Introduction

About the lecture

In this mini-lecture, Dr Danny Allwood (Sheffield Hallam University) introduces the concept of NMR spectroscopy, a tool widely used in organic, inorganic and physical chemistry, and biochemistry. NMR spectroscopy can be used to analyse any spin-active nuclei, but here we focus on only two: 1H and 13C. We are given a brief overview of the different types of information we can gather from any NMR spectrum, including the number of environments, the state of an environment’s de/shielding, the ratio of nuclei in different environments, and where these are found relative to each other. This is carried out by looking at the chemical shift, integration values and coupling of their respective peaks on the NMR spectrum.

About the lecturer

Dr Danny Allwood joined Sheffield Hallam University from the University of Cambridge, where he undertook a PhD (2008-2012) and post-doctoral research (2012-2015) with Professor Steven V. Ley CBE FRS. Prior to this, he attained my undergraduate degree at the University of Warwick (2004-2008). His current research programme is focused on the development of practical synthetic and catalytic organic transformations.