Robust transformation of singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation over an extended coupling range
Robust transformation of singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation over an extended coupling range
Several important NMR procedures involve the conversion of nuclear singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation, including some experiments involving long-lived spin states and parahydrogen-induced hyperpolarisation. However most existing sequences suffer from a limited range of validity or a lack of robustness against experimental imperfections. We present a new radio-frequency scheme for the transformation of the singlet order of a chemically-equivalent homonuclear spin pair into the magnetisation of a heteronuclear coupling partner. The proposed radio-frequency (RF) scheme is called gS2hM (generalized singlet-to-heteronuclear magnetisation) and has good compensation for common experimental errors such as RF and static field inhomogeneities. The sequence retains its robustness for homonuclear spin pairs in the intermediate coupling regime, characterised by the in-pair coupling being of the same order of magnitude as the difference between the out-of-pair couplings. This is a substantial improvement to the validity range of existing sequences. Analytical solutions for the pulse sequence parameters are provided. Experimental results are shown for two test cases.
PHIP, Polarization transfer, Pulse sequence, Singlet states
Bengs, Christian
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Dagys, Laurynas
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Levitt, Malcolm H.
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December 2020
Bengs, Christian
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Dagys, Laurynas
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Levitt, Malcolm H.
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Bengs, Christian, Dagys, Laurynas and Levitt, Malcolm H.
(2020)
Robust transformation of singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation over an extended coupling range.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 321, [106850].
(doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106850).
Abstract
Several important NMR procedures involve the conversion of nuclear singlet order into heteronuclear magnetisation, including some experiments involving long-lived spin states and parahydrogen-induced hyperpolarisation. However most existing sequences suffer from a limited range of validity or a lack of robustness against experimental imperfections. We present a new radio-frequency scheme for the transformation of the singlet order of a chemically-equivalent homonuclear spin pair into the magnetisation of a heteronuclear coupling partner. The proposed radio-frequency (RF) scheme is called gS2hM (generalized singlet-to-heteronuclear magnetisation) and has good compensation for common experimental errors such as RF and static field inhomogeneities. The sequence retains its robustness for homonuclear spin pairs in the intermediate coupling regime, characterised by the in-pair coupling being of the same order of magnitude as the difference between the out-of-pair couplings. This is a substantial improvement to the validity range of existing sequences. Analytical solutions for the pulse sequence parameters are provided. Experimental results are shown for two test cases.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 October 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 October 2020
Published date: December 2020
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This project was funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie program of the European Union (Grant No. 766402), the European Research Council (786707-FunMagResBeacons), and EPSRC-UK (grants EP/P009980/1 and EP/P030491/1).
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Keywords:
PHIP, Polarization transfer, Pulse sequence, Singlet states
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444856
ISSN: 1090-7807
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Christian Bengs
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Laurynas Dagys
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