Discrimination of PHIP Signals Through their Evolution in Multipulse Sequences

Chemphyschem. 2021 Oct 5;22(19):1939-1946. doi: 10.1002/cphc.202100146. Epub 2021 Aug 18.

Abstract

The antiphase character of the PHIP associated signals after a hydrogenation reaction is particularly sensitive to line broadening introduced by magnetic field inhomogeneities and interferences by the presence of resonance lines steaming from a large amount of thermally polarized spins. These obstacles impose a limitation in the detection of reaction products as well as in the experimental setups. A simple way to overcome these impediments consists of acquiring the signal with a train of refocusing pulses instead of a single r.f. pulse. We present here a number of examples where this multipulse acquisition, denominated PhD-PHIP, displays its potentiality in improving the information related to hyperpolarized spins performed in a sample, where the former parahydrogen nuclei are part of a complex J-coupling network.

Keywords: J-coupling; NMR; echo trains; hyperpolarization; spin dynamics.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't