1H, 13C, 15N, 19F and 31P

ONE DIMENSIONAL

NMR SPECTROSCOPY
(Xwinnmr on PC, W2Kpro, version 3.5)

on 

DPX 200
and
DPX 300

Department of Chemistry
University of Oslo
February 2005
Version 1 
(To be used from February 2005)
2005.  © B. J. Wik, F. Rise and D. Petersen.

1H NMR at DPX200 and DPX300
Version 1

1.	Sit down in front of DPX 200 or DPX 300.  Move the mouse to remove the screen saver or press a button on the keyboard.  Press “Ctrl-Alt-Del”.

2.	user:		type your uio: UIO-username ¿. (similar to UIO-atomsen, UIO-glangli etc)

3.	Password:	type your uio password “gl@3rd”¿.   

4.	Click on the xwin-nmr 3.5 icon.

5.	The xwinnmr window comes up, click with the mouse left button on the top grey bar and move it with the mouse left button still depressed so that upper left corner of the new window coincides with the upper left corner of the screen and release with left button.  The dEfAuLt dataset should come up. Dataset: < dEfAuLt 1 1 C: UIO-username > (C: can be substituted by M:) should be shown under the menu bar. Go to point 8 if default comes up.

6.	If no default dataset comes up click on File followed by search.  Select any dataset, click on Append and Apply.  Don’t do anything with the dataset, this procedure is performed only to allow to perform point 8 below.

7.	Type edc¿  (edit current dataset).

8.	NAME		Type in your journal number and/or short name in the upper small window followed by ¿.  A good name is of the form:  FR5043II (Frode Rises synthesis 5043 product number two).  Use your initials from your name in front of the file name to ensure that Dirk and Frode can identify the owner of the file   The name must not contain any of the characters: !"#$>&/()=?`^*@¨,:;§' '}{äöå][ or other curious characters you might find on the keyboard.  _ - and . might be used. 
EXPNO			1
PROCNO			1
DU				D:
USER				UIO-username			(your uio user name)
TYPE				nmr

9.	Click on save with the left mouse button.  The first time you log in as yourself you get an xwinnmr window missing some functional  “buttons” in the lower part. Click on display followed by options and user interface.  A new window comes up, select extended and set zgsafety to OFF, and then click on apply.  The xwinnmr window closes and comes up again with all options.  File and exit to close the user interface.
10.	If you have a big grey area on the left side of the Xwinnmr window you have the standard user interface. This manual is written based on the extended user interface. To change to the extended, do as follows:
- Select: Display => Options => User interface from the menu.
- Under User interface in the window that comes up, select extended.
- Press APPLY
- Select File => Exit to exit the user interface window.
You should now see more buttons in the Xwinnnmr window.

11.	Type rpar PROTON¿   

12.	Press copy all with the mouse left button.  

13.	Type getprosol¿	(don’t forget, IMPORTANT!)

14.	Click on Windows in upper right corner of the main window and click left mouse button on lock.  The Lock display comes up, move it to the right of the screen with the mouse, click with the left mouse button on the upper part of the window and move/shrink the window.

15.	Type ii¿  (initialize interface). The computer checks that all electronic connections are up and running.

16.	Press the Spin on/off button to off and press then the Lock on/off button to off and finally the LIFT on/off button to on the shim console, the standard sample comes up.  Change sample and adjust the height of the new tube with the big adjustment TUBE and put the sample on top of the magnet.  

17.	Press LIFT on/off to off, sample goes down in the magnet.  Press the Spin on/off button to on.  

18.	Type rsh¿   Read shim and select a shim file, for instance, by pressing left mouse button on QNP.040824.luf (always the first file on the list, Dirk periodically updates this).  If the QNP probe is not in the magnet select another shim file with the name BBI/bbi in the filename.  If you want to save a personal shim file the wsh command can be used, do not write on top of existing parameter sets please.  

19.	Type lock¿  A list of solvents comes up - choose your solvent by clicking with left mouse button.  Watch the lock display during the automatic locking procedure.

20.	Watch to see if the light on Spin on/off is on permanently.  If off click on.  If blinking - wait 30 seconds to see if it comes on.  Check sample height in spinner if not working.  

21.	Press LOCK GAIN and use the wheel in order to adjust the lock signal to the upper horizontal line in lockdisplay. 

22.	Press Onaxis on shim console if no light on that button.  There is no Onaxis button on the DPX 300.Press STD BY instead. 

23.	Press Z1 (Z on DPX300) on shim console and turn the wheel slowly in one or the other direction.  The purpose is to get the lock signal higher in the lock display window.  It is best to perform the shim process about 80> height. If the lock signal goes above the top of the lock display press STD BY and then press LOCK GAIN and move the lock signal down with the wheel.  Then press STD BY again and repeat the Z1 shimming.

24.	Press Z2 on shim console and shim with the wheel until the lock signal does not move any further.

25.	Continue with Z1 (Z on DPX300) and Z2 alternating until the lock signal is not getting higher. If necessary use lock gain on shim panel if the lock signal comes to the top of the lock display.  Click on Lock gain and use the wheel to take the signal down. Press STD BY and Z1 (Z on DPX300)  or Z2 to get back to shimming. (If you want the instrument to perform autoshim - press STD BY and Autoshim.  When you want the instrument to stop shimming press STD BY again.  You can run the experiment with the autoshim on. Finish the shim procedure by adjusting Z1.

26.	Type rga¿  		Receiver gain adjustment is performed, wait until message “rga finished” is seen.  If error messages appears type ii¿ (initialize interface), if needed repeat the ii process two or three times.  The instruments adjusts the “intensity” received signal depending upon the sample concentration.

27.	Type ns¿ 	Number of scans.  16 is default,  you have to put in another number if you wish.  Type d1 to see the relaxation delay between each pulse.  d1 must be very long if you want correct/exact integration.  Type in a new number (in seconds - for instance 10) and use the ¿ key.

28.	Type expt¿  	This tells you how long time the experiment will take.  Important if you run an experiment over night.  

29.	Type zg¿ 		Zero go, removes old content (if any) from the experiment and starts the experiment.  Type ii¿ if error messages appears followed by a new zg¿  when ii is finished. 

30.	You can watch the individual scans by typing acqu¿.  Press “Ctrl-Alt-Del” and then click “lock computer” if the experiment takes some time.  Since you are running with your uio account everyone can take a look at your home directory and copy, read and delete whatever they want if you leave the computer without performing “lock computer”.  “Lock computer” closes your session for other users.  Press “Ctrl-Alt-Del” on the keyboard and type in your uio password to open the screen again.  If you do not return to the instrument when your time is over the next user can boot the computer to get access to the instrument and you will loose your data if the experiment is not finished at that time.

31.	Type efp¿  when not acquiring anymore - to perform exponential multiplication and Fourier transformation of the data.  It can be hard to know when the spectrometer is done acquiring if you are not watching carefully.  No data are stored automatically while running.  If you want to see a spectrum before completed experiment type tr¿ (transfer from memory to disk) and do efp¿ when the tr process is finished.  You then have to efp¿  again at the end of the experiment if you want to make use off all the scans.  

32.	Type apk¿	the computer performs automatic phasing.  Type abs¿  (automatic baseline correction) if baseline is distorted.   apks¿	is an alternative if apk behaves badly.  Manual phasing is also possible.  Look at the menu to the left.

33.	Expand the area where you have the reference peak (for instance the residual CH [7.24] singlet in CDCl3).  Put the arrow on the spectrum baseline to the left of the area you want to expand, click with the left and the middle mouse buttons successively.  Move the vertical arrow to the right side, click with middle mouse button to mark the other side and the left mouse button to get the pointer back.  Click on theà button and hold left mouse button pressed down and move the mouse to increase the height.  Click with left mouse button on calibrate  - put the arrow on top of the peak - click with middle mouse button, new sub menu comes up - type in number (7.24 or other value). Press enter.    

34.	Click on |<>| to regain the full spectrum.  Decrease the height if needed with theà button.

35.	Expand the spectrum on the screen in preparation for integration.  Put the arrow on the spectrum baseline to the left of the area you want to expand, click with the left and the middle mouse buttons successively.  Move the vertical arrow to the right side, click with middle mouse button to mark the other side and the left mouse button to get the pinter back. 

36.	Click on the integrate button to enter the integration subroutine. 

37.	Move the pointer to the baseline of the spectrum.  Click with the left button, a new type of arrow appears on the spectrum baseline.  Move the arrow with the mouse (no buttons depressed) to the starting point of the first integral from left.  Then press the middle button  (where you want the first region to start), click then with the middle button on the other side of the peak.  Use the middle button on successive sections (Before a peak and after).  Click with left button to get out of integral selection mode.  The first region you choose will be set to a value of ONE.  

38.	Use the button: à under calibrate to adjust sensible integral heights with left mouse button.  

39.	Select a signal which represents a known number of protons by placing the pointer on the signal and press with the left mouse button until you see a white arrow on the top of the integral.  

40.	Click on calibrate, a new window appears and type in the number of protons. Press enter.  Remove the star by clicking on a region with no integrals twice with left mouse button.  

41.	Click on return.  Click on save as intreg & return.  You don't see the integrals any more but they will appear on the paper.

42.	Type f1p¿  to set left ppm value. 

43.	New long flat window appears, press the mouse left button with the arrow on the gray/brown area on top and drag the window higher up on the screen, let go of the mouse button.  Type in the ppm value you want to have on the left end of the spectrum.

44.	Type f2p¿  to set the right ppm value.    

45.	New long flat window appears, press the mouse left button with the arrow on the gray/brown area on top and drag the window higher up on the screen, let go of the mouse button.  Type in the ppm value (lowest number).

46.	Type edo to open the “output device parameters” window. In the “CURPLOT” and the “CURPRINT”, select “$HP LaserJet 4L”. Now you have selected the laser printer on the side of the screen as output device.

47.	Click with the left mouse button on utilities.  You are entering a calibration routine for selecting the height of the resonances.  If you don't do this, the largest peak will automatically be scaled to maximum on the paper. 

48.	Type pscal global¿.

49.	Look at the left side of the spectrum to see if the scale is in cm.  If not cm on the vertical scale on the left you are in absolute mode.  Press the YU button if you are in absolute mode to convert to cm scale.  

50.	Press the CY button with the left mouse button.  Threshold line comes up.  Put the threshold on the top of a peak that you want to have at a certain height on the paper. Press left mouse button to set/fix the threshold at this level.  A new window appears.  Enter the height in centimeter.   Press ¿.  Be aware that the height is not the same on A3 and A4 paper sizes.  Max. height on A4 is 10cm and for A3 18cm.  

51.	Click on MI with left mouse button, threshold comes up again.  Put it where you want the peak picking minimum threshold is to be set.  Click with left mouse button.  Click on MAXI and place the threshold line above the tallest peak you want peak picking for.  (Peaks above this line will not be listed).  Click with left mouse button.  Type pp¿ if you want the list with Hz and ppm on a separate sheet of paper.  

52.	Click on Return

53.	Type setti¿ to define a title for your spectrum. Type the name you want to give your spectrum, select save from the file menu. Exit by choosing exit from the file menu.

54.	Type view¿ to get a preview. (viewx gives previews of the command plotx which plots expansions automatically).

55.	If you need to correct something type edg¿, now you will see a grey window with several grey buttons. Here you can adjust almost everything that is related to plotting.

56.	If the spectrum looks right, type plot¿. The spectrum will now be printed on one of the printers in the NMR lab.

57.	If you NOW want to run a 13C experiment on the same sample go to point 8 in the following section for 13C experiments. 

58.	Eject sample with the Lift on/off button on the shim console and remove your sample from spinner and reinsert the standard sample and lower it by pressing Lift on/off and type lock cdcl3 and see that the instrument locks in the lock window.  Press Spin on. 

59.	Type delp¿ and a list of all your experiments on the D: disk (M: if you run on your home directory) comes up, click on all experiments where there is not said “no processed data”.  Then click on execute.  Do not click on delete all, you might loose all data including acquisition data if you do this.  delp (delete processed data) kills all processed data and helps conserve disk space.  Please use delp - we are all the time running out of disk space.  

60.	Type wrd¿  this is the command for writing the dataset to another disk.  Usually there is no need for this since USIT is taking backup copies every second from all of the hard disks in the nmr lab.  Go to 62 if you do not want to save the dataset.  Continue as follows if you want a copy on another disk.  
Enter target data set NAME:		FR5043II¿		(use your own expname)
Enter target data set EXPNO:	1¿			(use the expno seen in the top part of the xwinnmr window).
Enter target data set PROCNO:	1¿			(use the procno seen in the top part of the xwinnmr window).
Enter target disk unit DU:	M:¿ 	The data set will go to your home directory.  The available disks are: C: and M:. 
Enter target user name USER:	UIO-username¿ 	(your own uio user name)

61.	The dataset is now copied.  If you want to move expno 2, 3, 4, 11, 12 or whatever expno you have used - get each dataset in the Xwinnmr window (re 11¿ moves expno 11 into the window for instance) and wrd¿ it away.

62.	Click on the quit button in the lock display with the left mouse button.  The next user will not be able to open the lock display if you forget this.  

63.	Type kill¿ in the xwinnmr window.  If some xwinnmr processes are running you will get a list.  It is especially important to kill the lock display if it is on the list.  Click on the lock display in the list.  If the lock display is not completely removed before logging out the next user will be unable to open the lock display.  

64.	To end the session, press exit under File (left upper corner in main xwinnmr window) and OK in CPR window which appears.

65.	Select log out from the start menu to log out of the computer.

Common errors and how to deal with them.

A.	The xwinnmr window(s) freezes (especially if you do a mistake when selecting plotter/printer/ paper size) and no respond comes when clicking at the various parts of the xwinnmr windows.  Try typing kill in the typing area far down in the main xwinnmr window.  If a window with a list of active processes comes up try to click on one of them at time, from the bottom of the list and up, and check after each killing to see if the things behave better.  You will then come back where you were before.

B.	The computer is locked by another user: 
Consult the booking list before doing anything, try to find or call the person if she has gone beyond her time.  If more than 5 minutes past the end of her time boot the computer with the button with the green light on the middle of the computer, and start your own experiment.  Don’t boot the computer if the other person is legally running the instrument!!!

C.	It is impossible to get the lock display up, look at the cabinet door of the spectrometer, instructions for what to do is taped on the door.

13C NMR at DPX200 and DPX300. 
Version 1
If you run the 13C directly after a 1H you can save a lot of time by starting at point 8 below while selecting expno to 2.

1.	Sit down in front of the instrument.  Move the mouse to remove the screen saver or press a button on the keyboard.

2.	user:		type your uio: UIO-username ¿.(similar to UIO-atomsen, UIO-glangli etc)

3.	Password:	type your uio password “gl@3rd”¿.   

4.	Click on the xwin-nmr 3.5 icon.

5.	The xwinnmr window comes up, click with the mouse left button on the top gray bar and move it with the mouse left button still depressed so that upper left corner of the new window coincides with the upper left corner of the screen and release with left button.  The dEfAuLt dataset should come up. Dataset: < dEfAuLt 1 1 C: UIO-username > (C: can be substituded M:) should be shown under the menu bar. Go to point 8 if default comes up.

6.	If no default dataset comes up click on File followed by search.  Select any dataset, click on Append and Apply.  Don’t do anything with the dataset, this procedure is performed only to allow to perform point 8 below.  At this point realize that search can be used to find data sets from the other nmr computers!

7.	Type edc¿  (edit current dataset).

8.	NAME Type in your journal number and/or short name in the upper small window followed by ¿.  A good name is of the form:  FR5043II (Frode Rises synthesis 5043 product number two).  Use your initials from your name in front of the file name to ensure that Dirk and Frode can identify the owner of the file   The name must not contain any of the characters: !"#$>&/()=?`^*@_-¨.,:;§' '}{äöå][ or other curious characters you might find on the keyboard.  
EXPNO		2 (use 2 here if 1 contains another experiment for instance a 1H).
PROCNO		1
DU			D:
USER			UIO-username				(your uio user name)
TYPE			nmr

9.	Click on save with left mouse button.

10.	Type rpar C13CPD for proton decoupled spectra.  

11.	Press copy all with the mouse left button.  

12.	Type getprosol¿

13.	Click on Windows in upper right corner of the main window and click left mouse button on lock.  The Lock display comes up, move it to the right of the screen with the mouse, click with the left mouse button on the upper part of the window and move/shrink the window.

14.	Type ii¿  (initialize interface).

15.	Press the Spin on/off button to off and press then the Lock on/off button to off and finally the LIFT on/off button on the shim console, the sample comes up.  Change sample and adjust the height of the new tube with the big adjustment TUBE and put the sample on top of the magnet.  

16.	Press LIFT on/off to off, sample goes down in the magnet.  Press the Spin on/off button to on.  

17.	 Type rsh¿   read shim and select a shim file, for instance, by pressing left mouse button on qnp.040828.luf (Dirk periodically updates this).  No need to do this if you just have performed a 1H experiment on the same sample.  If you want to save a personal shim file the wsh command can be used, do not write on top of existing parameter sets please.  

18.	Type lock¿  - a list of solvents comes up - choose your solvent by clicking with left mouse button.  Watch the lock display during the automatic locking procedure.  No need to do this if the sample is already locked. 

19.	Watch to see if the light on Spin on/off is on permanently.  If off click on.  If blinking - wait 30 seconds to see if it comes on.  Check sample height in spinner if not working.  

20.	Press Onaxis on shim console if no light on that button.  On DPX300 there is no Onaxis button.  Press standby button instead.

21.	Press Z1 (Z on DPX300) on shim console and shim slowly with the wheel.  The purpose is to get the lock signal higher in the lock display window.  It is best to perform the shim process about 80> height.  If the lock signal goes above the top of the lock screen press STD BY and then LOCK PWR and move the lock signal down with the wheel.  Then press STD BY again and repeat the Z1 shimming. 

22.	Press Z2 on shim console and shim with wheel.  

23.	Continue with Z1 and Z2 until lock signal is not getting higher.  Lower lock gain on shim panel if the lock signal comes to the top of the lock display.  Click on Lock gain and use the wheel to take the signal down. Press STD BY and Z1 (Z on DPX300) or Z2 to get back to shimming. (If you want the instrument to perform autoshim - press STD BY and thereafter Autoshim.  When you want the instrument to stop shimming press STD BY again.  You can run the experiment with the autoshim on.

24.	Type rga¿ Receiver gain adjustment is performed, wait until message rga finished is seen.  If error messages appears type ii¿ (initialize interface), if needed repeat the process two or three times.  The instruments adjust the received signal depending upon the sample concentration.

25.	Type ns¿ number of scans.  1024 (1 k) is default,  you have to put in another number if you wish.  Type d1 to see the relaxation delay between each pulse.  d1 must be very long if you want correct/exact integration or want to see carbons with no hydrogens attached to them.  Type in a new number (in seconds - for instance 10) and use the ¿ key.

26.	Type expt¿ This tells you how long time the experiment will take.

27.	Type zg¿ Zero go, removes the content from the experiment and starts the experiment.  Type ii¿ if error messages appears followed by a new zg¿  when ii is finished. 

28.	Watch far down on the screen to see how long time to finished experiment, do nothing, you can watch the individual scans by typing acqu¿. Press “Ctrl-Alt-Del” and then click “lock computer” if the experiment takes some time.  Since you are running with your uio account everyone can take a look at your home directory and copy, read and delete whatever they want if you leave the computer without performing “lock computer”.  “Lock computer” closes your session for other users.  Press “Ctrl-Alt-Del” on the keyboard and type in your uio password to open the screen again.  If you do not return to the instrument when your time is over the next user can boot the computer to get access to the instrument and you will loose your data if the experiment is not finished at that time.

29.	Type efp¿  when not acquiring anymore to Fourier transform the data.  It can be hard to know when the spectrometer is done acquiring if you are not watching carefully.  No data are stored automatically while running.  If you want to see a spectrum before completed run type tr¿(transfer) and efp¿.  You then have to run efp¿  again at the end if you want to make use off all the scans.  

30.	Type apk¿	the computer performs automatic phasing.  Type abs¿  (automatic baseline correction) if baseline is distorted.   apks¿ is an alternative if apk behaves badly.

31.	Expand the area where you have the reference peak (for instance the CDCl3 [77.0] triplet in 13C).  Put the arrow on the spectrum baseline to the left of the area you want to expand, click with the left and the middle mouse buttons successively.  Move the vertical arrow to the right side, click with middle mouse button to mark the other side and the left mouse button to get the pointer back.  Click on theà button and hold left mouse button pressed down and move the mouse to increase the height.  Click with left mouse button on calibrate  - put the arrow on top of the peak - click with middle mouse button, new sub menu comes up - type in number (77.00 or other value). Press ¿.    

32.	Click on |<>| to regain the full spectrum.  Decrease the height if needed with theà button.

33.	Type f1p¿  to set left ppm value. 

34.	New long flat window appears, press the mouse left button with the arrow on the gray/brown area on top and drag the window higher up on the screen, let go of the mouse button.  Type in the ppm value you want to have on the left end of the spectrum.

35.	Type f2p¿  to set the right ppm value.

36.	New long flat window appears, press the mouse left button with the arrow on the gray/brown area on top and drag the window higher up on the screen, let go of the mouse button.  Type in the ppm value (lowest number).

37.	Click with the left mouse button on utilities.  You are entering a calibration routine for selecting the height of the resonances.  If you don't do this the largest peak (often the solvent) will automatically be scaled to maximum on the paper.

38.	Type pscal global¿.

39.	Look at the left side of the spectrum to see if the scale is in cm.  If not cm on the scale you are in absolute mode.  Type a/r¿  or press the YU button if you are in absolute mode.

40.	Press the CY button with the left mouse button.  Threshold line comes up.  Put the threshold on the top of a peak which you want to have at a certain height on the paper.  Press left mouse button to set/fix the threshold at this level.  A new window appears.  Enter the height in centimeter.   Press ¿.  Be aware that the height is not the same on A3 and A4 paper sizes.  Max. height on A4 is 11cm and for A3 18cm.

41.	Click on MI with left mouse button, threshold comes up again.  Put it where you want the peak picking minimum threshold is to be set.  Click with left mouse button.  Click on MAXI and place the threshold line above the tallest peak you want peak picking for.  (Peaks above this line will not be listed).  Click with left mouse button.  Type pp¿  if you want the list with Hz and ppm on a separate sheet of paper.

42.	Click on Return.

43.	Type setti¿ to define a title for your spectrum. Type the name you want to give your spectrum, select save from the file menu. Exit by choosing exit from the file menu.

44.	Type view¿ to get a preview. (viewx gives previews of the command plotx which plots expansions automatically).

45.	If you need to correct something type edg¿, now you will see a grey window with several grey buttons. Here you can adjust almost everything that is related to plotting.

46.	If the spectrum looks right, type plot¿. The spectrum will now be printed on one of the printers in the NMR lab.

47.	Press the Spin on/off button to off and then the Lock on/off button to off.  

48.	Eject sample with the Lift on/off button on the shim console and remove your sample from spinner and reinsert the standard sample and lower it by pressing Lift on/off and type lock cdcl3 and see that the instrument locks in the lock window.  Press Spin on. 

49.	Type delp¿ and a list of all your experiments on the v disk (u if you run on your home directory) comes up, click on all experiments where there is not said “no processed data”.  Then click on execute.  Do not click on delete all, you might loose all data including acquisition data if you do this.  delp (delete processed data) kills all processed data and helps conserve disk space.  

50.	Type wrd¿  this is the command for writing the dataset to another disk.  Usually there is no need for this since USIT is taking backup copies every second from all of the hard disks in the nmr lab.  Go to 62 if you do not want to save the dataset.  Continue as follows if you want a copy on another disk.  
Enter target data set NAME:			FR5043II¿		(use your own expname)
Enter target data set EXPNO:		2¿			(use the expno seen in the top part of the xwinnmr window).
Enter target data set PROCNO:		1¿			(use the procno seen in the top part of the xwinnmr window).
Enter target disk unit DU:	M: ¿ 	The data set will go to your home directory.  The available disks are: C: and M:.
Enter target user name USER:	UIO-username¿ 	(your own uio user name)

51.	The dataset is now copied.  If you want to move expno 2, 3, 4, 11, 12 or whatever expno you have used - get each dataset in the Xwinnmr window (re 11¿ moves expno 11 into the window for instance) and wrd¿ it away.

52.	Click on the quit button in the lock display with the left mouse button.  The next user will not be able to open the lock display if you forget this.

53.	Type kill¿ in the xwinnmr window.  If some xwinnmr processes are running you will get a list.  It is especially important to kill the lock display if it is on the list.  Click on the lock display in the list.  If the lock display is not completely removed before logging out the next user will be unable to open the lock display.  

54.	If you are satisfied with the result press exit under File and OK in CPR window which appears.

55.	Select log out from the start menu to log out of the computer.

31P and 19F and NMR at DPX200 and 15N and 31P NMR DPX300 with the QNP probes. 
Version 1

When the quadruple (4 nuclei) probes are inside the magnets it is very simple to acquire 31P and 19F on the 200 MHz spectrometer and 15N (not so easy) and 31P on the 300 MHz spectrometer.  Almost everything is identical to 1H and 13C acquisition.  You must select the new nuclei with rpar, initialize with ii and lock on the correct solvent.  Each time you select new parameters (and nuclei) with rpar you must lock on the correct solvent.  The instruments does not remember the solvent you locked on initially when a new rpar is performed.  Each rpar file is for a specific solvent the engineer used when installing the instrument and checking the different nuclei.  So you can get an acetone setup when changing to 31P with rpar QNP.31P even if you just run a 1H experiment in CDCl3.  Lock cdcl3¿ fixes this after rpar!

15N NMR with and without 1H decoupling at DPX300.

1.	Login, edc, spinning off, lock off, eject standard sample, insert your sample, spinning on and rsh as described in 1H and 13C manuals.

2.	Type rpar ¿.

3.	Click on N15 with the left mouse button to get parameters for 15N with coupling to protons.  Click on N15IG with the left mouse button to get parameters for 15N with decoupling of protons. Press copy all.

4.	Type getprosol¿

5.	Type edasp¿	edit spectrometer (a window showing the logical setup of the radio transmitter etc. comes up - see if 15N is selected under NUC1 and NUC2 is off when you chose rpar 15N and that NUC2 is 1H for rpar 15NIG.  Click on save.  

6.	Type lock¿ and click with the left mouse button on the appropriate solvent.  No need to shim if you did this earlier on the same sample and have not removed and inserted it again in the magnet.  

7.	Type ii¿ and listen carefully.  A clear sound shall come from the underside of the magnet in about 20 seconds when the pneumatic switcher is changing to 15N.  Confirm that the button/light marked manual at the right side of the box at bottom of the box at the left magnet leg is off.  If the light is on on the button press it until it is off (2-4 times) and repeat  ii¿.  

8.	Type rga¿.

9.	Type ns¿ to check number of scans and d1¿ to check the relaxation delay.  

10.	Type zg¿.

11.	Continue as with 1H and 13C acquisition.  

12.	Remember to type kill¿ in the xwinnmr window before logging out.  If some xwinnmr processes are running you will get a list.  It is especially important to kill the lock display if it is on the list.  Click on the lock display in the list.  If the lock display is not completely removed before logging out the next user will be unable to open the lock display.  

19F NMR with 1H coupling at DPX200
Version 1
1.	Login, edc, spinning off, lock off, eject standard sample, insert your sample, spinning on and rsh as described in 1H and 13C manuals.

2.	Type rpar¿.

3.	Click on F19 with left mouse button to get parameters for 19F with coupling to protons.

4.	Type getprosol¿

5.	Type edasp¿	edit spectrometer - a window showing the logical setup of the radio transmitter etc. comes up - see if 19F is selected under NUC1 and NUC2 is off.  Click on save.  

6.	Type lock¿ and click with the left mouse button on the appropriate solvent.  No need to shim if you did this earlier on the same sample and have not removed and inserted it again in the magnet.  

7.	Type ii¿ and listen carefully.  A clear sound shall come from the underside of the magnet in about 20 seconds when the pneumatic switcher is changing to 19F.  Confirm that the button/light marked manual at the right side of the box at bottom of the box at the left magnet leg is off.  If the light is on on the button press it until it is off (2-4 times) and repeat  ii¿.  

8.	Type rga¿.

9.	Type ns¿ to check number of scans and d1¿ to check the relaxation delay.  

10.	Type zg¿.

11.	Continue as with 1H and 13C acquisition.  

12.	Sometimes the 19F resonances are outside the ppm area chosen by the spectrometer. Increase the width by typing sw¿ and type in a larger number.  Go back to 7.  

13.	Remember to type kill¿ in the xwinnmr window before logging out.  If some xwinnmr processes are running you will get a list.  It is especially important to kill the lock display if it is on the list.  Click on the lock display in the list.  If the lock display is not completely removed before logging out the next user will be unable to open the lock display.  

31P NMR with and without 1H decoupling at DPX 200 and DPX 300.
Version 1

1.	Login, edc, spinning off, lock off, eject standard sample, insert your sample, spinning on and rsh as described in 1H and 13C manuals.

2.	Type rpar¿.

3.	Type getprosol¿.

4.	Click on P31 with left mouse button to get parameters for 31P with coupling to protons, or click on P31cpd with the left mouse button to get parameters for 31P with 1H decoupling. 

5.	On DPX 200 type edasp¿ edit spectrometer - a window showing the logical setup of the radio transmitter etc. comes up.  Click on save.  

6.	Type lock¿ and click with the left mouse button on the appropriate solvent.  No need to shim if you did this earlier on the same sample and have not removed and inserted it again in the magnet.  

7.	Type ii¿, press seen in the window that appears, and listen carefully. A clear sound shall come in about 20 seconds from the underside of the magnet when the pneumatic switcher is changing to 31P.  Confirm that the button/light marked manual at the right side of the box at bottom of the box at the left magnet leg is off.  If the light is on on the button press it until it is off (2-4 times) and repeat  ii¿.

8.	Type rga¿

9.	Type ns¿ to check number of scans and d1¿ to check the relaxation delay.  

10.	Type zg.

11.	Continue as with 1H and 13C acquisition.  

12.	Remember to type kill¿ in the xwinnmr window before logging out.  If some xwinnmr processes are running you will get a list.  It is especially important to kill the lock display if it is on the list.  Click on the lock display in the list.  If the lock display is not completely removed before logging out the next user will be unable to open the lock display.  

Saving and transferring data from DPX200 or DPX300 to your home directory or another disk. 
Remote login and processing.  
Version 1

HOW TO TRANSFER DATA ACQUIRED BY YOURSELF TO YOUR OWN HOME DIRECTORY 

1.	It is recommended that you delete processed data and only store data at one disk.  Type delp¿ and a list of all your experiments on the D: disk you have selected comes up.  Click on all experiments where there is not said “no processed data”.  Then click on execute.  Do not click on delete all, you might loose all data including acquisition data if you do this.  delp (delete processed data) kills all processed data and helps conserve disk space.

2.	Type wrd¿  this is the command for writing the dataset which is on screen to another disk (home or other place) for permanent storage.  
Enter target data set NAME:			FR5043II¿		(use your own expname)
Enter target data set EXPNO:		1¿			(use the expno seen in the top part of the xwinnmr window).
Enter target data set PROCNO:		1¿			(use the procno seen in the top part of the xwinnmr window).
Enter target disk unit DU:			D:¿ 		The data set will go to the hard disk.  The available disks are: C: D: and M:.
Enter target user name USER:		UIO-username¿ 	(your own uio user name)

3.	The dataset is now copied.  If you want to move expno 2, 3, 4, 11, 12 or whatever expno you have used - get each dataset in the Xwinnmr window (re 11¿ moves expno 11 into the window for instance) and wrd¿ it away.

4.	Only data sets which are in the xwinnmr window can be moved.  When you have moved EXPNO 1 you must append and apply the next one(using the search window) into the xwinnmr window, then you can move this one with wrd.  This takes a little time when sending a whole Set and Run experiment home - but it works fine and there will be no trouble with who owns the dataset and permission problems will not arise with data sets copied this way.

5.	Delete the original dataset. Use the command del¿ . 

6.	If you later wants to work on the moved dataset use search to find it, then append and apply it to the xwinnmr window, efp or xfb (2D dataset) to Fourier transform it.  If the computer you are using does have another plotter attached use edo (edit output) to select the new plotter.  The data set does regretfully remember the plotter name connected to the computer used to acquire the spectrum.  edg must be used if you are working on 2D’s to select EDPROJ1 and in the sub menu PF1EXT (external), PF1DU (disk), PF1USER (your unix user name), PF1NAME (expname), PF1EXP (expno), PF1PROC (procno usually 1) to get the correct projection on the F1 axis.  EDPROJ2 with the sub menu containing PF2EXT, PF2DU, PF2USER, PF2NAME, PF2EXP, PF2PROC selections are used to get the correct projection on the F2 axis on the 2D spectrum.

7.	Exit and logout.