Understanding NMR Spectroscopy, Second Edition

Thistextisaimedatpeoplewhohavesomefamiliaritywithhigh-resolutionNMRandwhowishtodeepentheirunderstandingofhowNMRexperimentsactually'work'.Thisrevisedandupdatededitiontakesthesameapproachasthehighly-acclaimedfirstedition.Thetextconcentratesonthedescriptionofcommonly-usedexperimentsandexplainsindetailthetheorybehindhowsuchexperimentswork.Thequantummechanicaltoolsneededtoanalysepulsesequencesareintroducedsetbystep,buttheapproachisrelativelyinformalwiththeemphasisonobtainingagoodunderstandingofhowtheexperimentsactuallywork.Theuseoftwo-colourprintingandanewlargerformatimprovesthereadabilityofthetext.Inaddition,anumberofnewtopicshavebeenintroduced:HowproductoperatorscanbeextendedtodescribeexperimentsinAX2andAX3spinsystems,thusmakingitpossibletodiscusstheimportantAPT,INEPTandDEPTexperimentsoftenusedincarbon-13NMR.Spinsystemanalysisi.e.howshiftsandcouplingscanbeextractedfromstrongly-coupled(second-order)spectra.Howthepresenceofchemicallyequivalentspinsleadstospectralfeatureswhicharesomewhatunusualandpossiblymisleading,evenathighmagneticfields.Adiscussionofchemicalexchangeeffectshasbeenintroducedinordertohelpwiththeexplanationoftransverserelaxation.Thedouble-quantumspectroscopyofathree-spinsystemisnowconsideredinmoredetail.ReviewsoftheFirstEdition"ForanyonewishingtoknowwhatreallygoesonintheirNMRexperiments,Iwouldhighlyrecommendthisbook"-"ChemistryWorld"..".IwarmlyrecommendforbuddingNMRspectroscopists,orotherswhowishtodeepentheirunderstandingofelementaryNMRtheoryortheoreticaltools"-"MagneticResonanceinChemistry"