NMR Handouts

Chemistry Research Laboratory

NMR Handouts

Please acknowledge the source if you download and use any of these handouts in your laboratory. Those that relate to the operation of specific instruments within this laboratory are available only from within Oxford.

No guarantee is given as to the accuracy of information within these handouts if used with instruments other than those in this laboratory.

Current Handouts

Introducing NMR techniques

NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry: a quick guide (PDF file)
A User Guide to Modern NMR Experiments (PDF file)

Open access facilities and the NMR service

Open-access NMR spectrometers (PDF file; Oxford only)
The high field spectrometers and the NMR service (PDF file; Oxford only)

Spectrometer operation

Introduction to the TOPSPIN program (1D) (PDF file)
2D Acquisition and Processing with TOPSPIN (PDF file)
Variable Temperature NMR (PDF file)
Tips for better solvent suppression (PDF file)
Kinetic (timecourse) profiling (PDF file) [readdate au program download]
Use of ICON-NMR (PDF file)

Data processing

Basic processing techniques (PDF file)
Use of ACD12 for data processing (PDF file)
Introduction to the TOPSPIN program (1D) (PDF file)
2D Acquisition and Processing with TOPSPIN (PDF file)
Plotting NMR spectra with TOPSPIN-PLOT (PDF file)

Older Handouts

These handouts relate to older instruments or hardware from this laboratory that are no longer in use. Others may still find some of these useful.

Introduction to the XWINNMR program (PDF file)
NMR data processing with XWINNMR (PDF file)
Plotting NMR spectra with XWINPLOT (PDF file)
NMR data processing with NUTS (1D) (PDF file)
NMR data processing with MESTREC (1D) (PDF file)
Introduction to the DISNMR program (PDF file)
Automated NMR on the Bruker AC 200 (PDF file)
Basic multinuclear operation of the AM250 (PDF file)
NMR data processing with WINNMR (PDF file)
Data transfer from the Aspect 3000 Computers: NMRLINK (PDF file)
Automated NMR on the Varian Gemini 200 (PDF file; Oxford only)