NMR SPECTROSCOPY FACILITY

Overview

The UC Berkeley College of Chemistry NMR facility was established in 1976. This open-access facility is comprised of six NMR spectrometers that are used primarily for data acquisition, and five computer workstations for off-line data processing. All equipment is physically located in one laboratory, situated at the sub-basement level of Latimer Hall.

The Facility serves mostly undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral researchers in the Chemistry and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Departments. The research groups generally assign one or more group operator(s) the responsibility of disseminating Facility information (newsletter, notices, application notes, etc.) to other members of the group. G.O.'s also assist group members with instrument operation as needed. After appropriate training, users conduct their own NMR experiments. The NMR instruments are accessible to trained users 24 hours per day, year-round.

The nuclei of interest to most users are ¹H and ¹³C, followed by ³¹P, ²H and ¹⁹F. A significant number of users study other nuclei as well; those include ²⁹Si, ¹¹B, ¹⁷O, ¹¹⁹Sn, ¹⁹⁵Pt and ⁵¹V. The NMR experiments conducted by the users range from relatively simple one-dimensional (1D) direct-observe experiments (for ¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P and ¹⁹F) to more elaborate two-dimensional (2D) experiments such as COSY, NOESY, HMQC/HSQC and HMBC, as well as diffusion and dynamics NMR experiments.

The NMR Spectrometers (click here for full descriptions)

AV-300 AVQ-400 AVB-400 DRX-500   AV-500   AV–600

STAFF

Director: Dr. Christian Canlas D1 Latimer Hall, Phone: (510)-642-6407, E-mail:cgcanlas(AT)berkeley(DOT)edu

Graduate Student Staff: Olivia Lee, D11 Latimer Hall

Lab Assistants: Yoon Ko, Lisa Townsend, Steven Haas Phone: (510)-642-6407

NOTE:

If your computer has a Berkeley Campus or LBNL address, you can access the main NMR Facility Server.

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NMR Resources:

Some of our NMR Applications Notes

NMR related organizations and mailing lists:

The Association of Managers in Magnetic Resonance Laboratories (AMMRL): The AMMRL email archives

The BUM email archives

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This area is maintained by Chris Canlas (cgcanlas(AT)Berkeley(DOT)edu) Last Update: 10/05/11