NMR spectroscopy for Chemists and Biologists

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Free Online Course: NMR spectroscopy for Chemists and Biologists provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 12 weeks long. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. NMR spectroscopy for Chemists and Biologists is taught by Prof. Ashutosh Kumar & Prof. R. V. Hosur.

Overview
  • This course will start with Basic principles of NMR, walk through the analysis of spectra and demonstrate the application of multidimensional NMR spectroscopy in Chemistry and structural Biology.
    INTENDED AUDIENCE: M. Sc./ PhD and Scientists working in Pharma and Biophrma IndustriesPREREQUISITES: Under graduate level understanding of Physics and Mathematics
    INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Biocon, Wockhardt, Aurobindo Biopharma etc

Syllabus
  • COURSE LAYOUT

    Week 1 :
    • Nuclear Spin and Magnetic Moments
    • Nuclear Spins in a Magnetic Field Spin
    • Lattice Relaxation Spin temperature Resonance
    • Absorption of Energyand The NMR Experiment Resonance
    • Absorption of Energy and The NMR Experiment Kinetics of Resonance Absorption
    Week 2 :
    • Selection Rules and Line widths
    • Bloch equations
    • More about relaxation
    • More about relaxation Sensitivity
    Week 3 :
    • Instruction to operator Algebra
    • Chemical Shift
    • Anisotropy ofchemical shifts Learning spectral simulation
    Week 4 :
    • Factors Influencing Isotropic Chemical shifts: Spin Spin Coupling
    • Analysis of NMR spectra of molecules
    • Learning spectral simulation
    Week 5 :
    • Dynamic Effects in the NMR spectra : Two site exchange
    • Collapse of spin multiplets
    • Conformational Averaging of J- values
    • Analysis of NMR spectra of molecules with J Values
    Week 6 :
    • Principles of Fourier transform
    • NMR Theorems on Fourier transforms
    • Practical aspects of recording FTNMR spectra
    • Free Induction Decay (FID) and the spectrum
    • Pulse repetition rate
    • Folding of signals
    • Acquisition time and the resolution
    • Data processing in FT
    • NMR Learning of Data processing
    Week 7 :
    • Dynamic range in FTNMR and solvent suppression
    • The Nuclear Overhauser Effect - Experimental Schemes,Advanced Treatment
    • Steady state NOE and Transient NOE
    Week 8 :
    • Spin Echo Uncoupled spins
    • Spin Echo Coupled spins
    • Spin-lattice relaxation
    • Spin-spin relaxation
    • Polarization transfer SPT and INEPT spectralsimulation
    Week 9 :
    • Density matrix, Elements of Density Matrix, Time evolution of density operator
    • Time evolution of density operator
    • Product operatorformalism
    Week 10 :
    • Segmentation of the time axis
    • Two dimensional NMR 2D
    • Fourier Transformation in NMR
    • Peak shapes in 2D spectrum
    • Quadrature detection in two-dimensional NMR
    Week 11 :
    • 2D- resolution/ separation experiments
    • Two-dimensional correlation experiments COSY,TDQ-COSY etc TOCSY
    Week 12 :
    • 2D NOESY, 2D ROESY, Heteronuclear COSY,
    • The HETCOR pulse sequence HSQC