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UltraLow temperature NMR experiments

    Description: By using liquid nitrogen as a cooling source, the extremely low temperature solution NMR is feasible, with caution and with hardware availability Instrument: Bruker Avance III 600 MHz equipped with 5mm BBI probe Experiments: 1D 1H and 13C, and 2D COSY, HSQC, HMBC, NOESY, etc. Examples:
    1. Northwestern. Juricek, M.; Strutt, N. L.; Barnes, J. C.; Butterfield, A. M.; Dale, E. J.; Baldridge, K. K.; Stoddart, J. F.; Siegel, J. S. Induced-fit catalysis of corannulene bowl-to-bowl inversion. Nature Chem. 2014 , 6 , 222-228
    2. UIUC. Andy A. Thomas and Scott E. Denmark, Pre-transmetalation intermediates in the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction revealed: The missing link. Science 2016 , 352 , 329-332.
    Common solvents:
    • Acetone-d6     m.p. -94C
    • Ethanol-d6      m.p. -114C
    • Methanol-d4  m.p. -98C
    • THF-d8            m.p. -108C
    • Toluene-d8     m.p. -95C