Lecture "NMR Spectroscopy in Chemistry, Materials and Life Sciences " (Winter semester)
Prof. Dr. Eike Brunner
Tel.: 32631
Neubau Chemische Institute, Raum 236
Thursday, 4. DS (1 p.m.) weekly, room CHE/089/H
Friday, 2. DS (9.20 a.m.) weekly (alternating lecture and seminar/excercise), room CHE/184
Start date: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 4. DS (1:00 p.m.)
Note: The maximum number of participants in module Chem-Ma-C04 is limited to 40 persons!
Exam: Thursday 26th of february 2026, 9:20 a.m., CHE/089/H
Exam Inspection:
This lecture (3 SWS) + seminar/excercise (1 SWS) for Master students (Chemistry Master) and PhD students is also eligible for students of other faculties, e.g., from the School of Science.
Important notice for students not enrolled in the Master course (e.g., PhD students, others) needing a certificate of attendance:
If you need a certificate of attendance for this lecture, it is your duty to contact me at the beginnning of the semester (ideally in the first lecture) and inform me about your attendance!
This lecture teaches the fundamantal principles of NMR spectroscopy as well as its applications for molecular structure determination in chemistry, materials and life sciences.
Main topics:
- "classical" vector model, Bloch equations and relaxation
- product operator formalism
- RF pulses and pulse sequences
- 1D and 2D Fourier transform NMR spectroscopy
- magnetic interactions (chemical shift, J coupling, magnetic dipole-dipole interaction, electric quadrupole interaction)
- nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE)
- molecular structure determination especially by liquid-state NMR spectroscopy
- basic principles of solid-state NMR spectroscopy
Examination:
Literature:
- Y. Ning "Structural Identification of Organic Compounds with Spectroscopic Techniques", Wiley-VCH 2005
- J. Cavanagh, W.J. Fairbrother, A.G. Palmer III, N.J. Skelton "Protein NMR Spectroscopy", Academic Press 1996
- R. Ernst, G. Bodenhausen, A. Wokaun "Principles of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in One and Two Dimensions ", Oxford University Press 1990
- Horst Friebolin "Basic One- and Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy", Wiley-VCH, 5th Edition, 2011
Exercises you can find here: Bildungsportal Sachsen (Enrollment required)
Enrollment: via Bildungsportal Sachsen.