title: Intermolecular single-quantum coherence sequences for high-resolution NMR spectra in inhomogeneous fields.
abstract: A new pulse sequence based on intermolecular single-quantum coherences (iSQCs) is proposed to obtain high-resolution NMR spectroscopy in inhomogeneous magnetic fields via fast 2D acquisition. Taking the intrinsic properties of iSQCs, the sequence is time-efficient with a narrow spectral width in the indirect dimension. It can recover useful information of chemical shifts, relative peak areas, J coupling constants, and multiplet patterns even when the field inhomogeneity is severe enough to erase almost all spectroscopic information. Moreover, good solvent suppression efficiency can be achieved by this sequence even with imperfect radio-frequency pulse flip angles. Spatially localized iSQC spectroscopy was performed on a sample packed with pig brain tissue and cucumber to show the feasibility of the sequence in in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). This sequence may provide a promising way for the applications on in vivo and in situ high-resolution NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Fujian Key Laboratory of Plasma and Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, PR China.
authors.forename: Yuqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shuhui
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000737:chemistry; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000737:chemistry; D006639:Histidine; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular / Q000379:methods*; D012997:Solvents; D013552:Swine; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012997:Solvents; D014867:Water; D014443:Tyrosine; D006639:Histidine; D001120:Arginine