Peter E. Doan, Alex Drena, Ajay Sharma, Brian M. Hoffman
{"title":"The Challenges and Opportunities of High-Spin Mn(II) EPR and ENDOR","authors":"Peter E. Doan, Alex Drena, Ajay Sharma, Brian M. Hoffman","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01680-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01680-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We examine the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy of three quite distinct high-spin Mn(II) systems and describe experimental techniques and methods of analysis that are useful in their study. We demonstrate that this S = 5/2 metal center provides useful orientation-selection through the Zero-Field Splitting (ZFS) tensor that enables determination of a <sup>13</sup>C hyperfine-coupling tensor with extremely small hyperfine interaction. We also demonstrate that Mims suppression effects can be used in concert with orientation-selection to edit complex <sup>[1,2]</sup>H ENDOR patterns that can be produced by even a ‘simple’ center with a single Mn(II). We develop a perturbation-based approach to understanding second-order shifts in Mn(II) ENDOR responses that occur in systems with intermediate ZFS values, and show that these shifts can be used to estimate the values of the ZFS tensors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"969 - 986"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ilya A. Grishanovich, Yuliya A. Sypalova, Semyon L. Shestakov, Alexandr Yu. Kozhevnikov
{"title":"The Application of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis to Lignins Classification Based on Data of High-Resolution NMR and Solid-State NMR Spectra on 13C Nuclei","authors":"Ilya A. Grishanovich, Yuliya A. Sypalova, Semyon L. Shestakov, Alexandr Yu. Kozhevnikov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01686-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01686-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lignin is the second most abundant biological polymer on Earth with a complex chemical structure. A large amount of different technical lignins are produced as a waste product of the pulp and paper industry and are not used rationally. The study of the structure of such lignins is relevant due to their potential applications. It is important to obtain comprehensive knowledge about the structure of lignin macromolecule and to classify lignins based on it. High-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments for dissolved samples are widely used to study this biopolymer. However, this approach does not allow researching insoluble technical lignins. Solid-state NMR spectroscopy may become a solution to this problem. In this paper, we propose an approach to classify the degree of lignin alteration by clustering of solid-state spectra with hierarchical cluster analysis method. This approach is important because of the lack of direct correlations between the NMR spectra of lignins in the dissolved and solid states, which is based on experimental data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"827 - 838"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141770231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timofei V. Taran, Olga S. Pavlova, Mikhail V. Gulyaev, Dmitry S. Dmitriev, Aleksandr G. Pistrak, Kirill N. Ryabikov, Viktor P. Tarasov, Yury A. Pirogov
{"title":"Automated Image Registration and Perfusion Sorting Algorithms for PREFUL MRI","authors":"Timofei V. Taran, Olga S. Pavlova, Mikhail V. Gulyaev, Dmitry S. Dmitriev, Aleksandr G. Pistrak, Kirill N. Ryabikov, Viktor P. Tarasov, Yury A. Pirogov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01684-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01684-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Respiratory diseases are the leading cause of death and disabilities worldwide. Current clinical approaches are based on computed tomography and positron emission tomography which use harmful ionizing radiation and cannot be used often. Because of that, proton MRI is a promising tool for functional lung assessment. PREFUL MRI method was shown to yield promising results for future clinical use, however, no standard imaging protocols or computer programs which do not require human supervision exist. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to make a step toward automating and improving robustness of the PREFUL method. Several algorithms were designed including phase sorting for respiratory and heart cycles, image registration and lung segmentation. Ten healthy volunteers underwent PREFUL MRI study and maps of fractional ventilation (FV) and perfusion (<i>Q</i><sub>quant</sub>) were calculated. The maps showed no sign of any pathology and among all healthy volunteers the mean values of FV and <i>Q</i><sub>quant</sub> were 0.21 ± 0.08 and 460 ± 140 ml/min/100 ml, respectively. The obtained results are well agreed with known research data. Thus, our designed automated algorithms for PREFUL MRI can be implemented for assessing ventilation and perfusion of the lung.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"741 - 752"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denilson F. Oliveira, Alan R. T. Machado, Mariana G. Aguilar, Abraão J. S. Viana
{"title":"Differentiation of Cinchonine and Cinchonidine Derivatives Through 13C NMR Analysis of the Quinuclidine Ring","authors":"Denilson F. Oliveira, Alan R. T. Machado, Mariana G. Aguilar, Abraão J. S. Viana","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01687-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01687-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With a view to developing a procedure for the differentiation of cinchonine derivatives from cinchonidine derivatives by NMR analysis, experimental data on cinchonine and cinchonidine, after their dissolution in different solvents (CDCl<sub>3</sub>, CD<sub>3</sub>OD and DMSO-<i>d</i><sub><i>6</i></sub>), were compared with theoretical data, originating from different methodologies: DP4, DP4+ , <i>J</i>-DP4 and ANN. Taking into account the lower computational consumption, as well as the greater efficiency in differentiation, the method selected was the trained artificial neural networks (ANN), which considered only the <sup>13</sup>C data from the quinuclidine ring. The method successfully differentiated derivatives originating from OH group protection in ester and ether forms; replacement of the OH group by F and NH<sub>2</sub>; insertions of N<sub>3</sub>, 1<i>H</i>-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl and CH<sub>3</sub>O groups, linked to the quinoline ring; conversion of the vinyl group to the 1-benzyl-1<i>H</i>-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl; and of hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, and bromination of the vinyl group. In all cases the application of the ANN method succeeded in differentiation of cinchonine from cinchonidine derivatives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 11","pages":"1377 - 1388"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141740509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EPR Spectroscopy of the Ground Electron State of the Fe2+ Impurity Ion in Amethyst","authors":"V. F. Tarasov, R. B. Zaripov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01683-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01683-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Properties of two lowest electron levels of the Fe<sup>2+</sup> impurity ion in a natural amethyst are studied by continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in the Q-band. It is established that the these levels present quasi-doublet <span>(left| { pm 2} rightrangle)</span>with zero-field splitting of 30.9 ± 0.2 GHz. Orientation of principal magnetic axes and value of <i>g</i>-factor of this paramagnetic center are determined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"961 - 967"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141641808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna G. Chetkova, Sergey N. Trukhan, Oleg N. Martyanov
{"title":"Vanadyl Porphyrin: Efficient Spin Probe to Study the Alumina Surface of Supported Catalysts","authors":"Anna G. Chetkova, Sergey N. Trukhan, Oleg N. Martyanov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01681-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01681-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The EPR method and vanadyl tetraphenylporphyrin complex (VOTPP) as a spin probe were employed to study the transformation of the γ-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> surface during temperature treatment. It has been shown that VOTPP complex is stable at least up to a temperature of 450 °C and <span>({P}_{{text{O}}_{2}})</span> ≲ 3 Pa. Four distinct forms of vanadyl complex were identified on the γ-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> surface, depending on the annealing temperature. The intensity ratio between these forms, exhibiting significantly different spin-Hamiltonian parameters, depend on the degree of surface hydration, which in turn determines the ratio between sites with different acidity on the γ-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> surface. It has been shown that VOTPP complex demonstrate reversible transitions between different adsorption forms on the alumina surface during dehydration/hydration cycles. The observed phenomenon can be explained by the coordination vanadyl spin probe along the axial axis to the surface centers of different polarity/acidity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 10","pages":"1293 - 1306"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141643946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carreras J., Caputo M., Colasurdo D., Pila M., Ruiz D., Laurella S.
{"title":"Elucidation of Organic Reaction Mechanisms Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: A review","authors":"Carreras J., Caputo M., Colasurdo D., Pila M., Ruiz D., Laurella S.","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01676-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01676-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a technique mainly used for structure determination, has also been extensively used for mechanism elucidation. The study of the different steps involved in a chemical reaction is of utmost importance since it permits the optimization of reaction conditions to improve the yield of a synthesis or to obtain one possible product over another one, for example. This review is organized into two sections. Firstly, the experimental issues concerning the applications of NMR to the elucidation of reaction mechanisms are revised: advantages, limitations and challenges are discussed. The different techniques used for overcoming the difficulties concerning NMR (such as low sensitivity, peak resolution, and mixing time) are described (including stop-flow, rapid-injection, liquid chromatography-NMR, dynamic nuclear polarization, and parahydrogen-induced polarization, among others). In the second section, experiments specifically designed for obtaining mechanistic information by means of different NMR techniques are summarized: kinetic experiments, detection of reaction intermediates, isotope labeling, variable-temperature experiments, and variable-pH experiments. The main objective of this work is to give an overview on the relevance of NMR as a very useful tool for elucidating organic reaction mechanisms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 11","pages":"1335 - 1376"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141609080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kirill A. Gomonov, Vasilii V. Pelipko, Igor A. Litvinov, Ruslan I. Baichurin, Sergey V. Makarenko
{"title":"Nuclear Overhauser Effect in Determining the Configuration of 2-Nitrofuran-3-Carboxylates Hydrazones","authors":"Kirill A. Gomonov, Vasilii V. Pelipko, Igor A. Litvinov, Ruslan I. Baichurin, Sergey V. Makarenko","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01677-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01677-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The structure of 4-acetyl-2-nitrofuran-3-carboxylates hydrazones obtained from the interaction of 4-acetyl-5-methyl-2-nitrofuran-3-carboxylates with substituted hydrazines was studied using 1D and 2D <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C NMR spectroscopy. According to <sup>1</sup>H–<sup>1</sup>H NOESY data, it was shown that the hydrazones under consideration exist in the <i>E</i>-configuration, confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"839 - 846"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141609082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quan Lam, Casey Van Stappen, Yi Lu, Sergei A. Dikanov
{"title":"1H HYSCORE Studies of Second Sphere Variants of the Type 1 Copper Site in Azurin: Influence of Mutations on the Hyperfine Couplings of Cys112 CβH2 Protons","authors":"Quan Lam, Casey Van Stappen, Yi Lu, Sergei A. Dikanov","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01665-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01665-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, we examined the influence of F114P, F114N, and N47S mutations on the electronic structure of the T1 copper center in azurin (Az) by studying the hyperfine couplings of C<sub>β</sub>H<sub>2</sub> protons of Cys112 using the two-dimensional (2D) pulsed EPR technique HYSCORE (hyperfine sublevel correlation). Our results show that isotropic hyperfine couplings for the two Cys112 C<sub>β</sub> protons in WTAz, F114NAz, and N47SAz vary within 21 ± 2 MHz, with differences of only several tenths of MHz between the two protons in a given protein despite major variations previously observed in S<sub>C112</sub> electron density. Furthermore, significantly smaller couplings of 0.7 MHz and 7.4 MHz are observed for the F114PAz mutation—which eliminates a backbone amide H-bonding interaction with S<sub>C112</sub>—despite previous observations of a significant <i>increase</i> in S character in the SOMO, demonstrating a more complex relationship between C<sub>β</sub>–<sup>1</sup>H hyperfine and the unpaired spin density of S<sub>C112</sub> than previously proposed. In addition, the 2D HYSCORE spectra show resolvable differences in the anisotropic couplings between the two protons in all samples, indicating inconsistencies between previously reported ENDOR and computational data for the WTAz protein. Other findings visible in 2D spectra is the distortion of the cross-ridges from Cys112 C<sub>β</sub>H<sub>2</sub> protons with the large isotropic couplings resulted from <i>a</i><sub><i>iso</i></sub> strain produced by the fluctuations of the C<sub>β</sub>‒H<sub>2</sub> group orientation within <i>θ</i> ~ ± 2° degrees around the most populated conformation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 9","pages":"1159 - 1174"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141571777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Konstantin V. Tyutyukin, Alexandr V. Ievlev, Vladimir V. Matveev, Luis M. Varela, Oscar Cabeza
{"title":"Molecular Mobility Study of 1-Butyl-1-Methylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide Ionic Liquid by NMR Diffusometry","authors":"Konstantin V. Tyutyukin, Alexandr V. Ievlev, Vladimir V. Matveev, Luis M. Varela, Oscar Cabeza","doi":"10.1007/s00723-024-01678-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00723-024-01678-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) investigations of the ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (BmpyrTFSI) are presented. BmpyrTFSI is one of the most commonly used electrolytes, either as a pure liquid or in combination with other solvents and salts. We have studied its physicochemical properties by NMR diffusion, which allows us to measure independently the self-diffusion coefficients of both anions and cations: <sup>1</sup>H for the bmpyr<sup>+</sup> cation, <sup>19</sup>F for the TFSI anion and <sup>13</sup>C for both ions. The purity of the test liquid was verified by NMR spectroscopy and it was shown that there were no impurity lines in the spectra on the <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>13</sup>C nuclei. Self-diffusion coefficients of the cation and anion were measured in the temperature range of 243 to 333 K, which were used to study the mobility of the ions for comparison with the ionic conductivity. All the diffusion attenuations are described by a single component; we can conclude that neither ion pairs nor more complex conglomerates are observed in our system. We believe that the conductivity is completely determined by the self-diffusion of the ions. In addition, the agreement of our data with literature data on the temperature dependence of self-diffusion coefficients on the values of viscosity and ionic conductivity is considered. It is shown that the Stokes–Einstein relation is a poor description of the molecular mobility of this IL.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":469,"journal":{"name":"Applied Magnetic Resonance","volume":"55 8","pages":"785 - 794"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141571611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}