NMR Instrumentation

Dr Ken Glass NMR Spectroscopy Centre

University College Dublin

School of Chemistry and CSCB

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is one of the most widely used analytical techniques available to synthetic chemists for determining the molecular composition or molecular structure or even the purity of a chemical sample. By measuring the resonance frequency of nuclear spins for an NMR active nucleus placed in a strong magnetic field, we can study the chemical environment of these atoms. This information allows us to identify molecules, find their chemical structure and study their physical properties (conformation, solubility, reactivity, thermodynamic behaviour ...). Nowadays there are an expanding variety of NMR experiments in liquid or solid phase which allow quantification of structural or dynamic parameters. The NMR Centre of the School of Chemistry and CSCB specialises only in liquid phase techniques.

Our mission statement in the NMR centre is to the support the School of Chemistry’s & CSCB's research groups and teaching laboratories through the provision of training to NMR users and assistance in selection of experiments and interpretation of their NMR spectra to resolve specific problems.

The NMR Centre is also open to external users from other schools of the UCD campus and to industrial users.

The NMR Centre is engaged in specific scientific collaborations resulting in scientific publications.

People:

Dr Yannick Ortin (Chief Technical Officer)

Dr Patricia Fleming (Senior Technical Officer).