NMR

The NMR facility in the Chemistry Department houses four high resolution NMR (New Bruker Avance Neo 600 with cryoprobe, New Bruker Avance Neo 400, Varian Unity Inova 400 and Bruker Avance 300.)

In addition, the Department has full access to a Bruker 500 MHz NMR in the Coordinated Instrumentation Facility (CIF).

The Bruker 600 NMR (with cryoprobe) can efficiently collect data for 1H, 13C, 15N, and 31P, offering superior time savings for NMR experiments.  The other instrument can acquire any nucleus from 109Ag to 31P as well as 1H and 19F, at temperature from -80 °C to 150 °C.  The Bruker Avance 300 and Varian 400 are controlled by Linux Centos operating workstations, while the new Bruker Avance NEO 600 and 400 is controlled by Windows operating workstation.  Both of these instruments can be operated remotely and can automatically acquire any randomly sequential or batch 1D and 2D NMR data for up to 24 samples.

All workstations are networked making them easy to transfer data or finished spectra to students' lab computers for inclusion in reports, papers and dissertations.  Mnova NMR PC software is fully access for all users.   About 65 Faculty, staff and students from Tulane, Loyola and Xavier Universities use this facility.

NMR Equipment

Bruker AVANCE NEO 600MHz NMR with cryoprobe (Location: 5003 Stern Hall)

  • 14.1 Tesla 54 mm bore Bruker ASCEND 600 MHz NMR
  • External Disturbance Suppression (EDS) with up to 99% screening and excellent liquid helium holding time
  • Four RF Channels with Orthogonal Shim System (BOSS-III)
  • 1H optimized 5 mm quadruple resonance QCI-P cryoprobe covering 13C, 15N and 31P observation.
  • Superior sensitivity on 1H and 13C,15N and 31P and save more than 90% of the NMR sampling time.
  • Fast and accurate Topshim gradient shimming
  • SampleCase with twenty-four sample positions, random access for sequential, or batch automatic acquisition
  • Accurate sample temperature control and VT (-40 to 150 C)

This instrument was acquired through a grant from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CHE-2216220.

 

Bruker AVANCE NEO 400MHz NMR (Location: 532 Israel Environmental Sciences Building)

  • 9.4 Tesla 54 mm bore Bruker ASCEND 400 MHz NMR
  • External Disturbance Suppression (EDS) with up to 99% screening efficiency and long liquid helium holding time
  • Two RF Channels with Orthogonal Shim System (BOSS-III)
  • 5 mm X-nuclei-optimized double resonance BB iprobe.  BB range: 19F - 199Hg and 17O - 109Ag
  • Fast and accurate Topshim gradient shimming
  • SampleCase with twenty-four sample positions, random access for sequential, or batch automatic acquisition
  • Accurate sample temperature control and VT (-150 to 150 C)

 

Varian UNITY INOVA 400 (Location: 5000 Stern Hall)

  • 9.4 Tesla 54 mm bore Oxford Super Conducting Magnet
  • Two RF Channels with PFG
  • 5 mm {1H-19F, 13C-31P}  AutoSwitchable Probe 5 mm 1H {19N-31P}  Indirect Detection Probe
  • VT (-80 to 150 °C)

 

Bruker AVANCE 300 (Location: 5003 Stern Hall)

  • 7.0 Tesla 54 mm bore Bruker Ultra Shield Magnet
  • Two RF Channels with Orthogonal Shim System (BOSS-1)
  • 5 mm {1H-19F, 16N-31P} Multinuclear Broadband
  • Observe (BBO) Probe shielded Z-gradient coil with digital tuning
  • 5 mm 1H {109Ag-31P} Inverse Broadband (BBI) probe shielded Z-gradient coil with digital tuning)
  • VT (-80 to 150 °C)

This instrument was acquired through a grant from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. CHE-0234843.

 

NMR Manager

For further information and training please contact Dr. Qi Zhao

Chemistry Department
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 865-5573
Fax: (504) 865-5593
E-mail: qzhao@tulane.edu

NMR Library

Tulane NMR Resources
NMR Related Journals: the following links are online journals