KJM9280 – 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
- you 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 also be able to perform simple solvent suppression experiments
- you can process and understand the information content in two-dimensional NMR experiments
- you are trained in setting up and running basic NMR experiments
- you 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
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
Recommended previous knowledge
KJM3000 – Applied Spectroscopy and KJM3200 – Organic Chemistry II
Overlapping courses
- 5 credits overlap with KJM5280 – NMR Spectroscopy.
Teaching
The teaching consists of the following:
- Around 40 hours of practical training in NMR spectroscopy which must be completed over at 10 day period if the Corona virus situation?allowes. The course runs 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, needs to 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: KJM5280 – 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
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
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.