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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 researchers

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

Research outputs

Testing signal enhancement mechanisms in the dissolution NMR of acetone
Javier Alonso-Valdesueiro, Stuart Elliott, Christian Bengs, Benno Meier & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2018, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 286, 158-162
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.12.009
Type: article
Hyperpolarized long-lived nuclear spin states in monodeuterated methyl groups
Stuart J. Elliott, Benno Meier, Basile Vuichoud, Gabriele Stevanato, Lynda J. Brown, Javier Alonso-Valdesueiro, Lyndon Emsley, Sami Jannin & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2018, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(15), 9755-9759
DOI: 10.1039/c8cp00253c
Type: article
Dynamic nuclear polarization of long-lived nuclear spin states in methyl groups
Jean-Nicolas Dumez, Basile Vuichoud, Daniele Mammoli, Aurélien Bornet, Arthur C. Pinon, Gabriele Stevanato, Benno Meier, Geoffery Bodenhausen, Sami Jannin & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2017, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 8(15), 3549-3555
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01512
Type: article
Origins of small proton chemical shift differences in monodeuterated methyl groups
O. Maduka Ogba, Stuart Elliott, David A. Kolin, Lynda J. Brown, Sebastian Cevallos, Stuart Sawyer, Malcolm H. Levitt & Daniel J. O'Leary, 2017, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82(17), 8943–8949
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01356
Type: article
NMR of molecular endofullerenes dissolved in a nematic liquid crystal
Karel Kouril, Christopher Wickens, Benno Meier, Shamim Alom, John Grasvik, Richard J. Whitby & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2017, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017(19), 11793-11801
DOI: 10.1039/C7CP00906B
Type: article