2D NMR Spectroscopy: Cosy: Jessica Thomaston

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2D NMR Spectroscopy:

COSY
Jessica Thomaston
Outline
1. History

2. Theory of 2D NMR

3. Applications of COSY
A brief history of 2D NMR
 In 1971, the idea of 2D NMR was proposed by Jean Jeener.
 The 1975 Ernst paper “Two-dimensional spectroscopy,
application to nuclear magnetic resonance” utilized Jeener’s
idea to produce spectra.

 1980s-present: application of NMR to protein structures


 In 1991 Ernst won a Nobel Prize in
Chemistry for his contributions to
Fourier Transform NMR
Types of 2D NMR
 COSY: correlation spectroscopy
 HETCOR: heteronuclear COSY
 TOCSY: total correlation spectroscopy

 NOESY: Nuclear Overhauser effect


spectroscopy
 EXSY: exchange spectroscopy
 J-Spectroscopy
Experimental

 A series of equally-spaced t1 are used; 90˚ pulses occur at


white circles

 Each spectrum measures the instantaneous state of the


perturbed system after various t1
General 2D FTS experiment
1. At t = 0, the system is at ρ(0), an arbitrary nonequilibruim
state

2. During 0 < t < t1 the system develops under the influence of


the time-independent Hamiltonian H

3. At t = t1 the density operator is rotated by an rf pulse

4. At t > t1 the system again develops under H and the spectrum


is measured

5. A Fourier transform is used to convert the time-dependent


data to a 2D spectrum
Theory
The motion of the system is described by the density operator eqn:

where H(t) = H(1) for 0< t<t1 and H(t) = H(2) for t>t1

and r is the relaxation superoperator

At t=t1+t2 the solution is:

and the observed magnetization moment is:

The observed spectrum is a 2D Fourier transform of the above.


A pair of projection superoperators with the properties

are used to obtain an expression for the observed magnetization that is separated into two
terms:

consists of magnetization components which show oscillatory behavior during the


evolution period, and will be responsible for cross-peaks and dia-peaks in the 2D spectrum.

The other term consists of components which do not oscillate and produces the axial peaks of
the spectrum.
Resulting 2D spectrum
 3 types of peaks

 Dia peaks are related to


only one transition and
occur at the main diagonal
of the 2D spectrum

 Cross peaks correlate


different transitions, are off-
diagonal

 Axial peaks give information


about spin-lattice relaxation
processes
 Two pulse (90˚) 1H-1H experiment on 2,3-dibromothiophene.
Absolute value spectrum shown.
Cross and dia peaks
 Give information about:
 Connectivity of transitions in the energy level diagram:
The rotation superoperator r couples transitions
 Transverse relaxation processes:
Line shapes depend on transverse relaxation times
T2k1
 The initial state of the spin system, ρ(0):
Conventional NMR only measures allowed transitions,
while all matrix elements ofρ(0) can be measured with
2D NMR
Uses

 Structural identification in organic and biological chemistry:


 Since its creation, 2D NMR has been useful for elucidating
the structure of small molecules
 Advanced computing power now allows the structure of
large, biological molecules to be solved

Figure from Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 January 19; 96(2): 332–334.
Systematic application of two-dimensional 1H NMR
techniques for studies of proteins,
Wüthrich et al., Eur J of Biochem 114, 375-384
(1981)

 Used COSY and NOESY to obtain individual


assignments for each proton in the protein
backbone in the β-sheet secondary structure of
pancreatic trypsin inhibitor

 COSY spectra taken in 2H2O and H2O were


combined to obtain sequential resonance
assignments

 Additional experiments were carried out with t1 at


different phases to cancel out axial peaks
2D COSY 1H NMR for pancreatic trypsin inhibitor at 360 MHz
 COSY NMR was used to
determine the J
connectivities on the
protein backbone
 NOESY was used to
determine distance-
dependent coupling,
since NOE can only occur
at distances of <5-6 Å
 A “β-snail” structure was
observed for the protein
Summary
 2D NMR uses a sequence of two pulses with a
series of different evolution times to determine
which nuclear spins are coupled to one another.

 COSY spectra indicate through-bond coupling, and


can be used to gain structural information about
molecules of a wide range of sizes.

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