This page contains a collection of handouts designed to assist users in understanding NMR, focusing on instrument operation and data processing.
Note that no guarantee is given as to the accuracy of information within these handouts if used with instruments other than those in this laboratory!
Introducing NMR techniques
- [PDF] NMR techniques in organic chemistry: a quick guide
- [PDF] A user guide to modern NMR experiments
Open access facilities and the NMR service
- [PDF] Open-access NMR spectrometers
- [PDF] The high-field spectrometers and the NMR service
Spectrometer operation
- [PDF] Topspin command cheat-sheet
- [PDF] Use of the Bruker SampleJet (AV700 spectrometer only)
- [PDF] Introduction to TopSpin with 1D spectra
- [PDF] 2D acquisition and processing with TopSpin
- [PDF] Measuring relaxation times
- [PDF] Diffusion NMR and DOSY
- [PDF] Variable temperature (VT) NMR
- [PDF] Tips for better solvent suppression (rather old, under revision)
- [PDF] [readdate AU prog.] Kinetic (timecourse) profiling
- [PDF] Quantitative NMR
- [PDF] Use of ICON-NMR
Data processing
- [PDF] Basic processing techniques
- [PDF] Introduction to MestreNova (NMR tutorial lecture)
- [PDF] Introduction to TopSpin with 1D spectra
- [PDF] 2D acquisition and processing with TopSpin
- [PDF] Plotting NMR spectra with TopSpin