Instruments

Penn Chemistry NMR Facility is the home of ten Bruker high-resolution NMR spectrometers operating in the range of 300-600 MHz. These spectrometers are Bruker Avance AVII,AVIII, DMX and DRX series NMR spectrometers and all these are currently running BrukerTOPSPIN software. Detailed descriptions of each spectrometer with types of available probes/accessories are described below.

  • Bruker DRX 600 MHz NMR (biodrx600)
  • Bruker DRX 500 MHz NMR (biodrx500)
  • Bruker DRX 500 MHz  NMR (drx500)
  • Bruker AVIII 500 MHz NMR (cryo500)
  • Bruker AVIII 500 MHz NMR (absav3)
  • Bruker DMX500 MHz NMR (uni500)
  • Bruker AV-II 500 MHz NMR (AVII500B)
  • Bruker AVIII 400 MHz NMR (uni400)
  • Bruker DMX 360 MHz NMR (DMX360)
  • Bruker DMX 300 MHz NMR (DMX300)
Bruker DRX 600 (biodrx600)

Bruker DRX 600 (biodrx600) is located in basement of Chem 73 building. It has a Bruker US2 shielded magnet and Bruker Avance DRX console with three RF channels suitable for triple resonance experiments. It has a triple axis gradinet amplifier and equipped with 5mm triple resonance (1H, 13C and 15N) probe head with ATMA and Z-gradient coil. This instrument is most suitable for structure determination of biomacrmolecules.

Probes/Accessories

  • 5mm triple resonance (1H/13C/15N) probe with ATMA and Z-gradient
  • 3mm triple resonance (1H/13C/15N)probe with ATMA and Z-gradients
  • 2H lock switch box for deuterium gradient shimming
  • BVT 2000 for variable temperature operation
Bruker DRX 500 (biodrx500)

 

Bruker DRX 500 (biodrx500) is located in the basement of Chem 73 building. It has a Bruker US2 shielded magnet and Bruker Avance DMX console with three RF channels suitable for triple resonance experiments. It has a triple axis gradinet amplifier and equipped with 5mm inverse broadband (BB, 15N-31P) probe head with triple axis gradient coil.This system also has a 5mm BB observe ATMA probewith Z-gradient,and a 10mm BB observe probe.. This instrument is most suitable for structure determination of organic and inorganic small and macromolecules

Probes/Accessories

  • 5mm BBI inverse (15N-31P) probe with triple axis gradient
  • 10mm BBO (N15-31P) probe
  • 5mm ATM BBO (15N-31P) Probe
  • 4mm HRMAS Probe
  • MAS Controller
  • BVT 2000 for variable temperature operation
Bruker DRX 500 (drx500)

Bruker DRX 500 (drx500) is located in the basement of Chem 73 building. It has an Oxford unshielded magnet and Bruker Avance DRX console with three RF channels suitable for triple resonance experiments. It has a triple axis gradinet amplifier and equipped with 5mm QNP (1H, 13C, 19F and 31P) probe head with z-gradient coil. This instrument is most suitable for structure determination of organic and inorganic molecules and polymers.

Probes/Accessories

  • 5mm QNP (1H/13C/19F/31P) probe with z-gradient
  • 2H lock switch box for deuterium gradient shimming
  • BVT 2000 for variable temperature operation
Bruker AVII 500 (avii500B)

Bruker AVII 500 is located in the 4th floor of Chem 73 building. It has an Oxford unshielded magnet and Bruker AV II console with three RF channels suitable for double and triple resonance experiments. It has a z-gradinet amplifier and equipped with 5mm BB observe ATM probe head with z-gradient coil.It runs TOPSPIN 2.1 software on a linux workstation. This instrument is most suitable for structure determination of small organic molecules.

Probes/Accessories

  • 5mm BBO ATM probe with z-gradient
  • BVT 3000 for variable temperature operation
Bruker DMX 500 (uni500)

Bruker DMX 500 (uni500) is located in the basement of Chem 73 building. It has an Oxford unshielded magnet and BrukerDMX console with Three RF channels suitable for double resonance experiments. It has a z-gradinet amplifier and equipped with 5mm DUAL (1H/13C) z-gradient probe head. This instrument is most suitable for structure determination of small organic molecules.

Probes/Accessories

  • 5mm DUAL (1H/13C) z-gradient probe
  • BVT 2000 for variable temperature operation
Bruker AV-III 500 (absav3)

Bruker AVIII 500 is located on 4th floor chem 73. It has a unshielded Oxford magnet and two chanel console.It runs TOPSPIN 2.1 on a linux workstation

Standard probe is a 5mm dual (1H/13C) z-gradient probe

Bruker AVIII 400 (uni400)

The Bruker AVIII (uni400) NMR spectrometer is located in the 3rd floor of Vagelos building (IAST 3120). It has a Bruker shielded magnet with Bruker AVIII console and running TOPSPIN 2.1 sofware on pc workstation. It is a two channel spectrometer with gradient capability.. This instrument is primarily used for 11B NMR. It is an open access spectrometer to the users specially permitted to use this instrument.

Probes/Accessories

  • 5 mm multinuclear broadband (BBOF) probe with ATMA tuning range of 15N - 31P (VT range: -150-150 degC)
  • BVT 3200 for variable temperature operation
Bruker DMX 360 (dmx360)

The Bruker DMX 360 (dmx360) NMR spectrometer is one of the low field instrument of the facility and located in the basement of Chem 73 building. It has a Bruker unshielded magnet with Bruker Avance DMX console and running TOPSPIN on pc workstation. It is a two channel spectrometer with gradient capability. This is an open access spectrometer is used primarily for routine structure determination of small molecules.

Probes/Accessories

  • A 5mm manual switching QNP (1H/13C/19F/31P) probe (VT range: -150 - 150 degC)
  • BVT 2000 for variable temperature operation
Bruker DMX 300 (DMX300) 

The Bruker DMX 300 (DMX300) NMR spectrometer is the lowest field instrument of the facility and located in the 3rd floor of Vagelos building (IAST 3120). It has an Oxford unshielded magnet with Bruker Avance DMX console and running TOPSPIN 1.3 on a pc workstation. It is a two channel spectrometer without gradient capability. This is an open access spectrometer is used primarily for routine structure determination of small molecules.

Probes/Accessories

  • A 5mm QNP (1H/13C/19F/31P) probe (VT range: -150 - 150 degC)
  • BVT 2000 for variable temperature operation
Bruker AVIII (cryo500) 

The Bruker AVIII (cryo500) NMR spectrometer is equipped with three RF channels and a 5mm DCH z-gradient cryoprobe. It is the ideal machine for ultra high sensitivity 13C and 1H experiments where sample quantity is limited.

Probes/Accessories

  • A 5mm DCH z-gradient cryoprobe
  • BVT 3200 for variable temperature operation

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Last update: December 01, 2006