UW CHEMISTRY NMR
Announcments & Equipment Logs
AV301 : SYSTEM READY FOR USE WITH SURROGATE BBI PROBE
Dear Users The regular probe with a faulty ATMA motor assembly is pulled out for repairs. Do not underestimate the probe that is placed in the magnet as a backup, because it is called Surrogate. This is a newly procured “gently used probe” in excellent condition and gives beautiful spectra as I show below. […]
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IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT ATMA ! PLEASE READ
I am motivated to post this in the wake of ATMA problem with the AV301 probe but, this is generally applicable to both the 300 MHz systems and the new probes with ATMA capability we will get in the near future. Message : Always LOCK first on your solvent BEFORE you attempt ATMA. ATMA program […]
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ALERT ! AV301 – PROBE DOWN DUE TO ATMA RELATED ISSUE
At this point, it is not clear if it’s a hardware problem or a software related issue. We will try to resolve it as soon as we can. If it comes down to the probehead hardware that might take more time to fix, I will place a backup probe in the system. I will post […]
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GG500 : Addressing sporadic misbehavior of ‘wobb’ Window
Users have noticed that the STOP button in the ‘wobb’ window gets grayed out sporadically. When this happens, it appears that you cannot stop the process and proceed with the Acquisition. This is not true. I show below the pull down Sub Menu called User Specific Commands, which itself can be accessed from the main […]
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GG500 – BIT OF HISTORY, CURRENT ISSUES AND ROADMAP – PLEASE READ
GG500 – Apparent outlier in the pack : Before GG500, we had a really aging and tired DRX500 console, which needed to be driven with a software interface that was predictable and repetitive, to accommodate its fragile and irreparable hardware and produce useful NMR data. The curated work flow of IconNMR’s Routine Spectroscopy interface was […]
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UPDATE – GG500 ! SOFTWARE ERROR IN ICON-NMR RESOLVED…
The software glitch that prevented users from routine spectroscopy is now identified and removed. Please continue using the instrument as before. Also feel free to give us feedback if you notice anything out of ordinary. To do so, you can either use the online Instrument Logbooks at the instrument or here You can also use […]
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IMPORTANT NOTE – SOFTWARE ! MNOVA DOWNLOAD LINKS UPDATED
Dear Users While we are all enjoying the ease of offline NMR Data Processing using MNOVA software, it is important to point out that the License we had purchased is valid only up to the software version 14.2.3 (legacy versions are valid also). The departmental webpage is now updated to provide you a Direct Download […]
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UPDATE ! GG500 – INSTRUMENT BACK TO NORMAL
Dear Users The sample handling issue that was reported had since been resolved. The instrument is open for reservation but for a cryogen fill slot this morning. Thank you for your kind understanding. NMR Facility Manager 07/08/2022
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UPDATE ! AV500 – SYSTEM SWITCHED BACK TO 19F CAPABILITY
Hello Users The Probe now In : TXO-19F,13C {1H} – Z gradient Please load the Standard Shim set by doing this on the Topspin command line : rsh stdtxo (In case you are curious, the nucleus/nuclei inside the curly braces is/are the so-called ‘decouple’ nucleus. The probe is typically designed to give the best sensitivity […]
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