University of New Mexico

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility

Facility Director, Karen Ann Smith

karenann@unm.edu

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The NMR Facility at the University of New Mexico is located in the Department of Chemistry which is part of the College of Arts and Sciences. It has three multinuclear solution spectrometers, a Bruker AC20, a Bruker AC250 with a Tecmag upgrade, and a Bruker Avance 500; all standard bore systems. In addition, the facility has a Bruker ASX300 wide bore for solid state NMR. The 500, 300 and one 250 are located in the basement of Clark Hall, room 071. The other 250 is on the first floor of Clark Hall, room 118.

"Upstairs" AC250

We are grateful to The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation and the National Science Foundation for awarding us grants to put in a Tecmag/Macintosh data system. This spectrometer has a 5 mm BB probe, is fully broadband, and maintains its VT capability. We have incorporated its use in second semester organic lab, and inorganic lab. We hope to include it in other courses as well. This spectrometer is used primarily for undergraduate laboratory experiments. Researchers are allowed to use it at other times.

The "New"(or "downstairs") AC250

has a 5 mm broadband probe as well as a 5 mm carbon/proton (tunable to fluorine) probe and a 10 mm broadband probe. This system also has VT capability. The 5mm probes on both ACs are usually tuned to C-13. Tuning to other nuclei is possible, and is allowed for students who have been trained and authorized.

The ASX 300

is a solids-only instrument. It has VT, a third channel, and 6 probes. The probes are: 7 mm CPMAS, 4 mm CPMAS, 7 mm CRAMPS, 7 mm triple resonance, a wideline probe with both 5 and 10 mm inserts, and a DOR probe.

The Avance 500

is our newest instrument. It is primarily a solution NMR, with VT, a third RF channel, 3 axis gradients, and 3 solution probes. They are: 5 mm inverse broadband with 3 axis gradients; 5 mm inverse triple (proton, phosphorus, broadband) with z-axis gradients; and 2.5 mm inverse broadband with 3 axis gradients. We have one solids probe for this system- a 4 mm CPMAS.

Chem 627 is a graduate-level course on NMR theory and instrument training.

Rates: for outside users.

Scheduling

Policies

User Training

Facility Announcements

NMR2 Meeting Announcements

Other useful locations for NMR information:

home page (the Association of Managers of Magnetic Resonance Labs)

(logo designed by Ben Bangerter)

AMMRL's Mail Archive at Berkeley

NMR Information Server at the University of Florida

a list of NMR and MRI Sites

National Magnetic Resonance Facility gopher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Bruker Instruments

Tecmag Instruments

NMR Pulse Sequence Library

Graham Barlow's guide to many, many useful NMR places.

Peter Lundberg's list of educational NMR software.

The ENC (Experimental NMR Conference) is a yearly NMR meeting.

A nice compilation of NMR Web-Links

With budget problems and decreases in science funding, it is important that scientists get involved in the budget and funding processes. Bill Stevens at SIUC has a page of helpful information and links to even more .

Information on New Mexico:

The Best Page of New Mexico Links!

Welcome to the Land of Enchantment

Travel Info


For more information, contact

Karen Ann Smith, Director
NMR Facility, University of New Mexico
Department of Chemistry
Clark Hall
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1096
karenann@@unm.edu
505-277-4031 voice, 505-277-2609 fax