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NMR Lab

194 and 196 Kolthoff Hall
207 Pleasant Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431

The NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) lab is a facility of the chemistry department; its principal job is to provide access to NMR equipment and expertise for departmental research and teaching. It is also available to other departments within the university, other academic institutions, and to external organizations.

For more information:

• Staff
• Solution-state Spectrometers
• Instruction Manuals
• Policies
• Newsletters
• Deconstructed Magnet
• NMR mission and plans

Information for Industrial Clients:

We offer a wide range of services to external organizations including standard one- and two-dimensional proton, carbon, fluorine, phosphorous experiments as well as more exotic nuclei like lithium, deuterium, nitrogen, boron, silicon, and aluminum. We can perform variable temperature (-100-+100C) experiments and collect solvent suppressed spectra in 90% H2O and no-D solvents. We pride ourselves on prompt sample turnaround times (often same-day service). Using our six instruments, including our three autosamplers, we have the capability to deliver superior results for small (1 sample) jobs up to the large automation of hundreds of samples per week.
• Instrument and Rate Information
• Sample Submission Form

For local users only (from umn.edu hosts):

• Activate your U-card for NMR lab access
• Training and Check-out Procedure
• Check instrument status

FREE third-party software and NMR spectral database:

• Info on ssh clients for scheduling time (ssh to nmr)
• Info on transferring data to your personal computer (SFTP to echo, port 22)
• Download SFTP program for Windows
• Bruker Topspin (all platforms)
• MNova (all platforms), download instructions for license files for Windows; Mac
• Spinworks (PC)
• iNMR (both Mac and PC, free and paid versions)
• Spectral Database

Some other NMR web sites of interest:

• Spectroscopy Now (used to be NMR Knowledge Database)
• NMR Information Server
• Minnesota NMR Center (ie, Biochem NMR)
• Spinsights Community (for former Varian spectrometers)
• Bruker site
• Association of Managers of Magnetic Resonance Laboratories

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