Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

It is probably safe to say that NMR spectroscopy is the most broadly utilized spectroscopic technique presently available for obtaining detailed information on chemical systems at the molecular level. Although there are a number of excellent books on NMR spectroscopy, most of the textbooks focus on 1 H and 13 C NMR spectroscopy and discuss other nuclei only briefly or not at all. Because Fourier Transform (FT) spectrometers are now generally available in both academic and industrial settings, the synthetic chemist can, and often does, routinely investigate the spectroscopy of a variety of nuclides. Moreover, some of the fundamental principles are best illustrated by considering the properties and spectra of nuclei other than 1 H and 13 C. This book was written as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students who need a reasonably thorough discussion of the subject at an introductory level. It contains a fair amount of chemical-shift and coupling-constant data for seven of the more widely studied nuclides ( 1 H, 11 B, 13 C, 15 N, 19 F, 31 P, and 195 Pt), but is not a compendium of such data. References to compendia are given in the appropriate places in the text. The book is largely empirical, but the theoretical basis for most of the more important aspects is presented. I have attempted to explain each of the various experiments at a level such that the reader can ascertain which among several alternatives would be the best experiment to use. The practitioner should always ask, "What information do I want to obtain?" Then the best, and hopefully easiest, experiments can be chosen to provide that information most expeditiously. Since students often learn this type of material best by solving problems, a large number of practice problems have been included. The majority of them involve actual spectra. The problems have been chosen to represent the concepts discussed in the book, but, of course, are biased by my own interests. An answer book containing detailed solutions is available. Some figures have been taken from the literature, and acknowledgments are given in the appropriate captions. I wish to thank Dr. George A. Gray of Varian Associates, Mr. Lewis W. Cary and Dr. Stephan E. Boiadjiev of the University of Nevada, and Professor Roderick E. Wasylishen of Dalhousie University for several of the spectra reproduced herein. I am also grateful to the many students at UNR who have endured the various forms of this book in my classes. I appreciate their comments, their insightful and probing questions, and their encouragement to complete the book.Nelson, John H. is the author of 'Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy' with ISBN 9780130334510 and ISBN 0130334510.