KJM5280 – NMR Spectroscopy
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
You are learning practical aspects of optimization of NMR experiments while actually using real NMR spectrometers. You are learning the basics of selecting acquisition- and processing-parameters. You learn how to acquire data manually and in automatic mode. Furthermore, you are taught how to process two-dimensional NMR?spectra. The course gives an introduction to parameter differences in one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments, a first look into T1 and T2 relaxation (very superficially), and also an introduction to how computers,?programs, and storage places for NMR data are connected and used.
Learning outcome
After completion of the course, you:
- are able to prepare and execute NMR experiments with the nuclei 1H, 13C, 19F, and 31P, and similarly for the experiments APT and DEPT
- can use the automation program IconNMR as a helping tool for running a series of 2-dimensional NMR-experiments (COSY, TOCSY, NOESY, ROESY, HSQC, HMBC, S-HSQC, and S-HMBC) and are also able to perform simple solvent suppression experiments
- can process and understand the information content in two-dimensional NMR experiments
- are trained in setting up and running basic NMR experiments
- can apply the results coming out of NMR experiments in order to elucidate the exact atom by atom identity of new and unknown molecules
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Due to the registration of user IDs?on instrument PCs, intensive teaching, and mandatory?use of instruments, it is not possible to register for this course less than one week before the teaching?starts.
Recommended previous knowledge
KJM3000 – Applied Spectroscopy and KJM3200 – Organic Chemistry II
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with KJM9280 – NMR Spectroscopy.
Teaching
The teaching consists of the following:
- Around 40 hours of practical training in NMR spectroscopy must be completed over a 10 day period provided that the coronavirus pandemic is over.?The course?extends over?the whole semester if the pandemic situation continues.?
- 4 hours of lectures/theory
- A 1-hour practical test on an NMR spectrometer, approximately two weeks into the course, must?be passed before you hand in the report and present your lecture.?
As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance.?Read about your insurance cover as a student.?
Examination
The exam consists of the following:
- Delivering of?report followed by an oral presentation.
- Practical test on?NMR spectrometer needs to be passed before you hand in the report and present your lecture.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: KJM9280 – NMR Spectroscopy
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.