Department of Chemistry, Tufts University
References on NMR
The following is a list of books useful for learning about NMR. I have personally examined all of them and found them useful to me. The list is by no means comprehensive. Most are available at Tisch Library.
1. High Resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry. Timothy D. W. Claridge. Pergamon Press 1999. An excellent explanation of the many experiments useful for structure elucidation. Also a good introduction to spin physics and NMR instrumentation. Highly recommended.
2. A Complete Introduction to Modern Nmr Spectroscopy. Roger S. Macomber A text on fundamentals of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, using a straightforward approach that develops all concepts from a rudimentary level without using heavy mathematics. Assuming only a knowledge of basic chemistry, it provides an understanding of all the techniques needed to solve molecular structures from 1D and 2D NMR spectra with hundreds of worked out examples.
3. The Basics of NMR. Joseph P. Hornak, Ph.D. An interactive web based textbook found at http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/nmr/nmr-main.htm. Excellent illustrations, making full use of color and animation. Highly recommended. See particularly Chapter 7, NMR Hardware, and Chapter 8, Practical Considerations.
4. 150 and More Basic NMR Experiments. S. Braun, H. O. Kalinowski, S. Berger. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. 1998. A wealth of practical information on setting up and running a wide variety if NMR experiments. A copy is kept in the NMR lab.
5. Modern Nmr Spectroscopy : A Guide for Chemists. Jeremy K. M. Sanders, Brian K. Hunter. Oxford University Press, 1993. This book provides a non-mathematical, descriptive approach to modern NMR spectroscopy. It contains much practical advice on the acquisition and use of spectra.
6. A Handbook of Magnetic Resonance. Ray Freeman. John Wiley & sons, New York, 1987. A small encyclopedia of NMR. Insightful and sometimes entertaining explanations of NMR concepts. It assumes a basic knowledge of the subject. There are no entries under chemical shift or spin-spin coupling, for instance.
7. NMR Data Processing. Jeffery C. Hoch and Alan S. Stern. John Wiley & sons, New York, 1996. Examines and explains the techniques used to process, present and analyze NMR data. Standard techniques such a apodization, zero filling and Fourier transform; as well as advanced techniques such as multi-dimensional processing, linear prediction, maximum entropy.
8. Principles of nuclear magnetic resonance in one and two dimensions . Richard R. Ernst, Geoffrey Bodenhausen, and Alexander Wokaun. Oxford University Press, 1987. If you want the theoretical and mathematical rigor, it’s all here.
9. NMR: The Toolkit. P.J. Hore, J. A. Jones, S. Wimperis. Oxford University Press, 2000. A short book the focuses on the mathematical and quantum mechanical tools need to completely understand modern multi-dimensional NMR.
Revised 12/3/02 D. Wilbur