A 500MHz NMR Spectrometer to Underpin Chemical Research at Bristol (invited resubmission)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bristol
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
This proposal is concerned with the purchase and installation of scientific hardware that will be essential to the long term analysis of chemical problems at the University of Bristol. NMR spectroscopy is a technique that underpins nearly all apects of modern chemical analysis - from biological through materials to synthetic studies. It allows the elucidation of composition, structure and motion in chemical samples, leading to a fundamental understanding of molecular characteristics in these nano-scale systems. For example the School of Chemistry applies this technique to analysis of complex biologically active compounds isolated from natural sources, products of interest to the pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries, new materials relevant to nanoscience, biotechnology, monitoring complex chemical reactions, elucidation of novel structures produced in chemical synthesis and complex chemical catalysis. To these ends, NMR spectroscopy underpins the work of over 250 research workers, with national and international links to a range of academic and industrial applications. The NMR Facility within the School of Chemistry at Bristol University currently employs 5 instruments ranging from 7-23 years old with resolutions of 270-400MHz to conduct such chemical analysis. The increasing requirements of the high-level research undertaken in the School demand access to resolutions and sensitivity from fields >400MHz.The new instrument requested in the proposal will facilitate new and cutting edge developments in a number of areas as well as ensuring support for current levels of research in the School.The new 500 MHz machine will enable the study of of metabolic products, catalyst mechanisms, natural product structures, functional polymers, protein dynamics, ion-sensors and an array of other materials at down to microgram levels which hitherto have been inaccessible to the researchers in the School.
Organisations
Publications
Butts CP
(2011)
High precision NOEs as a probe for low level conformers--a second conformation of strychnine.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Butts CP
(2009)
Structure-based rationale for selectivity in the asymmetric allylic alkylation of cycloalkenyl esters employing the Trost 'Standard Ligand' (TSL): isolation, analysis and alkylation of the monomeric form of the cationic eta(3)-cyclohexenyl complex [(eta(3)-c-C6H9)Pd(TSL)]+.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Halo LM
(2008)
Late stage oxidations during the biosynthesis of the 2-pyridone tenellin in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Harvey JN
(2009)
The Newman-Kwart rearrangement of O-aryl thiocarbamates: substantial reduction in reaction temperatures through palladium catalysis.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Hussain S
(2014)
Phytochemicals from the aerial parts of Ligularia thomsonii and their radical scavenging activity
in Phytochemistry Letters
Jones CR
(2016)
Subtle temperature-induced changes in small molecule conformer dynamics - observed and quantified by NOE spectroscopy.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Jones CR
(2011)
Accuracy in determining interproton distances using Nuclear Overhauser Effect data from a flexible molecule.
in Beilstein journal of organic chemistry
Khattak KF
(2008)
Effect of gamma irradiation on the extraction yield, total phenolic content and free radical-scavenging activity of Nigella staiva seed.
in Food chemistry
Tsoureas N
(2009)
A new family of metallaboratrane complexes based on 7-azaindole: B-H activation mediated by carbon monoxide.
in Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
Uddin G
(2013)
Phytochemicals from the stem wood of Sorbus lanata (D. Don.) Schauer
in Phytochemistry Letters
Description | Significan new information on meechanisms of polyketide biosynthesis |
Exploitation Route | Ongoing area of wide international activity so our results will influence work of others |
Sectors | Chemicals Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Title | MOLECULAR STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM NMR SPECTROSCOPY |
Description | Methods for the determination of the molecular structures of compounds are disclosed, the methods comprising obtaining NMR spectroscopic measurements of compounds, determining internuclear distances from the NMR measurements, and inputting the distances to an algorithm to determine probable structures. Optionally, constraints may be added and the algorithm repeated. Usually, the methods do not require comparisons to databases of spectra during the generation of possible structures. |
IP Reference | WO2010026418 |
Protection | Patent granted |
Year Protection Granted | 2010 |
Licensed | No |