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Kumar N, Jaitak V. Recent Advancement in NMR Based Plant Metabolomics: Techniques, Tools, and Analytical Approaches. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2024:1-25. [PMID: 38990786 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2024.2375314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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Plant metabolomics, a rapidly advancing field within plant biology, is dedicated to comprehensively exploring the intricate array of small molecules in plant systems. This entails precisely gathering comprehensive chemical data, detecting numerous metabolites, and ensuring accurate molecular identification. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, with its detailed chemical insights, is crucial in obtaining metabolite profiles. Its widespread application spans various research disciplines, aiding in comprehending chemical reactions, kinetics, and molecule characterization. Biotechnological advancements have further expanded NMR's utility in metabolomics, particularly in identifying disease biomarkers across diverse fields such as agriculture, medicine, and pharmacology. This review covers the stages of NMR-based metabolomics, including historical aspects and limitations, with sample preparation, data acquisition, spectral processing, analysis, and their application parts.
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- Nitish Kumar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Natural Products, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Natural Products, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India
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Deckers C, Rehm TH. In situ Diazonium Salt Formation and Photochemical Aryl-Aryl Coupling in Continuous Flow Monitored by Inline NMR Spectroscopy. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303692. [PMID: 38462439 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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A novel class of diazonium salts is introduced for the photochemical aryl-aryl coupling to produce (substituted) biphenyls. As common diazonium tetrafluoroborate salts fail, soluble and safe aryl diazonium trifluoroacetates are applied. In this mild synthesis route no catalysts are required to generate an aryl-radical by irradiation with UV-A light (365 nm). This reactive species undergoes direct C-H arylation at an arene, forming the product in reasonable reaction times. With the implementation of a continuous flow setup in a capillary photoreactor 13 different biphenyl derivatives are successfully synthesized. By integrating an inline 19F-NMR benchtop spectrometer, samples are reliably quantified as the fluorine-substituents act as a probe. Here, real-time NMR spectroscopy is a perfect tool to monitor the continuously operated system, which produces fine chemicals of industrial relevance even in a multigram scale.
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- Christoph Deckers
- Division Chemistry, Sustainable Chemical Syntheses Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM, Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 18-20, 55129, Mainz, Germany
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Chemistry, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Division Chemistry, Sustainable Chemical Syntheses Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM, Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 18-20, 55129, Mainz, Germany
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Schmid E, Kontschak L, Nirschl H, Guthausen G. NMR in Battery Anode Slurries with a V-Shaped Sensor. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:3353. [PMID: 38894142 PMCID: PMC11174442 DOI: 10.3390/s24113353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Inline analytics in industrial processes reduce operating costs and production rejection. Dedicated sensors enable inline process monitoring and control tailored to the application of interest. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is a well-known analytical technique but needs adapting for low-cost, reliable and robust process monitoring. A V-shaped low-field NMR sensor was developed for inline process monitoring and allows non-destructive and non-invasive measurements of materials, for example in a pipe. In this paper, the industrial application is specifically devoted to the quality control of anode slurries in battery production. The characterization of anode slurries was performed with the sensor to determine chemical composition and detect gas inclusions. Additionally, flow properties play an important role in continuous production processes. Therefore, the in- and outflow effects were investigated with the V-shaped NMR sensor as a basis for the future determination of slurry flow fields.
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- Eric Schmid
- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Chair of Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Engler-Bunte-Institut, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Heinrich G, Kondratiuk M, Gooßen LJ, Wiesenfeldt MP. Rapid reaction optimization by robust and economical quantitative benchtop 19F NMR spectroscopy. Nat Protoc 2024; 19:1529-1556. [PMID: 38409535 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-023-00951-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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The instrumental analysis of reaction mixtures is usually the rate-determining step in the optimization of chemical processes. Traditionally, reactions are analyzed by gas chromatography, HPLC or quantitative NMR spectroscopy on high-field spectrometers. However, chromatographic methods require elaborate work-up and calibration protocols, and high-field NMR spectrometers are expensive to purchase and operate. This protocol describes an inexpensive and highly effective analysis method based on low-field benchtop NMR spectroscopy. Its key feature is the use of fluorine-labeled model substrates that, because of the wide chemical shift range and high sensitivity of 19F, enable separate, quantitative detection of product and by-product signals even on low-field, permanent magnet spectrometers. An external lock/shim device obviates the need for deuterated solvents, permitting the direct, noninvasive measurement of crude reaction mixtures with minimal workup. The low field-strength facilitates a homogeneous excitation over a wide chemical shift range, minimizing systematic integration errors. The addition of the optimal amount of the nonshifting relaxation agent tris(acetylacetonato) iron(III) minimizes relaxation delays at full resolution, reducing the analysis time to 32 s per sample. The correct choice of processing parameters is also crucial. A step-by-step guideline is provided, the influence of all parameters, including adjustments needed when using high-field spectrometers, is discussed and potential pitfalls are highlighted. The wide applicability of the analytical protocol for reaction optimization is illustrated by three examples: a Buchwald-Hartwig amination, a Suzuki coupling and a C-H arylation reaction.
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- G Heinrich
- Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
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Phuong J, Romero Z, Hasse H, Münnemann K. Polarization transfer methods for quantitative analysis of flowing mixtures with benchtop 13C NMR spectroscopy. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2024; 62:398-411. [PMID: 38114253 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Benchtop NMR spectroscopy is attractive for process monitoring; however, there are still drawbacks that often hamper its use, namely, the comparatively low spectral resolution in 1H NMR, as well as the low signal intensities and problems with the premagnetization of flowing samples in 13C NMR. We show here that all these problems can be overcome by using 1H-13C polarization transfer methods. Two ternary test mixtures (one with overlapping peaks in the 1H NMR spectrum and one with well-separated peaks, which was used as a reference) were studied with a 1 T benchtop NMR spectrometer using the polarization transfer sequence PENDANT (polarization enhancement that is nurtured during attached nucleus testing). The mixtures were analyzed quantitatively in stationary as well as in flow experiments by PENDANT enhanced 13C NMR experiments, and the results were compared with those from the gravimetric sample preparation and from standard 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Furthermore, as a proxy for a process monitoring application, continuous dilution experiments were carried out, and the composition of the mixture was monitored in a flow setup by 13C NMR benchtop spectroscopy with PENDANT. The results demonstrate the high potential of polarization transfer methods for applications in quantitative process analysis with benchtop NMR instruments, in particular with flowing samples.
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- Johnnie Phuong
- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Laboratory of Advanced Spin Engineering - Magnetic Resonance (LASE-MR), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Laboratory of Advanced Spin Engineering - Magnetic Resonance (LASE-MR), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Laboratory of Advanced Spin Engineering - Magnetic Resonance (LASE-MR), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Laboratory of Advanced Spin Engineering - Magnetic Resonance (LASE-MR), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Phuong J, Mross S, Bellaire D, Hasse H, Münnemann K. Determination of self-diffusion coefficients in mixtures with benchtop 13C NMR spectroscopy via polarization transfer. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2024; 62:386-397. [PMID: 38014888 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an established method to determine self-diffusion coefficients in liquids with high precision. The development of benchtop NMR spectrometers makes the method accessible to a wider community. In most cases, 1H NMR spectroscopy is used to determine self-diffusion coefficients due to its high sensitivity. However, especially when using benchtop NMR spectrometers for the investigation of complex mixtures, the signals in 1H NMR spectra can overlap, hindering the precise determination of self-diffusion coefficients. In 13C NMR spectroscopy, the signals of different compounds are generally well resolved. However, the sensitivity of 13C NMR is significantly lower than that of 1H NMR spectroscopy leading to very long measurement times, which makes diffusion coefficient measurements based on 13C NMR practically infeasible with benchtop NMR spectrometers. To circumvent this problem, we have combined two known pulse sequences, one for polarization transfer from 1H to the 13C nuclei (PENDANT) and one for the measurement of diffusion coefficients (PFG). The new method (PENPFG) was used to measure the self-diffusion coefficients of three pure solvents (acetonitrile, ethanol and 1-propanol) as well as in all their binary mixtures and the ternary mixture at various compositions. For comparison, also measurements of the same systems were carried out with a standard PFG-NMR routine on a high-field NMR instrument. The results are in good agreement and show that PENPFG is a useful tool for the measurement of the absolute value of the self-diffusion coefficients in complex liquid mixtures with benchtop NMR spectrometers.
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- Johnnie Phuong
- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), RPTU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Bornemann-Pfeiffer M, Meyer K, Lademann J, Kraume M, Maiwald M. Contributions towards variable temperature shielding for compact NMR instruments. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2024; 62:259-268. [PMID: 37438985 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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The application of compact NMR instruments to hot flowing samples or exothermically reacting mixtures is limited by the temperature sensitivity of permanent magnets. Typically, such temperature effects directly influence the achievable magnetic field homogeneity and hence measurement quality. The internal-temperature control loop of the magnet and instruments is not designed for such temperature compensation. Passive insulation is restricted by the small dimensions within the magnet borehole. Here, we present a design approach for active heat shielding with the aim of variable temperature control of NMR samples for benchtop NMR instruments using a compressed airstream which is variable in flow and temperature. Based on the system identification and surface temperature measurements through thermography, a model predictive control was set up to minimise any disturbance effect on the permanent magnet from the probe or sample temperature. This methodology will facilitate the application of variable-temperature shielding and, therefore, extend the application of compact NMR instruments to flowing sample temperatures that differ from the magnet temperature.
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- Martin Bornemann-Pfeiffer
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
- Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
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- Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
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Zhang H, Zhu H, Wu S, Tang H, Zhang W, Gong X, Wang T, Wang Y, Yang Q. Assessment of the Purity of IMM-H014 and Its Related Substances for the Treatment of Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease Using Quantitative Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17508. [PMID: 38139337 PMCID: PMC10744271 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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An accurate, rapid, and selective quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance method was developed and validated to assess the purity of IMM-H014, a novel drug for the treatment of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), and four related substances (impurities I, II, III, and IV). In this study, we obtained spectra of IMM--H014 and related substances in deuterated chloroform using dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) as the internal standard reference. Quantification was performed using the 1H resonance signals at δ 8.13 ppm for DMT and δ 6.5-7.5 ppm for IMM-H014 and its related substances. Several key experimental parameters were investigated and optimized, such as pulse angle and relaxation delay. Methodology validation was conducted based on the International Council for Harmonization guidelines and verified with satisfactory specificity, precision, linearity, accuracy, robustness, and stability. In addition, the calibration results of the samples were consistent with those obtained from the mass balance method. Thus, this research provides a reliable and practical protocol for purity analysis of IMM-H014 and its critical impurities and contributes to subsequent clinical quality control research.
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- Hanyilan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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- NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Generic Drugs, Beijing Institute for Drug Control, Beijing 102206, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; (H.Z.); (H.Z.); (S.W.); (H.T.); (W.Z.); (X.G.)
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Galvan D, de Aguiar LM, Bona E, Marini F, Killner MHM. Successful combination of benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and chemometric tools: A review. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1273:341495. [PMID: 37423658 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has three general modalities: spectroscopy, imaging, and relaxometry. In the last twelve years, the modality of spectroscopy, also known as benchtop NMR, compact NMR, or just low-field NMR, has undergone instrumental development due to new permanent magnetic materials and design. As a result, benchtop NMR has emerged as a powerful analytical tool for use in process analytical control (PAC). Nevertheless, the successful application of NMR devices as an analytical tool in several areas is intrinsically linked to its coupling with different chemometric methods. This review focuses on the evolution of benchtop NMR and chemometrics in chemical analysis, including applications in fuels, foods, pharmaceuticals, biochemicals, drugs, metabolomics, and polymers. The review also presents different low-resolution NMR methods for spectrum acquisition and chemometric techniques for calibration, classification, discrimination, data fusion, calibration transfer, multi-block and multi-way.
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- Diego Galvan
- Chemistry Institute, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil; Chemistry Departament, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), 86.057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
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- Post-Graduation Program of Food Technology (PPGTA), Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Campo Mourão, 87301-899, Campo Mourão, PR, Brazil; Post-Graduation Program of Chemistry (PPGQ), Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Curitiba, 80230-901, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Chemistry Departament, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), 86.057-970, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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Bara‐Estaún A, Harder MC, Lyall CL, Lowe JP, Suturina E, Hintermair U. Paramagnetic Relaxation Agents for Enhancing Temporal Resolution and Sensitivity in Multinuclear FlowNMR Spectroscopy. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300215. [PMID: 36946535 PMCID: PMC10962566 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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Sensitivity in FlowNMR spectroscopy for reaction monitoring often suffers from low levels of pre-magnetisation due to limited residence times of the sample in the magnetic field. While this in-flow effect is tolerable for high sensitivity nuclei such as 1 H and 19 F, it significantly reduces the signal-to-noise ratio in 31 P and 13 C spectra, making FlowNMR impractical for low sensititvity nuclei at low concentrations. Paramagnetic relaxation agents (PRAs), which enhance polarisation and spin-lattice relaxation, could eliminate the adverse in-flow effect and improve the signal-to-noise ratio. Herein, [Co(acac)3 ], [Mn(acac)3 ], [Fe(acac)3 ], [Cr(acac)3 ], [Ni(acac)2 ]3, [Gd(tmhd)3 ] and [Cr(tmhd)3 ] are investigated for their effectiveness in improving signal intensity per unit time in FlowNMR applications under the additional constraint of chemical inertness towards catalytically active transition metal complexes. High-spin Cr(III) acetylacetonates emerged as the most effective compounds, successfully reducing 31 P T1 values four- to five-fold at PRA concentrations as low as 10 mM without causing adverse line broadening. Whereas [Cr(acac)3 ] showed signs of chemical reactivity with a mixture of triphenylphosphine, triphenylphosphine oxide and triphenylphosphate over the course of several hours at 80° C, the bulkier [Cr(tmhd)3 ] was stable and equally effective as a PRA under these conditions. Compatibility with a range of representative transition metal complexes often used in homogeneous catalysis has been investigated, and application of [Cr(tmhd)3 ] in significantly improving 1 H and 31 P{1 H} FlowNMR data quality in a Rh-catalysed hydroformylation reaction has been demonstrated. With the PRA added, 13 C relaxation times were reduced more than six-fold, allowing quantitative reaction monitoring of substrate consumption and product formation by 13 C{1 H} FlowNMR spectroscopy at natural abundance.
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- Alejandro Bara‐Estaún
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Bath Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring FacilityUniversity of Bath, Claverton DownBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
- Institute for SustainabilityUniversity of BathBathBA2 7AYUnited Kingdom
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Wu B, Aspers RLEG, Kentgens APM, Zhao EW. Operando benchtop NMR reveals reaction intermediates and crossover in redox flow batteries. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2023; 351:107448. [PMID: 37099853 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Redox flow batteries (RFBs) provide a promising battery technology for grid-scale energy storage. High-field operando NMR analyses of RFBs have yielded useful insight into their working mechanisms and helped improve battery performance. Nevertheless, the high cost and large footprint of a high-field NMR system limit its implementation by a wider electrochemistry community. Here, we demonstrate an operando NMR study of an anthraquinone/ferrocyanide-based RFB on a low-cost and compact 43 MHz benchtop system. The chemical shifts induced by bulk magnetic susceptibility effects differ remarkably from those obtained in high-field NMR experiments, due to the different orientations of the sample relative to the external magnetic field. We apply Evans method to estimate the concentrations of paramagnetic anthraquinone radical and ferricyanide anions. The degradation of 2,6-dihydroxy-anthraquinone (DHAQ) to 2,6-dihydroxy-anthrone and 2,6-dihydroxy-anthranol has been quantified. We further identified the impurities commonly present in the DHAQ solution to be acetone, methanol and formamide. The crossover of DHAQ and impurity molecules through the sseparation Nafion® membrane was captured and quantified, and a negative correlation between the molecular size and crossover rate was established. We show that a benchtop NMR system has sufficient spectral and temporal resolution and sensitivity for the operando study of RFBs, and anticipate a broad application of operando benchtop NMR methods for studying flow electrochemistry targeted for different applications.
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- Bing Wu
- Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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Schmid E, Rondeau S, Rudszuck T, Nirschl H, Guthausen G. Inline NMR via a Dedicated V-Shaped Sensor. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:2388. [PMID: 36904592 PMCID: PMC10007489 DOI: 10.3390/s23052388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Process monitoring and control require dedicated and reliable measures which reflect the status of the process under investigation. Although nuclear magnetic resonance is known to be a versatile analytical technique, it is only seldomly found in process monitoring. Single-sided nuclear magnetic resonance is one well known approach for being applied in process monitoring. The dedicated V-sensor is a recent approach that allows the inline investigation of materials in a pipe non-destructively and non-invasively. An open geometry of the radiofrequency unit is realized using a tailored coil, enabling the sensor to be applied for manifold mobile applications in in-line process monitoring. Stationary liquids were measured, and their properties were integrally quantified as the basis for successful process monitoring. The sensor, in its inline version, is presented along with its characteristics. An exemplary field of application is battery production in terms of anode slurries; thus, the first results on graphite slurries will demonstrate the added value of the sensor in process monitoring.
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- Eric Schmid
- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Engler-Bunte-Institut, Chair of Water Chemistry and Water Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Wakabayashi S, Takumi M, Kamio S, Wakioka M, Ohki Y, Nagaki A. Flow-Chemistry-Enabled Synthesis of 5-Diethylboryl-2,3'-bipyridine and Its Self-Assembly Dynamics. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202202882. [PMID: 36394125 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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5-Diethylboryl-2,3'-bipyridine (1), which is inaccessible by conventional batch methods, was synthesized by using a flow microreactor. Compound 1 was obtained as an equilibrium mixture of a cyclic trimer and a cyclic tetramer in solution, the latter of which was crystallized in benzene by vapor diffusion of hexane at 7 °C. The dynamic nature of this system was confirmed by solvent- and concentration-dependent experiments. Notably, the dynamics was verified by using flow NMR spectroscopy, which revealed that the time required to reach equilibrium was influenced by the solvent ratio (<18 s, 24-28 s, and 34-42 s in 2 : 1, 1 : 1, and 1 : 2 mixtures of [D6 ]acetone and C6 D6 , respectively). Compound 1 and 3-[4'-(diethylboryl)phenyl]pyridine (2) exhibited different self-assembly behavior in solution and crystals. Density functional theory calculations suggested that this difference was largely due to enhanced planarity between two consecutive aromatic rings.
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- Shigeharu Wakabayashi
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Health Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Mie, 510-0293, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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Steimers E, Matviychuk Y, Holland DJ, Hasse H, von Harbou E. Accurate measurements of self-diffusion coefficients with benchtop NMR using a QM model-based approach. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2022; 60:1113-1130. [PMID: 35906502 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The measurement of self-diffusion coefficients using pulsed-field gradient (PFG) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a well-established method. Recently, benchtop NMR spectrometers with gradient coils have also been used, which greatly simplify these measurements. However, a disadvantage of benchtop NMR spectrometers is the lower resolution of the acquired NMR signals compared to high-field NMR spectrometers, which requires sophisticated analysis methods. In this work, we use a recently developed quantum mechanical (QM) model-based approach for the estimation of self-diffusion coefficients from complex benchtop NMR data. With the knowledge of the species present in the mixture, signatures for each species are created and adjusted to the measured NMR signal. With this model-based approach, the self-diffusion coefficients of all species in the mixtures were estimated with a discrepancy of less than 2 % compared to self-diffusion coefficients estimated from high-field NMR data sets of the same mixtures. These results suggest benchtop NMR is a reliable tool for quantitative analysis of self-diffusion coefficients, even in complex mixtures.
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- Ellen Steimers
- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 44, Kaiserslautern, 67663, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 44, Kaiserslautern, 67663, Germany
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- Laboratory of Reaction and Fluid Process Engineering, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 44, Kaiserslautern, 67663, Germany
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Duchowny A, Ortiz Restrepo SA, Kern S, Adams A. Quantification of PVC plasticizer mixtures by compact proton NMR spectroscopy and indirect hard modeling. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1229:340384. [PMID: 36156235 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel approach is introduced for the fast, reliable, and low-cost recognition and quantification of plasticizers in plasticizers mixtures. It uses benchtop 1H NMR spectroscopy and indirect hard modeling, a mechanistic multivariate regression technique. The approach is demonstrated on five different PVC plasticizers having similar spectral signatures in proton NMR spectra. With only 16 scans per spectrum, i.e., 2 min 40 s measurement time, quantification limits down to 0.14 mg mL-1, or 0.35 wt% plasticizer in PVC, were achieved. Apart from the rapid data acquisition, the use of spectral hard modeling enabled the quantification of plasticizer mixtures while using only 4 to 6 training samples per component. Despite strongly overlapping signals in the NMR spectra, various plasticizers were differentiated and quantified, as exemplarily demonstrated for binary mixtures. A commercial PVC specimen with three different layers was also examined, confirming the applicability of benchtop NMR spectroscopy. Additionally, the use of the proposed method to validate official regulations concerning the plasticizer content in PVC is assessed. The presented results demonstrate that the combination of benchtop NMR and spectral hard modeling is a very promising analytical tool for rapid PVC plasticizer recognition and quantification with high analytical throughput. Moreover, the results indicate a high potential for benchtop NMR and spectral hard modeling for microchemical analysis, even for complex samples.
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- Anton Duchowny
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 55, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- S-PACT GmbH, Burtscheider Str. 1, 52064, Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 55, 52056, Aachen, Germany.
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Kyaw KS, Adegoke SC, Ajani CK, Nwabor OF, Onyeaka H. Toward in-process technology-aided automation for enhanced microbial food safety and quality assurance in milk and beverages processing. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2022; 64:1715-1735. [PMID: 36066463 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2022.2118660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ensuring the safety of food products is critical to food production and processing. In food processing and production, several standard guidelines are implemented to achieve acceptable food quality and safety. This notwithstanding, due to human limitations, processed foods are often contaminated either with microorganisms, microbial byproducts, or chemical agents, resulting in the compromise of product quality with far-reaching consequences including foodborne diseases, food intoxication, and food recall. Transitioning from manual food processing to automation-aided food processing (smart food processing) which is guided by artificial intelligence will guarantee the safety and quality of food. However, this will require huge investments in terms of resources, technologies, and expertise. This study reviews the potential of artificial intelligence in food processing. In addition, it presents the technologies and methods with potential applications in implementing automated technology-aided processing. A conceptual design for an automated food processing line comprised of various operational layers and processes targeted at enhancing the microbial safety and quality assurance of liquid foods such as milk and beverages is elaborated.
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- Khin Sandar Kyaw
- Department of International Business Management, Didyasarin International College, Hatyai University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Department of Nanoscience, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
- Academy of Contemporary Food Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou, China
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- Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
- Center of Antimicrobial Biomaterial Innovation-Southeast Asia and Natural Product Research Center of Excellence, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom
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Ben-Tal Y, Boaler PJ, Dale HJA, Dooley RE, Fohn NA, Gao Y, García-Domínguez A, Grant KM, Hall AMR, Hayes HLD, Kucharski MM, Wei R, Lloyd-Jones GC. Mechanistic analysis by NMR spectroscopy: A users guide. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 129:28-106. [PMID: 35292133 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2022.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A 'principles and practice' tutorial-style review of the application of solution-phase NMR in the analysis of the mechanisms of homogeneous organic and organometallic reactions and processes. This review of 345 references summarises why solution-phase NMR spectroscopy is uniquely effective in such studies, allowing non-destructive, quantitative analysis of a wide range of nuclei common to organic and organometallic reactions, providing exquisite structural detail, and using instrumentation that is routinely available in most chemistry research facilities. The review is in two parts. The first comprises an introduction to general techniques and equipment, and guidelines for their selection and application. Topics include practical aspects of the reaction itself, reaction monitoring techniques, NMR data acquisition and processing, analysis of temporal concentration data, NMR titrations, DOSY, and the use of isotopes. The second part comprises a series of 15 Case Studies, each selected to illustrate specific techniques and approaches discussed in the first part, including in situ NMR (1/2H, 10/11B, 13C, 15N, 19F, 29Si, 31P), kinetic and equilibrium isotope effects, isotope entrainment, isotope shifts, isotopes at natural abundance, scalar coupling, kinetic analysis (VTNA, RPKA, simulation, steady-state), stopped-flow NMR, flow NMR, rapid injection NMR, pure shift NMR, dynamic nuclear polarisation, 1H/19F DOSY NMR, and in situ illumination NMR.
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- Yael Ben-Tal
- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom; Evotec (UK) Ltd, 114 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RZ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom.
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Garcia RHDS, Filgueiras JG, Colnago LA, de Azevedo ER. Real-Time Monitoring Polymerization Reactions Using Dipolar Echoes in 1H Time Domain NMR at a Low Magnetic Field. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27020566. [PMID: 35056881 PMCID: PMC8778891 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27020566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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1H time domain nuclear magnetic resonance (1H TD-NMR) at a low magnetic field becomes a powerful technique for the structure and dynamics characterization of soft organic materials. This relies mostly on the method sensitivity to the 1H-1H magnetic dipolar couplings, which depend on the molecular orientation with respect to the applied magnetic field. On the other hand, the good sensitivity of the 1H detection makes it possible to monitor real time processes that modify the dipolar coupling as a result of changes in the molecular mobility. In this regard, the so-called dipolar echoes technique can increase the sensitivity and accuracy of the real-time monitoring. In this article we evaluate the performance of commonly used 1H TD-NMR dipolar echo methods for probing polymerization reactions. As a proof of principle, we monitor the cure of a commercial epoxy resin, using techniques such as mixed-Magic Sandwich Echo (MSE), Rhim Kessemeier-Radiofrequency Optimized Solid Echo (RK-ROSE) and Dipolar Filtered Magic Sandwich Echo (DF-MSE). Applying a reaction kinetic model that supposes simultaneous autocatalytic and noncatalytic reaction pathways, we show the analysis to obtain the rate and activation energy for the epoxy curing reaction using the NMR data. The results obtained using the different NMR methods are in good agreement among them and also results reported in the literature for similar samples. This demonstrates that any of these dipolar echo pulse sequences can be efficiently used for monitoring and characterizing this type of reaction. Nonetheless, the DF-MSE method showed intrinsic advantages, such as easier data handling and processing, and seems to be the method of choice for monitoring this type of reaction. In general, the procedure is suitable for characterizing reactions involving the formation of solid products from liquid reagents, with some adaptations concerning the reaction model.
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro de São João Batista, Niterói 24020-007, RJ, Brazil;
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CP68528, Rio de Janeiro 21941-972, RJ, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentação, Rua XV de Novembro, 1452, São Carlos 13560-970, SP, Brazil;
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 369, São Carlos 13660-970, SP, Brazil
- Correspondence:
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Maschmeyer T, Yunker LPE, Hein JE. Quantitative and convenient real-time reaction monitoring using stopped-flow benchtop NMR. REACT CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2re00048b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We present a stopped-flow benchtop NMR system (composed of commercially available hardware components) that allows for quantitative reaction monitoring to be completed with relative ease, even with experimentally complex reaction systems.
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- Tristan Maschmeyer
- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Dyga M, Oppel C, Gooßen LJ. RotoMate: An open-source, 3D printed autosampler for use with benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers. HARDWAREX 2021; 10:e00211. [PMID: 35607663 PMCID: PMC9123427 DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2021.e00211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers are versatile analytic instruments with low acquisition and operation cost. However, in the basic version, samples must be manually measured one after the other. We herein describe the open-source autosampler RotoMate that allows the automated operation of such instruments. The hardware is easily assembled from 3D-printed and inexpensive off-the-shelf parts, and is controlled by an Arduino Uno. A software package interlinks the operation of the autosampler with the software of the NMR spectrometer and the software for the processing of the spectra. Experiments for up to 30 samples can be inserted into an interactive sample list. The autosampler automatically inserts and ejects the samples, initiates measurements on the spectrometer according to parameters specified in the sample list, and interacts with a common NMR software in the processing and visualization of the obtained spectroscopic raw data. If an internal standard is present, conversions and yields of chemical reactions are automatically calculated, enabling e.g. the monitoring of reactions. The device was fitted to a Magritek Spinsolve instrument and can interact with a free academic version of ACD NMR software to process the spectra, but can likely be adapted to similar instruments and spectroscopy software packages.
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Benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy uses small permanent magnets to generate magnetic fields and therefore offers the advantages of operational simplicity and reasonable cost, presenting a viable alternative to high-field NMR spectroscopy. In particular, the use of benchtop NMR spectroscopy for rapid in-field analysis, e.g., for quality control or forensic science purposes, has attracted considerable attention. As benchtop NMR spectrometers are sufficiently compact to be operated in a fume hood, they can be efficiently used for real-time reaction and process monitoring. This review introduces the recent applications of benchtop NMR spectroscopy in diverse fields, including food science, pharmaceuticals, process and reaction monitoring, metabolomics, and polymer materials.
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Tickner BJ, Zhivonitko VV, Telkki VV. Ultrafast Laplace NMR to study metal-ligand interactions in reversible polarisation transfer from parahydrogen. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:16542-16550. [PMID: 34338685 PMCID: PMC8359933 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02383g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Laplace Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) can determine relaxation parameters and diffusion constants, giving valuable information about molecular structure and dynamics. Information about relaxation times (T1 and T2) and the self-diffusion coefficient (D) can be extracted from exponentially decaying NMR signals by performing a Laplace transform, which is a different approach to traditional NMR involving Fourier transform of a free induction decay. Ultrafast Laplace NMR uses spatial encoding to collect the entire data set in just a single scan which provides orders of magnitude time savings. In this work we use ultrafast Laplace NMR D-T2 correlation sequences to measure key relaxation (T2) and diffusion (D) parameters of methanolic solutions containing pyridine. For the first time we combine this technique with the hyperpolarisation technique Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange (SABRE), which employs an iridium catalyst to reversibly transfer polarisation from parahydrogen, to boost the 1H NMR signals of pyridine by up to 300-fold. We demonstrate use of ultrafast Laplace NMR to monitor changes in pyridine T2 and D associated with ligation to the iridium SABRE catalyst and kinetic isotope exchange reactions. The combined 1440-fold reduction in experiment time and 300-fold 1H NMR signal enhancement allow the determination of pyridine D coefficients and T2 values at 25 mM concentrations in just 3 seconds using SABRE hyperpolarised ultrafast Laplace NMR.
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- Ben. J. Tickner
- NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu90014Finland
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Plata M, Hale W, Sharma M, Werner JM, Utz M. Microfluidic platform for serial mixing experiments with in operando nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. LAB ON A CHIP 2021; 21:1598-1603. [PMID: 33662071 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc01100b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We present a microfluidic platform that allows in operando nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) observation of serial mixing experiments. Gradually adding one reagent to another is a fundamental experimental modality, widely used to quantify equilibrium constants, for titrations, and in chemical kinetics studies. NMR provides a non-invasive means to quantify concentrations and to follow structural changes at the molecular level as a function of exchanged volume. Using active pneumatic valving on the microfluidic device directly inside an NMR spectrometer equipped with a transmission-line NMR microprobe, the system allows injection of aliquots and in situ mixing in a sample volume of less than 10 μL.
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- Marek Plata
- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK and School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK and School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK. and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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Blümich B, Anders J. When the MOUSE leaves the house. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:149-160. [PMID: 37904756 PMCID: PMC10539780 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-149-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Change is inherent to time being transient. With the NMR-MOUSE (MObile Universal Surface Explorer) having matured into an established NMR tool for nondestructive testing of materials, this forward-looking retrospective assesses the challenges the NMR-MOUSE faced when deployed outside a protected laboratory and how its performance quality can be maintained and improved when operated under adverse conditions in foreign environments. This work is dedicated to my dear colleague and friend Geoffrey Bodenhausen on the occasion of his crossing an honorable timeline in appreciation of his ever-continuing success of fueling the dynamics of magnetic resonance.
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- Bernhard Blümich
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen
University, 52159 Roetgen, Germany
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- Institute of Smart Sensors, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Keller T, Maly T. Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization (ODNP)-enhanced two-dimensional proton NMR spectroscopy at low magnetic fields. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:117-128. [PMID: 35465650 PMCID: PMC9030190 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-117-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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The majority of low-field Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization (ODNP) experiments reported so far have been 1D NMR experiments to study molecular dynamics and in particular hydration dynamics. In this work, we demonstrate the application of ODNP-enhanced 2D J-resolved (JRES) spectroscopy to improve spectral resolution beyond the limit imposed by the line broadening introduced by the paramagnetic polarizing agent. Using this approach, we are able to separate the overlapping multiplets of ethyl crotonate into a second dimension and clearly identify each chemical site individually. Crucial to these experiments is interleaved spectral referencing, a method introduced to compensate for temperature-induced field drifts over the course of the NMR acquisition. This method does not require additional hardware such as a field-frequency lock, which is especially challenging when designing compact systems.
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- Timothy J. Keller
- Bridge12 Technologies Inc., 37 Loring Drive, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
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- Bridge12 Technologies Inc., 37 Loring Drive, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
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Steimers E, Matviychuk Y, Friebel A, Münnemann K, von Harbou E, Holland DJ. A comparison of non-uniform sampling and model-based analysis of NMR spectra for reaction monitoring. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:221-236. [PMID: 32892425 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is widely used for applications in the field of reaction and process monitoring. When complex reaction mixtures are studied, NMR spectra often suffer from low resolution and overlapping peaks, which places high demands on the method used to acquire or to analyse the NMR spectra. This work presents two NMR methods that help overcome these challenges: 2D non-uniform sampling (NUS) and a recently proposed model-based fitting approach for the analysis of 1D NMR spectra. We use the reaction of glycerol with acetic acid as it produces five reaction products that are all chemically similar and, hence, challenging to distinguish. The reaction was measured on a high-field 400 MHz NMR spectrometer with a 2D NUS-heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) and a conventional 1D 1 H NMR sequence. We show that comparable results can be obtained using both 2D and 1D methods, if the 2D volume integrals of the 2D NUS-HSQC NMR spectra are calibrated. Further, we monitor the same reaction on a low-field 43 MHz benchtop NMR spectrometer and analyse the acquired 1D 1 H NMR spectra with the model-based approach and with partial least-squares regression (PLS-R), both trained using a single, calibrated data set. Both methods achieve results that are in good quantitative agreement with the high-field data. However, the model-based method was found to be less sensitive to the training data set used than PLS-R and, hence, was more robust when the reaction conditions differed from that of the training data.
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- Ellen Steimers
- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics (LTD), Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK), Kaiserslautern, Germany
- BASF SE, Research and Development, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Gołowicz D, Kaźmierczak M, Kazimierczuk K. Benefits of time-resolved nonuniform sampling in reaction monitoring: The case of aza-Michael addition of benzylamine and acrylamide. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:213-220. [PMID: 33016346 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Monitoring of chemical reactions is best carried out using methods that sample the test object at a rate greater than the time scale of the processes taking place. The recently proposed time-resolved nonuniform sampling (TR-NUS) method allows the use of two-dimensional (2D) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra for this purpose and provides a time resolution equivalent to that achievable using one-dimensional spectra. Herein, we show that TR-NUS acquired data eliminates 2D spectral line disturbances and enables more accurate signal integration and kinetics conclusions. The considerations are exemplified with a seemingly simple aza-Michael reaction of benzylamine and acrylamide. Surprisingly, the product identification is possible only using 2D spectra, although credible monitoring requires TR-NUS.
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- Dariusz Gołowicz
- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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Compact NMR Spectroscopy for Low-Cost Identification and Quantification of PVC Plasticizers. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26051221. [PMID: 33668752 PMCID: PMC7956471 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26051221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), one of the most important polymer materials nowadays, has a large variety of formulations through the addition of various plasticizers to meet the property requirements of the different fields of applications. Routine analytical methods able to identify plasticizers and quantify their amount inside a PVC product with a high analysis throughput would promote an improved understanding of their impact on the macroscopic properties and the possible health and environmental risks associated with plasticizer leaching. In this context, a new approach to identify and quantify plasticizers employed in PVC commodities using low-field NMR spectroscopy and an appropriate non-deuterated solvent is introduced. The proposed method allows a low-cost, fast, and simple identification of the different plasticizers, even in the presence of a strong solvent signal. Plasticizer concentrations below 2 mg mL-1 in solution corresponding to 3 wt% in a PVC product can be quantified in just 1 min. The reliability of the proposed method is tested by comparison with results obtained under the same experimental conditions but using deuterated solvents. Additionally, the type and content of plasticizer in plasticized PVC samples were determined following an extraction procedure. Furthermore, possible ways to further decrease the quantification limit are discussed.
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Araneda JF, Hui P, Leskowitz GM, Riegel SD, Mercado R, Green C. Lithium-7 qNMR as a method to quantify lithium content in brines using benchtop NMR. Analyst 2021; 146:882-888. [PMID: 33236728 DOI: 10.1039/d0an02088e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A novel 7Li quantitative NMR (qNMR) method to analyze lithium was developed to determine the lithium content in real brine samples using benchtop NMR instruments. The method was validated, and limits of detection and quantification of 40 and 100 ppm, respectively, were determined. Linearity, precision, and bias were also experimentally determined, and the results are presented herein. The results were compared to those obtained using atomic absorption (AA) spectroscopy, currently one of the few validated methods for the quantification of lithium. The method provides both accurate and precise results, as well as excellent correlation with AA. The absence of matrix effects, combined with no need for sample preparation or deuterated solvents, shows potential applicability in the mining industry.
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- Juan F Araneda
- Nanalysis Corp., 1-4600 5 St NE, Calgary, AB T2E 7C3, Canada.
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Rudszuck T, Nirschl H, Guthausen G. Perspectives in process analytics using low field NMR. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2021; 323:106897. [PMID: 33518174 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Low field NMR is a powerful analytical tool which creates an enormous added value in process analytics. Based on specific applications in process analytics and perspectives for low field NMR in form of spectroscopy, relaxation, diffusion, and imaging in quality control, diverse applications and technical realizations like spectrometers, time domain NMR, mobile NMR sensors and MRI will be discussed.
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- T Rudszuck
- Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; Engler-Bunte Institut, Water Science and Technology, KIT, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Saib A, Bara-Estaún A, Harper OJ, Berry DBG, Thomlinson IA, Broomfield-Tagg R, Lowe JP, Lyall CL, Hintermair U. Engineering aspects of FlowNMR spectroscopy setups for online analysis of solution-phase processes. REACT CHEM ENG 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1re00217a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In this article we review some fundamental engineering concepts and evaluate components and materials required to assemble and operate safe and effective FlowNMR setups that reliably generate meaningful results.
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- Asad Saib
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Centre for Sustainable & Circular Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Centre for Sustainable & Circular Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Dynamic Reaction Monitoring Facility, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, UK
- Centre for Sustainable & Circular Technologies, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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Keller TJ, Maly T. Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization (ODNP)-enhanced two-dimensional proton NMR spectroscopy at low magnetic fields. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021. [PMID: 35465650 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4479048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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The majority of low-field Overhauser dynamic nuclear polarization (ODNP) experiments reported so far have been 1D NMR experiments to study molecular dynamics and in particular hydration dynamics. In this work, we demonstrate the application of ODNP-enhanced 2D J-resolved (JRES) spectroscopy to improve spectral resolution beyond the limit imposed by the line broadening introduced by the paramagnetic polarizing agent. Using this approach, we are able to separate the overlapping multiplets of ethyl crotonate into a second dimension and clearly identify each chemical site individually. Crucial to these experiments is interleaved spectral referencing, a method introduced to compensate for temperature-induced field drifts over the course of the NMR acquisition. This method does not require additional hardware such as a field-frequency lock, which is especially challenging when designing compact systems.
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- Timothy J Keller
- Bridge12 Technologies Inc., 37 Loring Drive, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
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- Bridge12 Technologies Inc., 37 Loring Drive, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
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Bornemann‐Pfeiffer M, Kern S, Maiwald M, Meyer K. Calibration‐Free Chemical Process and Quality Control Units as Enablers for Modular Production. CHEM-ING-TECH 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.202000150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Martin Bornemann‐Pfeiffer
- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) Richard-Willstaetter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Germany
- Technical University of Berlin Chemical and Process Engineering Fraunhoferstraße 33–36 10587 Berlin Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) Richard-Willstaetter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Germany
- S-PACT GmbH Burtscheider Straße 1 52064 Aachen Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) Richard-Willstaetter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) Richard-Willstaetter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Germany
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Morrison RW, Zhang M. Applications of benchtop NMR in the organic chemistry instructional laboratory. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2020; 58:1187-1192. [PMID: 32307736 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The instructional organic chemistry laboratory has been substantially improved through the implementation of benchtop NMR analysis. When used in conjunction with unknown reaction components in multi-outcome experiments, NMR analysis transforms the laboratory exercise into an investigative inquiry wherein students elucidate structures for their products and thereby deduce their unknown reaction components. This analytical approach closely models the research laboratory and is a valuable preparatory tool for undergraduate researchers. Three newly developed multi-outcome experiments based upon the Diels-Alder cycloaddition, the synthesis of carboxylic amides, and the Friedel-Crafts alkylation are herein described to illustrate the utility of benchtop NMR analysis in the instructional laboratory.
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- Richard W Morrison
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Sheng H, Corcoran EB, Dance ZEX, Smith JP, Lin Z, Ordsmith V, Hamilton S, Zhuang P. Quantitative Perspective on Online Flow Reaction Profiling Using a Miniature Mass Spectrometer. Org Process Res Dev 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.0c00294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Huaming Sheng
- Analytical Science, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Small Molecule Process Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- ACDS-PAT, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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- Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States
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Fernandes H, Filgueiras JG, de Azevedo ER, Lima-Neto BS. Real time monitoring by time-domain NMR of ring opening metathesis copolymerization of norbornene-based red palm olein monomer with norbornene. Eur Polym J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.110048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lee Y, Matviychuk Y, Holland DJ. Quantitative analysis using external standards with a benchtop NMR spectrometer. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 320:106826. [PMID: 33007501 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This paper investigates the use of benchtop NMR spectrometers for quantitative analysis with external standards. Specifically, it focuses on the measurement of aqueous samples with analyte concentrations ranging from 30 mM to 1.7 M and electrical conductivity of up to 84mScm-1 using a 43 MHz instrument. It is demonstrated that measurements using the PULCON method cannot achieve an average error in quantification of <4% with the benchtop NMR tested here unless the standard and analyte are very similar. Our analysis indicates that this comparatively large error arises from the fixed tuning and matching of the benchtop spectrometer. We confirm that for moderately dilute samples (less than 0.2 M), the integral area of the solvent peak is suitable for use as an internal standard to mitigate this error. Furthermore, a round robin study demonstrates that the second major source of uncertainty in these measurements arises from the manual processing of the spectra by different analysts. Here we propose heuristics for manual baseline and phase correction to reduce this analyst-dependent error to about 3 %. We also demonstrate that semi-automated quantification using qGSD is able to achieve similar accuracy of integration, but with reduced sensitivity to the processing of the operator.
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- Yejin Lee
- University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
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Jeong HJ, Min S, Jeong K. Analysis of 1-aminoisoquinoline using the signal amplification by reversible exchange hyperpolarization technique. Analyst 2020; 145:6478-6484. [PMID: 32744263 DOI: 10.1039/d0an00967a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE), a parahydrogen-based hyperpolarization technique, is valuable in detecting low concentrations of chemical compounds, which facilitates the understanding of their functions at the molecular level as well as their applicability in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). SABRE of 1-aminoisoquinoline (1-AIQ) is significant because isoquinoline derivatives are the fundamental structures in compounds with notable biological activity and are basic organic building blocks. Through this study, we explain how SABRE is applied to hyperpolarize 1-AIQ for diverse solvent systems such as deuterated and non-deuterated solvents. We observed the amplification of individual protons of 1-AIQ at various magnetic fields. Further, we describe the polarization transfer mechanism of 1-AIQ compared to pyridine using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This hyperpolarization technique, including the polarization transfer mechanism investigation on 1-AIQ, will provide a firm basis for the future application of the hyperpolarization study on various bio-friendly materials.
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- Hye Jin Jeong
- Department of Chemistry, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul Women's University, Seoul 01797, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, South Korea.
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Matviychuk Y, Steimers E, von Harbou E, Holland DJ. Bayesian approach for automated quantitative analysis of benchtop NMR data. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 319:106814. [PMID: 32950022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Low-cost, user-friendly benchtop NMR instruments are often touted as a "one-click" solution for data acquisition, however insufficient peak dispersion in their spectra often reduces the accuracy of quantification and requires user expertise with sophisticated processing tools. Our work aims to facilitate the wide acceptance of benchtop NMR instruments as a viable and effective substitute for cryogenic magnets. We propose an algorithmic approach that completely automates the routine analysis of sets of samples with similar compositions - the problem that often underlies many industrial applications concerned with reaction and process monitoring and quality control. Our solution is rooted in the idea of parametric modelling formulated in terms of Bayesian statistics, which effectively incorporates prior knowledge about the studied system (such as concentration-dependent chemical shift changes) that is usually available in industrial applications. Furthermore, the use of quantum mechanical models for chemical species makes our approach invariant to the spectrometer field strength - a necessary prerequisite for the successful analysis of benchtop data. We demonstrate the performance of our method with two representative sets of samples: mixtures of alcohols and acetates, and aqueous mixtures of biologically relevant species. In these examples, our fully automated analysis of benchtop spectra achieves average errors in concentrations of 0.01 mol/mol and 0.02 mol/mol respectively. Our method is competitive with the traditional processing approaches of well resolved high-field data and has the potential to bring the benefits of NMR even to a small chemistry laboratory.
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- Yevgen Matviychuk
- University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
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- Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 44, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 44, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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Gouilleux B, Farjon J, Giraudeau P. Gradient-based pulse sequences for benchtop NMR spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2020; 319:106810. [PMID: 33036709 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Benchtop NMR spectroscopy has been on the rise for the last decade, by bringing high-resolution NMR in environments that are not easily compatible with high-field NMR. Benchtop spectrometers are accessible, low cost and show an impressive performance in terms of sensitivity with respect to the relatively low associated magnetic field (40-100 MHz). However, their application is limited by the strong and ubiquitous peak overlaps arising from the complex mixtures which are often targeted, often characterized by a great diversity of concentrations and by strong signals from non-deuterated solvents. Such limitations can be addressed by pulse sequences making clever use of magnetic field gradient pulses, capable of performing efficient coherence selection or encoding chemical shift or diffusion information. Gradients pulses are well-known ingredients of high-field pulse sequence recipes, but were only recently made available on benchtop spectrometers, thanks to the introduction of gradient coils in 2015. This article reviews the recent methodological advances making use of gradient pulses on benchtop spectrometers and the applications stemming from these developments. Particular focus is made on solvent suppression schemes, diffusion-encoded, and spatially-encoded experiments, while discussing both methodological advances and subsequent applications. We eventually discuss the exciting development and application perspectives that result from such advances.
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- Boris Gouilleux
- Université Paris-Saclay, ICMMO, UMR CNRS 8182, RMN en Milieu Orienté, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Université de Nantes, CNRS, CEISAM UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France.
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Matviychuk Y, Steimers E, von Harbou E, Holland D. Improving the accuracy of model-based quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2020; 1:141-153. [PMID: 37904816 PMCID: PMC10500698 DOI: 10.5194/mr-1-141-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Low spectral resolution and extensive peak overlap are the common challenges that preclude quantitative analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data with the established peak integration method. While numerous model-based approaches overcome these obstacles and enable quantification, they intrinsically rely on rigid assumptions about functional forms for peaks, which are often insufficient to account for all unforeseen imperfections in experimental data. Indeed, even in spectra with well-separated peaks whose integration is possible, model-based methods often achieve suboptimal results, which in turn raises the question of their validity for more challenging datasets. We address this problem with a simple model adjustment procedure, which draws its inspiration directly from the peak integration approach that is almost invariant to lineshape deviations. Specifically, we assume that the number of mixture components along with their ideal spectral responses are known; we then aim to recover all useful signals left in the residual after model fitting and use it to adjust the intensity estimates of modelled peaks. We propose an alternative objective function, which we found particularly effective for correcting imperfect phasing of the data - a critical step in the processing pipeline. Application of our method to the analysis of experimental data shows the accuracy improvement of 20 %-40 % compared to the simple least-squares model fitting.
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- Yevgen Matviychuk
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 44, Kaiserslautern 67663, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Thermodynamik, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Straße 44, Kaiserslautern 67663, Germany
- current address: BASF SE, Research and Development, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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Friebel A, von Harbou E, Münnemann K, Hasse H. Online process monitoring of a batch distillation by medium field NMR spectroscopy. Chem Eng Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Zhao EW, Liu T, Jónsson E, Lee J, Temprano I, Jethwa RB, Wang A, Smith H, Carretero-González J, Song Q, Grey CP. In situ NMR metrology reveals reaction mechanisms in redox flow batteries. Nature 2020; 579:224-228. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2081-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Woodley JM. Advances in biological conversion technologies: new opportunities for reaction engineering. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9re00422j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reaction engineering needs to embrace biological conversion technologies, on the road to identify more sustainable routes for chemical manufacture.
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- John M. Woodley
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
- Denmark
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Real-time benchtop NMR spectroscopy for the online monitoring of sucrose hydrolysis. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2019.108832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Rößler M, Huth PU, Liauw MA. Process analytical technology (PAT) as a versatile tool for real-time monitoring and kinetic evaluation of photocatalytic reactions. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0re00256a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Combining in situ Raman spectroscopy with multivariate data analysis enables the real-time monitoring and kinetic evaluation of photocatalytic reactions. The applicability is demonstrated on the photooxidation of 4-methoxythiophenol.
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- Martin Rößler
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC)
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC)
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC)
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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Sagmeister P, Poms J, Williams JD, Kappe CO. Multivariate analysis of inline benchtop NMR data enables rapid optimization of a complex nitration in flow. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0re00048e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Multivariate analysis is applied to inline benchtop NMR data for a complex nitration in flow. This rapid quantification enables reaction optimization using advanced techniques in flow, such as design of experiments and dynamic experimentation.
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- Peter Sagmeister
- Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CCFLOW)
- Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (RCPE)
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
- Institute of Chemistry
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- Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (RCPE)
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
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- Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CCFLOW)
- Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (RCPE)
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
- Institute of Chemistry
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- Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CCFLOW)
- Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (RCPE)
- 8010 Graz
- Austria
- Institute of Chemistry
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Romero JA, Kazimierczuk K, Gołowicz D. Enhancing benchtop NMR spectroscopy by means of sample shifting. Analyst 2020; 145:7406-7411. [DOI: 10.1039/d0an01556c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Benchtop NMR sensitivity enhancement by cyclic, mechanical shifting of a sample to preserve high nuclear spin polarization.
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- Javier A. Romero
- Centre of New Technologies
- University of Warsaw
- 02-097 Warsaw
- Poland
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- Centre of New Technologies
- University of Warsaw
- 02-097 Warsaw
- Poland
- Faculty of Chemistry
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