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NMR Analysis?

Rich_Insane - 10-2-2012 at 12:30

Hello. I have a friend who is new to doing organic synthesis at home. He wants to see how he can get his products analyzed (to see if the synthesis went well). Now, I know there are NMR analysis services out there, but it's a fair bit expensive. I'm also hesitant to approach the NMR at the university I go to -- not because of the samples themselves (No, it's not illegal stuff), but because I'm not sure if I can go there for personal reasons. Is there any cheap or free service that will do NMR analysis? How much does an NMR cycle typically require?

ScienceSquirrel - 10-2-2012 at 13:22

To be honest that depends on who you are and if you can pull some strings.
When I was a research student I would have had no problems. I would have ran them on the open use 60 and 90 MHz machines, no questions asked.
How about trying to have a chat with a friendly member of faculty?

Hexavalent - 10-2-2012 at 14:28

This would be really nice to do . . .what about IR or UV/Vis spectroscopy as well?

ScienceSquirrel - 10-2-2012 at 18:21

Sadly I work with computers these days so I do not have access to these machines.
The nearest university with this sort of kit is tens of kilometres away.
The original poster is a student and may have access on behallf of his friend.

Nicodem - 11-2-2012 at 12:49

Not really in general, since geographically limited, but the topic was discussed also a couple of years ago:
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=12...