NMR Facility - Chemistry Department

Autoshim – Important for Long Experiments

Autoshim – Important for Long Experiments

Here’s a tip for you when acquiring long experiments manually: use the Autoshim feature. Located in the BSMS control window, clicking “Start” will ensure your shim quality stays good over long periods (~4+ hours). But when you’re done, be sure to click “Start” again to toggle it off, or else it’ll continue operating when the next user is trying to run, which will surprise them and give them inconvenience.

Success with the “-opt” 2D experiments in automation

The most common 2D experiments on the automated systems work best if you choose the one whose names end in “-opt”; these experiments examine a preliminary PROTON8 experiment and reset the 1H spectrum window in the 2D so you get the best resolution. It’s very easy to set up, but things can go wrong if you make changes or decide you need a 2D after the 1H 1D has already been acquired. Here are some tips for success.

Managing Expectations for Second Week of Phase 2 Reopening

Managing Expectations for Second Week of Phase 2 Reopening

Major events took place in Week 1 of reopening, including a number of hardware and software upgrades to NMR systems. For Week 2, expect to continue using 400-1 for routine work. Other systems are actively being configured and upgraded in various ways, so please be patient.

400-1 Getting its Autosampler Upgrade

400-1 Getting its Autosampler Upgrade

Monday, June 15, 2020 is turning out to be unusually eventful for the NMR Facility. Not only are we partially reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine, but it’s our first day installing new equipment. Today, Bruker engineer Lance Ballard is upgrading the...

Project: Migrate!

To provide a uniform high-performance lab experience for all users, the NMR Facility will soon be migrating all spectrometers’ software and operating systems to the same platforms: Topspin 3.6.2 and Centos 7. When complete, each user’s Topspin interface...
400-2 is getting an upgrade!

400-2 is getting an upgrade!

Good news, everyone!

Thanks to the Dean of the PSD for providing funding, we’ll be upgrading 400-2 with a new console, probe, and autosampler! In mid-2020, we should see the instrument transform into something akin to 400-1, but with a more current-model probe and a 60-sample carousel on the SampleCase autosampler.