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th  - 1987 - 51st ENC Conference

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RELAXATION-ALLOWED COHER<strong>ENC</strong>E TRANSFER<br />

BETWEEN SPINS WHICH POSSESS NO MUTUAL SCALAR COUPLING<br />

Stephen Wimperis and Geoffrey Bodenhausen<br />

Institut de Chimie Organique<br />

Universite de Lausanne<br />

Rue de la Barre 2<br />

CH-1005 Lausanne<br />

switzerland<br />

In NMR of isotropic liquids it is often stated<br />

<strong>th</strong>at coherence transfer can only occur between two spins<br />

<strong>th</strong>at possess a mutual scalar coupling. This assertion is<br />

put to frequent use, for instance in two-dimensional COSY<br />

spectra where <strong>th</strong>e presence of a cross-peak - indicative of<br />

coherence transfer - is taken as proof of <strong>th</strong>e existence of<br />

a scalar coupling.<br />

We demonstrate <strong>th</strong>at, as a result of multi-<br />

exponential transverse relaxation, coherence transfer can<br />

occur between two inequivalent spins <strong>th</strong>at are not scalar<br />

coupled. Cross-peaks in COSY spectra are shown which arise<br />

solely from <strong>th</strong>is novel mechanism, and so do no__tt indicate<br />

<strong>th</strong>e existence of a scalar coupling. Since <strong>th</strong>e use of COSY<br />

spectra for <strong>th</strong>e analysis of complex spin systems has had<br />

considerable impact in chemistry and molecular biology,<br />

<strong>th</strong>e matter of <strong>th</strong>e correct interpretation of cross-peaks is<br />

one of widespread interest.

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