-13 4.12 Tabulations of Chemical Shifts and Spectra 4.13 Empirical Estimation of Chemical Shifts 4.14 Isotope Effects on Chemical Shifts 4.15 Paramagnetic Species 4.16 Lanthanide Shift Reagents Problems5. Electron-Coupled Spin-Spin Interactions 5.1 Origin of Spin-Spin Coupling 5.2 Coupling between Groups of Equivalent Nuclei 5.3 First-Order Analysis 5.4 Signs of Coupling Constants 5.5 Theory of Spin-Spin Coupling 5.6 Some Observed Coupling Constants 5.7 Correlation of Coupling Constants with Other Physical Properties 5.8 Tabulations of Coupling Constants Problems6. The Use of NMR in Structure Elucidation 6.1 A Systematic Approach to the Interpretation of NMR Spectra 6.2 Some Features of Carbon-13 Spectra 6.3 Structure Elucidation of Polymers Problems7. Analysis of Complex Spectra 7.1 Notation 7.2 Energy Levels and Transitions in an AX System 7.3 Quantum Mechanical Formalism 7.4 Nuclear Spin Basis Functions 7.5 The Spin Hamiltonian 7.6 The Two-Spin System without Coupling 7.7 Factoring the Secular Equation 7.8 Two Coupled Spins 7.9 Selection Rules and Intensities 7.10 The AB Spectrum 7.11 Spectral Contributions from Equivalent Nuclei 7.12 Symmetry of Wave Functions 7.13 Summary of Rules for Calculating Spectra 7.14 The Three-Spin System: ABC 7.15 The A2B System 7.16 The A3B System; Subspectral Analysis 7.17 The ABX System 7.18 Analysis of an ABX Spectrum 7.19 Relative Signs of JAX and JBX in an ABX Spectrum 7.20 ABX Patterns; Deceptively Simple Spectra 7.21 "Virtual Coupling" 7.22 The AB'BB' and AA'XX' Systems 7.23 Other Complex Spectra 7.24 Aids in the Analysis of Complex Spectra 7.25 Carbon-13 Satellites 7.26 Effects of Molecular Asymmetry 7.27 Polymer Configuration 7.28 Use of Liquid Crystals as Solvents Problems8. Relaxation 8.1 Molecular Motions and Processes for Relaxation in Liquids 8.2 Nuclear Magnetic Dipole Interactions 8.3 Relaxation via Chemical Shift Anisotropy 8.4 Spin-Rotation Relaxation 8.5 Electric Quadrupole Relaxation 8.6 Scalar Relaxation 8.7 Relaxation by Paramagnetic Substances 8.8 Some Chemical Applications 8.9 Measurement of Relaxation Times Problems9. Theory and Application of Double Resonance 9.1 Notation and Terminology 9.2 Experimental Techniques 9.3 Theory of Double Resonance 9.