Nuclear magnetic resonance / Volume 41 / edited by Krystyna Kamienska-Trela, Jacek Wojcik

As a spectroscopic method, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has seen spectacular growth, both as a technique and in its applications. Today's applications of NMR span a wide range of scientific disciplines, from physics to biology to medicine. Each volume of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance comprises a combination of annual and biennial reports which together provide comprehensive coverage of the literature on this topic. This Specialist Periodical Report reflects the growing volume of published work involving NMR techniques and applications, in particular NMR of natural macromolecules, which is covered in two reports: NMR of Proteins and Nucleic Acids and NMR of Carbohydrates, Lipids and Membranes. In his foreword to the first volume, the then editor, Professor Robin Harris announced that the series would be a discussion on the phenomena of NMR and that articles will be critical surveys of the literature. This has certainly remained the case throughout the series, and in line with its predecessors, Volume 40 aims to provide a comprehensive coverage of the relevant NMR literature. For the current volume this relates to publications appearing between June 2009 and May 2010 (the nominal period of coverage in volume 1 was July 1970 to June 1971). Compared to the previous volume there are some new members of the reporting team. Theoretical Aspects of Spin-Spin Couplings are covered by J. Jazwinski, while E. Swiezewska and J.Wojcik provide an account of NMR of Carbohydrates, Lipids and Membranes. CONTENTS......Page 8 Preface......Page 6 Regular reviews series......Page 20 Edited books and symposia......Page 24 Reviews in periodicals......Page 34 Reviews and books in foreign languages......Page 50 1. Theoretical aspects of nuclear shielding......Page 57 2. Physical aspects of nuclear shielding......Page 66 References......Page 71 2. Shielding of particular nuclear species......Page 75 References......Page 120 1. Introduction......Page 138 2. The application of indirect spin-spin couplings to the compounds exhibiting conformational and rotational flexibility......Page 139 3. The application of indirect spin-spin couplings to investigation of compounds with hydrogen bonds and complexes between electron/proton donors and acceptors......Page 145 4. Basic studies on indirect spin-spin couplings using sets of model compounds and various theory levels......Page 148 5. The calculation of indirect spin-spin couplings including relativistic effects......Page 152 6. Solid state NMR......Page 154 7. Various works......Page 155 8. Indexes......Page 159 References......Page 160 1. Introduction......Page 167 2. New methods......Page 169 3. One-bond couplings to hydrogen......Page 172 4. One-bond couplings not involving hydrogen......Page 174 5. Two-bond couplings to hydrogen......Page 179 6. Two-bond couplings not involving hydrogen......Page 183 7. Three-bond hydrogen-hydrogen couplings......Page 185 8. Three-bond couplings to hydrogen......Page 192 9. Three-bond couplings not involving hydrogen......Page 195 10. Couplings over more than three bonds and through space......Page 196 11. Couplings through hydrogen bonds......Page 198 12. Residual dipolar couplings......Page 200 References......Page 203 1. Introduction......Page 215 2. General, physical and experimental aspects of nuclear spin-relaxation......Page 216 3. Selected applications of nuclear spin relaxation in liquids......Page 234 References......Page 251 2. Reviews......Page 263 3. Experimental and computational developments......Page 267 4. Applications......Page 278 References......Page 301 1. Introduction......Page 309 2. New methodologies......Page 310 3. High resolution studies of biomolecules......Page 321 4. NMR studies of large or challenging systems......Page 327 References......Page 333 2. Proteins/peptides – lipids interactions in the membranes......Page 339 4. Lipoproteins (non-covalent complexes)......Page 346 5. Lipids and membranes......Page 347 6. Glycolipids......Page 351 7. Metabonomic studies......Page 352 8. New NMR methods......Page 354 9. Miscellaneous......Page 355 References......Page 356 1. General applications and new methodologies......Page 367 2. Pre-clinical studies......Page 371 3. Clinical studies......Page 375 References......Page 396 2. Primary structure......Page 405 3. Imaging and diffusion......Page 415 4. Characterization of the synthetic macromolecules......Page 416 5. Polymer blend and dynamics of the synthetic macromolecules......Page 424 References......Page 430 1. Introduction......Page 448 2. General articles: reviews, methods, models......Page 449 3. Liquid crystals......Page 451 4. Micellar solutions......Page 481 References......Page 492 Annotation Each volume of 'Nuclear Magnetic Resonance' comprises a combination of annual and biennial reports which together provide comprehensive coverage of the literature in this field. The applications of NMR today span a wide range of scientific disciplines, from physics to biology to medicine