Category Archives: Our Publications

These are the scientific articles published by SeRMN personnel. Posts may contain a short description of the research work objective and relevance, in addition to the abstract of the article, the bibliographic reference, and the article DOI if available.

Ultra-high-resolved NMR: Analysis of complex mixtures of compounds with near-identical ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra

2015-07-20Methods & Applications, Our Publications, Our Researchenhanced resolution, HOBS, HOBS-HSQC, HOBS-HSQC-TOCSY, HOBS-HSQMBC, homodecoupling, homonuclear decoupling, NUS, Pure shift, pure-shift NMR, spectral aliasingLaura

Title: Disentangling complex mixtures of compounds with near-identical ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra using pure shift NMR.
Authors: L. Castañar, R. Roldán, P. Clapés, A. Virgili and T. Parella.
Reference: Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 7682-7685.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500521

Abstract: The thorough analysis of highly complex NMR spectra using pure shift NMR experiments is described. The enhanced spectral resolution obtained from modern 2D HOBS experiments incorporating spectral aliasing in the ¹³C indirect dimension enables the distinction of similar compounds exhibiting near-identical ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectra. It is shown that a complete set of extremely small Δδ(1H) and Δδ(13C) values, even below the natural line width (1 and 5 ppb, respectively), can be simultaneously determined and assigned.

References:

“Full sensitivity and enhanced resolution in homodecoupled band-selective NMR experiments” Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 17283-17286.

“Simultaneous ¹H and ¹³C NMR enantiodifferentiation from highly-resolved pure shift HSQC spectra” Chem. Commun. 2014 50, 10214-10217.

“Implementing homo- and heterodecoupling in region-selective HSQMBC experiments” J. Magn. Reson. 2014, 238, 63-69.

Pulse Programs Code for Bruker:

2D HOBS-HSQC-TOCSY

Data set Example:

Mixture

Warming differentially influences the effects of drought on stoichiometry and metabolomics in shoots and roots

2015-06-29Our Publications, Our Researchecology, LC, metabolomics, MS, nmrAlbert Gargallo

“Warming differentially influences the effects of drought on stoichiometry and metabolomics in shoots and roots” by Albert Gargallo-Garriga, Jordi Sardans, Míriam Pérez-Trujillo, Michal Oravec,Otmar Urban, Anke Jentsch, Juergen Kreyling, Carl Beierkuhnlein Teodor Parella and Josep Peñuelas. New Phytologist. March 2015. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13377

Plants in natural environments are increasingly being subjected to a combination of abiotic stresses, such as drought and warming, in many regions. The effects of each stress and the combination of stresses on the functioning of shoots and roots have been studied extensively, but little is known about the simultaneous metabolome responses of the different organs of the plant to different stresses acting at once. We studied the shift in metabolism and elemental composition of shoots and roots of two perennial grasses, Holcus lanatus and Alopecurus pratensis, in response to simultaneous drought and warming. Continue reading Warming differentially influences the effects of drought on stoichiometry and metabolomics in shoots and roots →

PhD Thesis by Laura Castañar: Pulse Programs and Data Set Examples

2015-05-31Methods & Applications, News from the SeRMN, NMR Events & Courses, Our Publications, Our Researchaligned-media, coupling-constants, enantiodifferentiation, enhanced resolution, full sensitivity, heteronulear coupling constants, HOBS, HOBS-HSQC, HOBS-HSQC-TOCSY, HOBS-HSQMBC, HOBS-TOCSY, homodecoupling, homonuclear decoupling, HSQC, HSQMBC, J-resolved, multi-slice selection, multiple frequency pulses, NUS, one-bond proton-carbon coupling constants, perfect HSQC, PhD Thesis, PIP experiments, proton-carbon coupling constants, proton-proton coupling constants, pure in-phase signals, Pure shift, quantitative nmr, RDCs, Relaxation times, residual dipolar couplings, resolution enhancement, SAPS-HSQC, sensitivity enhancement, sign of coupling constants, spectral aliasing, T1-relaxation, T2-relaxation, two-bonds proton-proton coupling constantsLaura

Development and application of modern pure shift NMR techniques and improved HSQC/HSQMBC experiments

In the following links one can find Data Set Examples of each Publication presented in the Thesis Work, as well as the corresponding Pulse Program Code for Bruker. All 2D spectra have been previously phased and 2ii, 2ir, and 2ri files removed, otherwise data sets would be too big. Continue reading PhD Thesis by Laura Castañar: Pulse Programs and Data Set Examples →

Review – Pure shift NMR experiments: recent developments, methods and applications

2015-05-02Methods & Applications, NMR Bibliography, Our Publications, Our Researchenantiodifferentiation, enhanced resolution, full sensitivity, heteronulear coupling constants, HOBS, HOBS-HSQC, HOBS-HSQMBC, HOBS-TOCSY, homodecoupling, homonuclear decoupling, Pure shift, Relaxation times, resolution enhancement, review, SAPS-HSQC, sensitivity enhancement, T1-relaxation, T2-relaxationLaura

“Broadband ¹H homodecoupled NMR experiments: recent developments, methods and applications” by Laura Castañar and Teodor Parella. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4238

In recent years, a great interest in the development of new broadband ¹H homonuclear decoupled techniques providing simplified J_HH multiplet patterns has emerged again in the field of small molecule NMR. The resulting highly resolved ¹H NMR spectra display resonances as collapsed singlets, therefore minimizing signal overlap and expediting spectral analysis. This review aims at presenting the most recent advances in pure shift NMR spectroscopy, with a particular emphasis to the Zangger–Sterk experiment. Continue reading Review – Pure shift NMR experiments: recent developments, methods and applications →

NMR-Aided Differentiation of Enantiomers: Signal Enantioresolution

2015-03-24Methods & Applications, Our Publications, Our Researchchirality, enantiodifferentiationMiriam

“NMR-Aided Differentiation of Enantiomers: Signal Enantioresolution” by Míriam Pérez-Trujillo, Teodor Parella and Lars T. Kuhn. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2015.02.069

NMR-aided enantiodiscrimination using chiral auxiliaries (CAs) is a recognized method for differentiating enantiomers and for measuring enantiomeric ratios (er). Up to the present, the study, optimization, and comparison of such methods have been performed based on the enantiodifferentiation of NMR signals via analysing non-equivalent chemical-shift values (ΔΔδ) of the diastereoisomeric species formed. However, a poor and non-reliable comparison of results is often obtained via the analysis of ΔΔδ exclusively. In here, the concept of enantioresolution of an individual NMR signal and its importance for NMR-aided enantiodifferentiation studies is introduced and discussed. Continue reading NMR-Aided Differentiation of Enantiomers: Signal Enantioresolution →

Review: Recent Advances in Small Molecule NMR: Improved HSQC and HSQMBC Experiments

2015-03-02Methods & Applications, NMR Bibliography, Our Publications, Our ResearchHOBS-HSQC, HOBS-HSQMBC, HSQC, HSQMBC, IPAP, nmr, one-bond proton-carbon coupling constants, perfect HSQC, PIP experiments, proton-carbon coupling constants, pure-shift NMR, quantitative nmr, SAPS-HSQCLaura

“Recent Advances in Small Molecule NMR: Improved HSQC and HSQMBC Experiments” by Laura Castañar and Teodor Parella. Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, 2015, 84:163–232. DOI: 10.1016/bs.arnmr.2014.10.004

A general description of the latest developments in heteronuclear single-quantum correlation and heteronuclear single-quantum multiple bond correlation experiments designed for small molecules at the natural isotopic abundance is reported. Continue reading Review: Recent Advances in Small Molecule NMR: Improved HSQC and HSQMBC Experiments →

In vivo MRS and ex vivo HRMAS in an Ischemic Rat Stroke Model

2015-02-02Methods & Applications, Our Publicationsanimal-model, biospec, HRMAS, metabolomics, MRI, MRS, strokeSilvia

“In vivo and ex vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of the Infarct and the Subventricular Zone in Experimental Stroke” by E. Jiménez-Xarrié, M. Davila, S. Gil-Perotín, A. Jurado-Rodríguez, A.P. Candiota, R. Delgado-Mederos, S. Lope-Piedrafita, J.M. García-Verdugo, C. Arús, J. Martí-Fàbregas. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2015, 35:828–834. DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.257

Ischemic stroke changes the metabolic pattern in the infarct area and also in other regions such as the ipsilateral subventricular zone (SVZi) where neural progenitor cells (NPCs) proliferation is enhanced in the mammalian and human brains. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) provides metabolic information in vivo. With regard to NPCs proliferation, a resonance at 1.28 ppm has been described as an in vivo MRS biomarker of NPCs in the hippocampus of rats and humans. Continue reading In vivo MRS and ex vivo HRMAS in an Ischemic Rat Stroke Model →

A New Polarizing Agent for Dissolution-DNP

2015-01-26Our Publications13C-NMR, dissolution DNP, DNP, hyperpolarization, in-vitro-DNPEva

“A Benzyl Alcohol Derivative of BDPA Radical for Fast Dissolution Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR Spectroscopy” by José Luis Muñoz Gómez, Eva Monteagudo, Vega Lloveras, Teodor Parella, Jaume Veciana and José Vidal Gancedo. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2015, 13:2689-2693. DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02356K

The synthesis, structural characterization and the successful application of a carbon centered radical derived from 1,3-bisdiphenylene-2-phenylallyl (BDPA), its benzyl alcohol derivative (BA-BDPA), as a polarizing agent for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) are described. Continue reading A New Polarizing Agent for Dissolution-DNP →

Ultra high-resolution HSQC: Application to the efficient and accurate measurement of heteronuclear coupling constants

2015-01-16Our Publicationsheteronulear coupling constants, HSQC, spectral aliasingNúria

“Ultra high-resolution HSQC: Application to the efficient and accurate measurement of heteronuclear coupling constants” by Núria Marcó, Andre Fredi and Teodor Parella. Chemical Communications 2015, 51:3262-3265. DOI: 10.1039/C4CC10279G

A rapid NMR data acquisition strategy in terms of enhanced resolution per time unit for the simple and efficient determination of multiple coupling constants is described. The use of 13C spectral aliasing combined with broadband 1H homodecoupling allows accurate measurements from ultra high resolved 2D HSQC cross-peaks.

Pulse Program Code for Bruker:

SAPS-HSQC (see post “Simultaneous 1H and 13C NMR enantiodifferentation from highly-resolved pure shift HSQC spectra” for details).

Data set Example:

Fluoropyridine

Hyperpolarized 13C Magnetic Resonance in Acute Liver Failure Rats

2014-10-24Methods & Applications, Our Publications, Our Research13C-NMR, animal-model, biospec, DNP, hyperpolarization, in-vivo-DNP, metabolomics, MRI, MRSSilvia

“Real-time assessment of ¹³C metabolism reveals an early lactate increase in the brain of rats with acute liver failure” by Laia Chavarria, Jordi Romero-Giménez, Eva Monteagudo, Silvia Lope-Piedrafita, Juan Cordoba. NMR in Biomedicine (2014) 28:17-23. DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3226

Intracranial hypertension is a severe complication of acute liver failure (ALF) secondary to brain edema. The pathogenesis of cerebral edema in ALF is not clear, but seems to be related to energy metabolism in which lactate may have an important role. The aim of this study was to follow the synthesis of brain lactate using a novel in vivo metabolic technology in a rat model of ALF. Continue reading Hyperpolarized 13C Magnetic Resonance in Acute Liver Failure Rats →

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