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Chemistry 4380 (undergraduate) / Chemisry 8309 A (graduate)

Instructor:  Dr. Glenn Facey, D'Iorio Hall 416A, ext 6077, email gafacey@uottawa.ca

Lectures begin: Tuesday November 1, 2011 (THERE IS NO LECTURE ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 21)

Lecture times:  Tuesdays 11:30 - 13:00,  Fridays 13:00 - 14:30

Lectures to be held in CBY room E 015

Grading Scheme

Electronic Textbook

Class Notes  (pdf)

Table of Nuclear Properties (pdf)

Assignment 1 (pdf) assigned Tue. Nov. 15, due Tue. Nov. 22 at the beginning of class.

Assignment 1 Solutions (pdf)

Assignment 2 (pdf) assigned Fri. Nov. 25, due Fri. Dec. 2 at the beginning of class.

Assignment 2 Solutions (pdf)

CHM 4380 Practice Exam (pdf)

Solutions for CHM 4380 practice exam (pdf)

Take-Home Exam (CHM 8309 A only) (pdf) assigned Tue. Dec. 6,  due on or before Fri. Dec. 9th at 4:00 pm in D'Iorio 416A

Description of Report to be Submitted by Graduate Students of CHM 8309 A

• The report should be a literature review of an NMR technique demonstrating your understanding of the technique..
• Must be approximately 1800 words in length (excluding references).
• Must contain an outline in addition to the 1800 words.
• Must be well referenced.
• Points will be deducted for late submissions.
• Topics must be approved by instructor.
• DUE TUESDAY DECEMBER 6th, 2011 at the beginning of class

List of suggested topics

1. Use of pulsed field gradients to reduce the data collection time in 2D NMR measurements
2. Use of pulsed field gradients to measure diffusion constants.
3. Techniques using shaped pulses for selective excitation.
4. MRI applied to materials science
5. NMR at extreme pressures.
6. NMR at extreme temperatures.
7. High resolution NMR of spin I = n/2 nuclei in the solid state.
8. High-throughput flow NMR systems.
9. Gradient shimming techniques.
10. Liquid Chromatography - NMR (LC-NMR) systems.
11. Magic angle spinning.
12. Application of TROSY to biochemical problems.
13. NMR of gases.
14. NMR spectroscopy of living animals / humans.
15. Cryoprobes and cooled electronics for NMR.
16. T₁ and T₂ relaxation studies.
17. NMR studies of molecular motion in the solid state.
18. Mathematical alternatives to the Fourier transform.
19. NMR in liquid crystalline media.
20. NMR in the Earth's magnetic field.
21. NMR and quantum computing.