Chem 235 Syllabus

 

Week

Date

Class

Lab

1

1/6

Intro, Theory, NMR Hardware

300 VNMR Software Training

2

1/12,13

Lock, Shimming, Tuning; FT NMR, Vector Model, Data Acquisition

300 Check-out with Dr. Lynch/new 400 VNMRJ Training,

Data Acquisition Problem Set 1

3

1/20

Data Acquistion/Processing

Data Acquisition Problem Set 1

Tuning training (on 500)

4

1/26,27

Relaxation; Chemical Shift, Scalar Coupling

Tuning training (on 500)

5

2/2,3

Decoupling, NOE, Inverse Detection

Inova 500: 1D 1H; T1; T2 (90 minutes)

6

2/9,10

Pulsed Field Gradients, 2D NMR, COSY, TOCSY

Inova 500: COSY (90 minutes)

7

2/17

HSQC, HMBC, ROESY, NOESY

Inova 600: TOCSY, HSQC, HMBC, ROESY

(overnight acquisition)

8

2/23,24

NMR of Paramagnetics, Dynamics, Solvent Suppression

Inova 600: 15N HSQC, 15N HMBC

(overnight acquisition)

9

3/2,3

Detection of Nuclei other than 1H, Diffusion NMR, 3D NMR, NMR of Macromolecules

Data Transfer/Processing (90 minutes)

10

3/9,10

New Methods, Macromolecule-ligand interactions, 3D structure determination with NMR, NMR of Solids, In Vivo NMR, Imaging

Data Processing (90 minutes)

Final

 

Project DUE March 20

 

 

Note there is no class on university holidays on Martin Luther King Day (1/19) and Presidents Day (2/16)