Nuclear magnetic resonance : concepts and methods /

Canet offers chemists who use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instruments with multinuclear capabilities an opportunity to dig deeper into the results that they obtain on liquid samples. Modern NMRs with many built-in options can be used with the appropriate software to obtain sophisticated results. What Canet provides is a quantum mechanical approach to spin-spin coupling of several kinds of nuclei under many different experimental conditions. In addition, he offers information on how radio frequency tuning techniques provide for analysis and for Fourier transform options. It is true one can use an appropriate instrument, obtain data, and not worry about how it is obtained. However, the theoretical bases for COSY (correlated spectroscopy), the Bloch equations (which govern changes in the magnetization of solids), and T1 and T2 measurements are available and underscored. It will take time to work through the equations, to fathom what the author is saying, and to feel comfortable with updated versions of works by A. Carrington and A.D. McLachlan, J.W. Akitt and R.K. Harris, or even the more recent C-13 spectroscopy. One can skip the in-depth presentation and gain insights through the examples and graphics provided until a second reading. This volume will provide upper-division undergraduate and graduate students with a real grasp of the physical and mathematical background underlying modern applications of NMR. M. E. Thompson College of St. Catherine