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Lyndon Emsley

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Correlation of fast and slow chemical shift spinning sideband patterns under fast magic-angle spinning.

A new two-dimensional solid-state NMR experiment, which correlates slow and fast chemical shift anisotropy sideband patterns is proposed. The experiment, dubbed ROSES, is performed under fast magic-angle spinning and leads to an isotropic spectrum in the directly detected omega(2) dimension. In the evolution dimension omega(1), the isotropic chemical shift is reduced by a factor S, and spinning sidebands are observed spaced by a scaled effective spinning speed omega(R)/S. These spinning sidebands patterns are not identical to those observed with standard slow magic-angle spinning experiments. Chemical shift anisotropy parameters can be accurately extracted with standard methods from these spinning sideband patterns. The experiment is demonstrated with carbon-13 experiments on powdered samples of a dipeptide and a cyclic undecapeptide, cyclosporin-A.

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Carbon-13 lineshapes in solid-state NMR of labeled compounds. Effects of coherent CSA-dipolar cross-correlation.

The experimental lineshapes of the carboxyl and methyl carbon resonances of fully 13C enriched L-Alanine are studied in detail at different MAS frequencies and decoupling field strengths. Complex lineshapes at intermediate spinning speeds were explained by the joint effect of off rotational resonance and coherent CSA-dipolar cross-correlation. Whereas off rotational-resonance effects lead to complex lineshapes due to a splitting of some energy levels, coherent CSA-dipolar cross-correlation introduces either a differential intensity and/or a differential broadening of the lines of the J-multiplet. The conditions which lead to such effects are explained and experimentally verified. Additional simulations show that these effects can be expected over a wide range of static magnetic fields and are not restricted to L-Alanine.

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Experimental aspects of proton NMR spectroscopy in solids using phase-modulated homonuclear dipolar decoupling.

In this paper we demonstrate experimentally that the continuously phase-modulated homonuclear decoupling sequence DUMBO-1 is suitable for high-resolution proton NMR spectroscopy of rigid solids. Over a wide range of experimental conditions, we show on the model sample L-alanine as well as on small peptides that proton linewidths of less than 0.5 ppm can be obtained under DUMBO-1 decoupling. In particular the DUMBO-1 sequence yields well resolved proton spectra both at slow and fast MAS. The DUMBO-1 decoupling scheme can in principle be inserted in any multi-nuclear or multi-dimensional solid-state NMR experiment which requires a high-resolution 1H dimension. An example is provided with the 13C-1H MAS-J-HMQC experiment.

Alanine↗

Spin-state selection in solid-state NMR.

Spin-state selection in solid-state NMR is demonstrated, using similar pulse sequences as used in liquid-state NMR. The different transitions of all three carbon resonances in fully 13C-labeled L-alanine are separated in different spectra. By selecting spin-states, the contribution of the J-coupling to the linewidth is removed, leading to a considerable enhancement in resolution. The spin-state-selective technique is demonstrated for magic-angle spinning frequencies from 6 to 35kHz. Other experimental conditions affecting the sensitivity of the experiments are discussed. Sensitivity losses due to the introduction of the spin-state-selective filter are shown to be acceptable. Finally, spin-state selection was used to experimentally confirm the differential broadening expected for the two transitions of the CH3 resonance.

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The direct detection of a hydrogen bond in the solid state by NMR through the observation of a hydrogen-bond mediated (15)N [bond] (15)N J coupling.

A new method for detecting hydrogen bonds in the solid state is presented. Using two-dimensional NMR correlation experiments, it is shown that a hydrogen-bond mediated J coupling can be observed in a powder under magic-angle spinning conditions, even though the J coupling is 2 orders of magnitude smaller than the dominant anisotropic interactions encountered in solid-state NMR. Specifically, the observation of a pair of peaks in a two-dimensional 15N-15N solid-state INADEQUATE experiment due to two nitrogens that have no covalent connectivity is attributed to the presence of a J coupling across a linking hydrogen bond.

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Sample restriction using radiofrequency field selective pulses in high-resolution solid-state NMR.

In this article a method is suggested for restricting a sample (spatial localization) by preparing the magnetization with a phase-modulated radiofrequency pulse which inverts magnetization only over a very narrow range of radiofrequency field strengths. This is the most efficient method, in terms of sensitivity, of restricting the sample to improve rf homogeneity. The method is demonstrated by using it to improve the resolution obtained in a homonuclear dipolar decoupling experiment.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy↗