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Long-lived Nuclear Hyperpolarization of Methyl Groups

Project overview

This project consists of the hyperpolarization of long-lived states in methyl groups and their isotopomers. The project makes use of solution NMR and dissolution-DNP equipment.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Malcolm Levitt

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Endofullerenes
Connect with Malcolm

Email: mhl@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Richard Brown

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research interests

  • Organic synthesis
  • Total synthesis of natural products
  • Asymmetric synthesis
Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Brown@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Magnetic Resonance

Our main focus is finding ways to extend the timescale over which magnetic resonance can be made.

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

Polarization transfer via field sweeping in parahydrogen-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance
James Eills, John W. Blanchard, Teng Wu, Christian Bengs, Julia Hollenbach, Dmitry Budker & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2019, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 150(17), 1-9
DOI: 10.1063/1.5089486
Type: article
Excitation of singlet-triplet coherences in pairs of nearly-equivalent spins
Kirill F. Sheberstov, Alexey S. Kiryutin, Christian Bengs, Joseph T. Hill-Cousins, Lynda J. Brown, Richard C.D. Brown, Giuseppe Pileio, Malcolm H. Levitt, Alexandra V. Yurkovskaya & Konstantin L. Ivanov, 2019, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(11), 6087-6100
DOI: 10.1039/C9CP00451C
Type: article
Experimental evidence for the role of paramagnetic oxygen concentration on the decay of long-lived nuclear spin order
2019, RSC Advances, 9(40), 23418-23424
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03748a
Type: article
Hyperpolarized fumarate via parahydrogen
Barbara Ripka, James Eills, Hana Kourilova, Markus Leutzsch, Malcolm H. Levitt & Kerstin Munnemann, 2018, Chemical Communications, 54, 12246-12249
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc06636a
Type: article
SpinDynamica
Christian Bengs & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2018, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 56(6), 374-414
DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4642
Type: article