Penn Chemistry: NMR Facility

The NMR Facility consists of nine Bruker spectrometers ranging in field strength from 9.4 to 14.1 Tesla (400-600 MHz). We have six 500 MHz spectrometers configured for observing a wide range of nuclei, with consoles varying from DRX, AVII to AVIII. The 500 MHz probes include several 5 mm Bruker room temperature probes such as DUAL, BBO, BBFO, QNP, and TXI, and a Bruker Helium-cooled cryogenic 5mm DCH probe that is optimized for the highest 13C sensitivity. The lower field spectrometers consist of a two-channel AVIII 400 MHz NMR and a three-channel NEO 400 MHz NMR. In addition to 5 mm Bruker X-nuclei-optimized IProbe and BBFO probes, a Bruker 5mm inverse triple resonance TBI probe that is designed to observe 1H with 13C/BB decoupling is also available for the 400 MHz spectrometers. The highest field spectrometer is a Bruker AVANCE NEO 600 MHz NMR equipped with a Bruker 5 mm X-nuclei-optimized BBO nitrogen-cooled Prodigy Cryoprobe, as well as a Bruker 3mm TXI probe and a Bruker 5mm TXI probe that are 1H optimized with 13C/15N decoupling. The SampleCase on the NEO400 and NEO 600 allows automation.

The NMR Facility is staffed by Dr. Jun Gu (Director, NMR Facility)and Dr. Chad Lawrence (Assistant Director, NMR Facility).