Chemical analysis using neutrons may be less familiar as compared to X-ray or electron beam analysis. The neutron beam experiment has become popular in recent years as it allows us to collect data ...
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NMR Chemical Shifts for Solvent Impurities
Reliable papers summarizing NMR data of various solvents in various heavy solvents are indispensable to organic chemists. In this post, four papers that contain NMR chemical shifts are presented: Why ...
Quick Guide to ChemDraw
ChemDraw is a well-known structure-drawing software. Although ChemDraw is an indispensable software for chemists, probably not many people can fully utilize its functions… (I am one of them)? ...
NMR Basics: Guide for Analysis and Interpretation
This post introduces NMR basics, focusing on the analysis and interpretation of the 1-D 1H and 13C NMR spectra. An overview of NMR basics, including principles, is available on the JEOL website. ...
How “good” can the synthetic route be? SMART-PMI: Predicting Process Mass Intensity from Molecular Structure
In the industrial production of pharmaceuticals, there is a strong demand to realize synthetic routes that are economical to produce and consider their environmental impact. From the perspective of ...
IR Basics: Guide for Analysis and Interpretation
Overview Infrared absorption spectrometry (IR) is an analytical method that measures the absorption spectrum obtained by exposing a sample to infrared light. IR is especially useful for determining ...
EXSY (Exchange Spectroscopy, NMR)
What is EXSY? Abbreviation for EXchange SpectroscopY, a technique in NMR measurements. Another name for NOESY. The pulse sequences are identical to NOESY.[1,2] Since correlated signals also appear ...
What is DOI?
You have probably seen the above number written in the corner of a paper at least once. This is a code called DOI (Digital Object Identifier). What is DOI? A DOI is a code that corresponds to ...
White light emission and electrical conductivity of a hydrocarbon nanoring-iodine assembly upon electric stimulus
The following article is translated from the Japaneses version of Spotlight Research No. 137. This Spotlight Research is presented by Dr. Noriaki Ozaki from Itami group ( JST-ERATO Itami Molecular ...
Why Don’t You Study in Japan? A Letter from the Nozaki Group at the University of Tokyo
“The country (Japan) has a rich culture with a depth of new things to learn and experience.” Dr. Andreas Phanopoulos, a postdoctoral chemist working for the Nozaki Group at the University of Tokyo, ...