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Basic principles of NMR NMR signal origin, properties, detection, and processing. Nils Nyberg NPR, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology. Outline. 10 00 – 10 45 Establishing current knowledge level Nuclear Magnetic Resonance phenomenon Vector model, in and out of the rotating frame
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NTDR, 2014 Basic principles of NMRNMR signal origin, properties, detection, and processing Nils Nyberg NPR, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology
NTDR, 2014 Outline • 1000 – 1045 • Establishing current knowledge level • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance phenomenon • Vector model, in and out of the rotating frame • 1045 – 1100 • Short break • 1100 – 1130 • The phase of pulses and signals • Effect of different chemical shifts in the vector model • Effect of homonuclear coupling in the vector model • The spin-echo sequence (homonuclear case) • The spin-echo sequence (heteronuclear case) • 1130 – 1200 • Spin-echo exercise • 1215 – 1315 • Lunch
NTDR, 2014 Outline • 1215 – 1315 • Lunch • 1315 – 1415 • Signal processing • Window functions • Fourier transform • Real and imaginary parts • Phasing • Topspin starter
NTDR, 2014 Establishing current knowledge level • Build (sketch) a NMR-instrument! • Magnet • Probes • Amplifiers • Receiver • ADC • Gradients • Temperature control • Lock • Shimming
NTDR, 2014 Establishing current knowledge level • Draw a spectrum! • Chemical shifts • Integrals • Phases • Coupling constants • Line widths • life time of signals, shimming, exchange, dynamics
NTDR, 2014 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance phenomenon • Nuclear: concerns the nuclei of atoms. • Magnetic: uses the magnetic properties of the nuclei. • Resonance: physics term describing oscillations.
NTDR, 2014 Resonance • A system prefers some frequencies over others… • A small energy input at the right frequency will give large oscillations…
NTDR, 2014 The magnetic properties of atomic nuclei • Atoms has a spin quantum number, I, and a magnetic quantum number, m = 2×I +1. • The magnetic quantum number = the number of different energy levels when the atom is placed in an external magnetic field. • Spin I = 0: 12C, 16O • Spin I = ½: 1H, 13C, 15N, 19F, 31P, 77Se • Spin I = 1: 2H, 14N • Spin I = 1½: 33S, 35Cl, 37Cl
NTDR, 2014 Chemical shifts • The energy for a spin ½ nuclei can take two different levels in a magnetic field. • The population of the two states is almost equal. A small surplus in the low energy α spin state and slightly fewer atoms in the higher β spin state. • Stronger magnetic field = larger energy differences between the states.
NTDR, 2014 Chemical shifts • A magnet provides the static field (B0) in the NMR instrument. • The rest of the molecule provides a ’local magnetic field’, which is dependent on structure.
NTDR, 2014 Chemical shifts • The chemical shifts are expressed on a frequency scale (by convention plotted in reverse direction). • To make spectra comparable between instruments, the frequencies are expressed in parts per million [ppm] relative to a reference frequency. • Early instruments with electromagnets worked by slowly change the magnetic field. Hence the terms ‘Downfield’ and ‘Upfield’. • Less shielded • More deshielded • Downfield • Higher frequency • More shielded • Less deshielded • Upfield • Lower frequency
NTDR, 2014 Vector model (a statistical abstraction…) • Unordered collection of½-spin nuclei, with a magnetic moment (μ).
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • Unordered collection of½-spin nuclei, with a magnetic moment (μ). • In an external magnetic field, the magnetic moment starts to precess…
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • Unordered collection of½-spin nuclei, with a magnetic moment (μ). • In an external magnetic field, the magnetic moment starts to precess… • …and aligns, at an angle of 54.7°, with the external field…
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • Unordered collection of½-spin nuclei, with a magnetic moment (μ). • In an external magnetic field, the magnetic moment starts to precess… • …and aligns, at an angle of 54.7°, with the external field… • …either up (along the field, slightly lower energy) or down (opposite the field, slightly higher energy) according to the Boltzmann distribution.
NTDR, 2014 Boltzmann distribution • The distribution of spins in a-state relative those in the b-state is described by the Boltzmann distribution. • The number of spins in each state is almost equal. There is a small surplus in the lower state. • Calculate how many spins in total you need to get one extra spin in the low energy state![1H, 600 MHz, 298 K]
NTDR, 2014 Boltzmann distribution • One spin extra in the low energy state![1H, 600 MHz, 298 K] • Nβ = 12 922 • Nα = 12 923 • Σ = 25 845
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • The ordered collection of spins can be handled from a common origin. • The Boltzmann distribution of up- and down-spins, makes a net magnetic vector along the external field (green). • An external magnetic field (radio frequency pulse, B1) perpendicular to the first (B0) have two effects:
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • The ordered collection of spins can be handled from a common origin. • The Boltzmann distribution of up- and down-spins, makes a net magnetic vector along the external field (green). • An external magnetic field (radio frequency pulse, B1) perpendicular to the first (B0) have two effects: • Creation of phase coherence (‘bunching of spins’)
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • The ordered collection of spins can be handled from a common origin. • The Boltzmann distribution of up- and down-spins, makes a net magnetic vector along the external field (green). • An external magnetic field (radio frequency pulse, B1) perpendicular to the first (B0) have two effects: • Creation of phase coherence (‘bunching of spins’) • Switch from up- to down-spin (or down- to up- !)
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • The resultant magnetic vector is spinning at the precession frequency, which is the same as the frequency of the external magnetic field. • The spinning magnetic vector induces a current in the detector coil around the sample. The alternating current is recorded. • The detector senses the absolute length of the magnetic vector in the horizontal plane (XY-plane). • Cosine curve along y-axis. • Sine curve along x-axis.
NTDR, 2014 Vector model • The resultant magnetic vector is spinning at the precession frequency, which is the same as the frequency of the external magnetic field. • The ‘rotating frame’ reference is used to simplify the model. • The coordinate system is spun at the same speed as the vectors the vectors appear as fixed.
NTDR, 2014 Relaxation • T1-relaxation • Exponential recovery of magnetization along B0-axis • Back to equilibrium populations of up- and down-spin
NTDR, 2014 Relaxation • T1-relaxation • Exponential recovery of magnetization along B0-axis • Back to equilibrium populations of up- and down-spin • T2-relaxation • Gradual ‘fanning’ out of individual magnetic vector. • emission-absorption among spins (changes phase) • bad homogeneity of magnetic field
NTDR, 2014 Relaxation • T1-relaxation • Exponential recovery of magnetization along B0-axis • Back to equilibrium populations of up- and down-spin • T2-relaxation • Gradual ‘fanning’ out of individual magnetic vector. • emission-absorption among spins (changes phase) • bad homogeneity of magnetic field
NTDR, 2014 Pulsed experiments • The basic 1D-FT NMR experiment • Pulse (μseconds) • Broadband (covers a wide range of frequencies) • Acquisition (seconds) • Records all frequencies within a preset frequency width • Relaxation delay (seconds) • To return the magnetization vector close to equilibrium • Repeat and add results • signals increases linearly with n, while the noise partly cancels out and increases with n½.
NTDR, 2014 Phase of pulses and signals • Basic 1D NMR-experiment: With a 90°-pulse along the x-axis
NTDR, 2014 Phase of pulses and signals • Basic 1D NMR-experiment: With a 90°-pulse along the y-axis
NTDR, 2014 Phase of pulses and signals • The phase of the pulse gives the phase of the signal…
NTDR, 2014 Phase of pulses and signals Y X Y X
NTDR, 2014 Phase of pulses and signals Y X Y X
NTDR, 2014 Different chemical shifts in the vector model • Two signals with different chemical shifts rotates with different speed in the vector model • Interpreted as two different frequencies in the spectrum Y X
NTDR, 2014 Different chemical shifts in the vector model • Two signals with different chemical shifts rotates with different speed in the vector model • Interpreted as two different frequencies in the spectrum Y X
NTDR, 2014 Different chemical shifts in the vector model • One of the signals right on the carrier frequency • The other resonance will have a different speed Y X
NTDR, 2014 Different chemical shifts in the vector model • One of the signals right on the carrier frequency • The other resonance will have a different speed Y X
NTDR, 2014 Coupling in the vector model • A doublet with two signals • The same effect as two different chemical shifts, but usually depicted with the carrier frequency in the middle of the doublet. • J = Coupling constant in Hz (Hz = rounds per seconds)
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echoes in pulse sequences • Chemical shifts are refocused
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echoes in pulse sequences • Chemical shifts are refocused
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echoes in pulse sequences • Chemical shifts are refocused
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echoes in pulse sequences • Couplings evolve (if both of the coupled nuclei are inverted)
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echoes in pulse sequences • Couplings evolve • (if both of the coupled nuclei are inverted)
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echoes in pulse sequences • Couplings evolve (if both of the coupled nuclei are inverted)
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echo example • Explain the appearance of the normal 1H spectrum of the hypothetical molecule.
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echo exercise I • Explain the appearance of the spin-echo spectrum… • Use vector model • What delay was used around the 180-degree pulse?
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echo exercise II • Explain the appearance of the spin-echo spectrum with simultaneous 180-pulses at both proton and carbon… • Use vector model • What delay was used around the 180-degree pulse?
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echo exercise I
NTDR, 2014 Spin-echo exercise II
NTDR, 2014 LUNCH • The lunch is served in the cafeteria in building 22 • 1215-1315
NTDR, 2014 Outline • 1215 – 1315 • Lunch • 1315 – 1415 • Signal processing • Window functions • Fourier transform • Real and imaginary parts • Phasing • Topspin starter
NTDR, 2014 Acquisition time • The acquisition time is usually ~100 ms – 10 sec depending of type of experiment. • The best theoretical resolution in the spectrum is the inverse of the acquisition time (ta). • ta = 10 seconds Δν= 0.1 Hz • ta. = 0.1 seconds Δν= 10 Hz