Enhancing the sensitivity of multidimensional NMR experiments by using triply-compensated π pulses

Youlin Xia; Paolo Rossi; Manu V. Subrahmanian; Chengdong Huang; Tamjeed Saleh; Cristina Olivieri; Charalampos G. Kalodimos; Gianluigi Veglia

doi:10.1007/s10858-017-0153-2

Enhancing the sensitivity of multidimensional NMR experiments by using triply-compensated π pulses

Youlin Xia, Paolo Rossi, Manu V. Subrahmanian, Chengdong Huang, Tamjeed Saleh, Cristina Olivieri, Charalampos G. Kalodimos, Gianluigi Veglia

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In multidimensional solution NMR experiments, π pulses are used extensively for inversion and refocusing operations on ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N nuclei. Pulse miscalibration, off-resonance effects, and J-coupling evolution during π pulse execution result in severe signal losses that are exacerbated at high magnetic fields. Here, we report the implementation of a triply-compensated π pulse (G5) optimized for both inversion and refocusing in widely used 2- and 3-dimensional experiments. By replacing most of the hard π pulses, adiabatic or composite pulses on the ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N channels with G5 pulses, we obtained signal enhancements ranging from 80 to 240%. We anticipate that triply-compensated pulses will be crucial for improving the performance of multidimensional and multinuclear pulse sequences at ultra-high fields.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	237-243
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of biomolecular NMR
Volume	69
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10858-017-0153-2
State	Published - Dec 1 2017

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Acknowledgements This work is financially supported by the National Institute of Health (GM 100310 to G.V. and AI094623 to C.G.K.). The experiments were carried out at the Minnesota NMR Center (MNMR).

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Genetic algorithm
Off-resonance effects
Sensitivity enhancement
Triply compensated pulses (G5)
Universal inversion and refocusing pulses

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