ERIC Number: EJ936780
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-May
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
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An Inversion Recovery NMR Kinetics Experiment
Williams, Travis J.; Kershaw, Allan D.; Li, Vincent; Wu, Xinping
Journal of Chemical Education, v88 n5 p665-669 May 2011
A convenient laboratory experiment is described in which NMR magnetization transfer by inversion recovery is used to measure the kinetics and thermochemistry of amide bond rotation. The experiment utilizes Varian spectrometers with the VNMRJ 2.3 software, but can be easily adapted to any NMR platform. The procedures and sample data sets in this article will enable instructors to use inversion recovery as a laboratory activity in applied NMR classes and provide research students with a convenient template with which to acquire inversion recovery data on research samples. (Contains 1 table, 1 scheme, and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Kinetics, Laboratory Experiments, Science Instruction, Magnets, Thermodynamics, Chemistry, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Science Activities, College Science
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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