Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR)
Spectroscopy
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Dr. Jorphin Joseph
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical oceanography
CUSAT
Introduction
•Nuclearmagneticresonance(NMR)spectroscopyisalsoanabsorption
spectroscopyinwhichsamplesabsorbelectromagneticradiationintheradio-
frequencyregion(3MHzto30,000MHz)
•NMR signals were first observed in 1945
Independently by Prucell at Harvard and
Bloch at Stanford.
•Ethanol was the first compound studied(1945)
•In 1952, Prucell and Bloch won the Nobel Prize
in Physics for their discovery. Felix Bloch
Stanford
Edward Purcell
Harvard
Introduction
There are approximately 100 isotopes for which NMR spectroscopy is possible, but the most
commonly used by organic chemists are proton nuclear magnetic resonance (PMR or
1
H NMR)
spectroscopy and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (
13
C NMR) spectroscopy.
When ethanol was placed between pole pieces of an electromagnet and irradiated with
electromagnetic radiation it absorbed radiation in the radio frequency region. When
the magnetic field was turned off, NO absorption was observed.
Spinning Nucleus in a Magnetic Field
7
0 0
αspin
βspin
H
0or B
0
Gyromagnetic Ratio(μ)/(P)
Energy transitions in NMR
H
0or B
0
Δ
Factors affecting energy gap between spin states
TheenergyrequiredforatransitionΔEisdirectlyproportionaltothestrengthoftheappliedmagnetic
field.ThisisshowngraphicallyinFig.Thestrongerthefield,greaterwillbethetendencyofthenuclear
magneticdipolestoremainalignedwithitandhigherwillbetheenergyrequiredforatransition.
300
H
0or B
0
H
H
0
0
Factors affecting energy gap between spin states
Factors affecting energy gap between spin states
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The sensitivity or intensity of magnetization
depends on….
Why modern NMR instruments use higher
operating frequencies?
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The mechanism of absorption-Resonance
Whenthemagneticfieldisapplied,thenucleusbeginstoprecessaboutitsownaxisofspinwithangularfrequency,
whichissometimescalleditsLarmorfrequency.Thefrequencyatwhichaprotonprecessesisdirectlyproportionalto
thestrengthoftheappliedmagneticfield;thestrongertheappliedfield,thehighertherate(angularfrequencyω)of
precession.Foraproton,iftheappliedfieldis1.41Tesla(14,100Gauss),thefrequencyofprecessionisapproximately
60MHz.
Sincethenucleushasacharge,theprecessiongeneratesanoscillatingelectricfieldofthesamefrequency.If
radiofrequencywavesofthisfrequencyaresuppliedtotheprecessingproton,theenergycanbeabsorbed.Thatis,
whenthefrequencyoftheoscillatingelectricfieldcomponentoftheincomingradiationjustmatchesthefrequencyof
theelectricfieldgeneratedbytheprecessingnucleus,thetwofieldscancouple,andenergycanbetransferredfrom
theincomingradiationtothenucleus,thuscausingaspinchange.Thisconditioniscalledresonance,andthenucleus
issaidtohaveresonancewiththeincomingelectromagneticwave.
The mechanism of absorption-Resonance
The mechanism of absorption-Resonance
The mechanism of absorption-Resonance
B
0or H
0= Applied external magnetic field
M
0 = Net magnetization
ω = Precessionalfrequency
υ = Radio frequency or frequency of incoming radiation
NMR spectrum of ethyl chloride in CDCl
3at 60 MHz
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Peak Position
Chemical environment of proton or
13
C
Peak Area
Number of protons in similar chemical environment
Peak Splitting
Neighborhood
Shielding, Deshielding and Chemical Shift
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Shielding and Deshielding
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Fromtheaboveequationsoneinfersthatallthehydrogennucleiinamolecule,say
ethanolshouldhavethesameresonancefrequency,irrespectiveofitschemicalnature,
atagivenmagneticfield.
Butthisisnottrue.Hydrogensindifferentchemicalenvironmentgivedifferent
resonancefrequenciesintheNMR.
or
Why are the NMR absorption positions expressed
relative to a reference compound?
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Why TMS is a good reference compound in NMR
spectroscopy?
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Measurement of Chemical shift: NMR scale
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Measurement of Chemical shift: NMR scale
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Measurement of Chemical shift: NMR scale
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Chemical shifts and scan widths
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Problems
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General regions of chemical shift for
1
H and
13
C
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Shield
Upfield
Deshield
Downfield
General regions of chemical shift
1
H
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Carboxylic acidsAldehyde Aromatic/ hetero aromatic
Olefinic hydrogen
Halogen /Oxygen
Acetylenic
Aliphatic alicyclic
Alcohols, Amines
2.Anisotropic effects
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Inacetylenic,olefinic,aldehydicandaromaticprotons,chemicalshiftscannotbeexplained
onlyonthebasisofelectronegativity.Anisotropic(directiondependent)effectsproducedby
circulationofπelectronsundertheinfluenceoftheappliedmagneticfieldproducessome
changesinchemicalshifts.Theseeffectsdependontheorientationofthemoleculewith
respecttotheappliedfield.
Anisotropiceffectsareinadditiontotheinducedmagneticfieldgeneratedbythecirculation
ofσelectrons.Generally,theinducedmagneticfieldgeneratedbycirculatingπelectronsis
strongerthanthatgeneratedbyσelectrons.
Spherical electron density
Induced magnetic field will be uniform
in space isotropic effect
Example: s –electron –spherical
Non-spherical electron density
Induced magnetic field will be non-uniform in
space –anisotropic
Example: pi electron cloud of aromatic ring,
C=C and C=O type
σbond anisotropic effects in saturated compounds
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Theequatorialprotonsincyclohexaneringscometoresonanceabove0.5δhigher
thantheaxialprotonsandthisisattributedtoanisotropicdeshieldingbyσelectrons
inβ-γbonds.
2.Anisotropic effects
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Diastereomers
Trans Cis
CisTrans
3.Hydrogen bonding effects
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Atlowconcentration,intermolecularH-bondingisdiminishedinsimple–OH,-NH,-SHcompounds.
HydrogenexperiencesanetdeshieldingeffectifhydrogenbondisstrongandisshieldedwhenH-bond
isweak,sinceHbondinvolveselectroncloudtransferfromHatomstoneighboringelectronegative
atomslikeO,N,Setc.Thusathighconcentration–OH,-NH,-SHprotonsaredeshielded,henceappear
athighδthanindilutesolutions.IncreasedtemperaturealsoreducesH-bonding,sotheδvaluesare
temperaturedependant.
IntramolecularH-bondingisunchangedbydilutionandtheNMRspectrumofsuchsystemsare
independentofconcentration.Intramolecularhydrogenbondingleadstohighdeshieldingofprotons.
Insalicylicacid,theOHresonanceatveryhighδ(10–12Hz)andenolOHappearsatevenhigher
values(11–16Hz).
Carboxylic acids are a special case of H-bonding, because of their stable dimerswhich persists even in
very dilute solutions, carboxylic OH appears between 10 and 13δ.
4. van der Waals deshielding
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Solvent effect on chemical shift
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Chemical shifts of protons in
different chemical
environments
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Example 1
Summary
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PeakPosition
Chemicalenvironmentofprotonor
13
C
PeakArea
Numberofprotonsinsimilarchemicalenvironment
PeakSplitting
Neighborhood
Upfield-Shielding
Lower chemical shift
Downfield-Deshielding
Higher chemical shift
How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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Z
H
How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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Example 2:How many NMR signals do you expect from each of these
compounds?
How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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How many NMR signals do you expect from each of these compounds?
b
How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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c
c
d
How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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c
How can chemical equivalence of protons be judged?
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c
Peak area and proton counting
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Peak area and proton counting
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Peak area and proton counting
Degree of Unsaturation/ Double bond equivalence/ Index of Hydrogen Deficiency
Gives you the sum of multiple bonds +
number of rings
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Peak area and proton counting
Degree of Unsaturation/ Double bond equivalence/ Index of Hydrogen Deficiency
Spin-Spin coupling or splitting
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(n+1) Rule
Multiplicity-number of component peaks in multiplet
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Itshouldbenotedthatspin-spinsplittingisobservedonlybetweennon-equivalent
(withdifferentchemicalshifts)neighbouringprotons.
Equivalentprotonsdospin-spincouplewithoneanotherbutsplittingisnotobserved.
Ingeneral,thenumberofcomponentpeaksinamultiplet(i.e.themultiplicity=n+1,
wherenisthenumberofequivalentprotonscausingthesplitting
Multiplicity-number of component peaks in multiplet
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Examinethecaseathand,1,1,2-trichloroethane,utilizingthen+1Rule.Firstthelonemethinehydrogenissituated
nexttoacarbonbearingtwomethyleneprotons.Accordingtotherule,ithastwoequivalentneighbors(n=2)and
issplitinton+1=3peaks(atriplet).Themethyleneprotonsaresituatednexttoacarbonbearingonlyonemethine
hydrogen.Accordingtotherule,theseprotonshaveoneneighbor(n=1)andaresplitinton+1=2peaks(a
doublet).
Multiplicity-number of component peaks in multiplet
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Multiplicity-number of component peaks in multiplet
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Spin-Spin splitting patterns for I=½ nucleus like
1
H
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Multiplicity-number of component peaks in multiplet
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Line intensities of component peaks in a multiplet
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Pascal’s triangle
General features of PMR spectra
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Predict the number of signals and multiplicity in the
PMR spectra
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Predict the number of signals and multiplicity in the
PMR spectra
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Question: Indicate the types of protons and their multiplicity in the 1H NMR spectra of the
following compounds:
Predict the number of signals and multiplicity in the
PMR spectra
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Predict the number of signals and multiplicity in the
PMR spectra
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Summary
Peak position
Peak area
Peak splitting
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•Chemicalenvironmentof
1
Hor
13
C
•Electronegativity,hydrogenbond,
anisotropiceffects,vanderWaal’s
forces
Summary
Peak position
Peak area(height)
Peak splitting
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•Numberofprotonswithsameδ
An illustration of the relationship between the
chemical shift and the coupling constant
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‘Multiplet skewing’
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A COMPARISON OF NMR SPECTRA AT LOW–AND
HIGH–FIELD STRENGTHS
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TheNMRspectrumof1-
nitropropane.
(a)Spectrumdetermined
at60MHz;(b)spectrum
determinedat300MHz.
‘Coupling could be confusing’
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1:3:3:1
Quartet
1. First order spectra
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1. First order spectra
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2. Second order spectra
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Coupling Constants
Homonuclear Coupling
oCouplingbetweenhydrogenatomsonadjacentcarbon
atoms(vicinalcoupling)
o(n+1)rulegovernsthenumberofmultiplets
Heteronuclear Coupling
oCoupling between
13
C and attached hydrogens
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Different types of coupling in NMR
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a)One-bond coupling-
1
J
b)Two-bond coupling(Geminal coupling)-
2
J
c)Three-bond coupling(Vicinal coupling)-
3
J
d)Large range coupling-
4
J-
n
J
- -
Different types of couplings
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a) One-bond coupling-
1
J
Protonsattachedtothe
13
Catomscausescouplingin
13
CNMR-Heteronuclearcoupling
- -
Different types of couplings
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b) Two-bond coupling(Geminal coupling)
2
J
oProtonsattachedtothesame
carbonatomarecalled
geminalprotons.
oTheseareseparatedbytwo
bonds,andwhentheyare
nonequivalent,theyshow
spin-spinsplitting.
oWhenscharacterincreases,
germinalcouplingconstant
valueincreases -
Different types of couplings
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Angle between bonds affect
2
Jgeminalcoupling
b) Two-bond coupling(Geminal coupling)
2
J
Different types of couplings
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Protons attached to adjacent atoms are called vicinal protons. These are separated by three bonds.
c) Three-bond coupling(Vicinal coupling)
3
J
Factors influencing the magnitude of
3J
HH.
Different types of couplings
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⁓2 hz
c) Three-bond coupling(Vicinal coupling)
3
J
⁓10 hz
Dihedral angle affect
3
Jvicinalcoupling
φ
The Karplusrelationship—the approximate variation of
the coupling constant
3
J with the dihedral angle φ.
Different types of couplings
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c) Three-bond coupling(Vicinal coupling)
3
J
Dihedral angle affect
3
Jvicinalcoupling
Different types of couplings
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Valence angles in cyclic alkanes affect
3
J coupling of protons
The J
vicdecreases with increasing electronegativity of X in a freely rotating system
Electronegativity of attached group
3
J coupling of protons
Different types of couplings
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d) Long range coupling
4
J-
n
J
Different types of couplings
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A simplified correlation chart for proton chemical shift values.
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A simplified correlation chart for proton chemical shift values.
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Chemically Equivalent Protons
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protons having same chemical environment; hence the same chemical shift (d)
Homo and enantiotopic hydrogens in organic molecules
isochronous