In NMR experiments, it is crucial to control the temperature of the sample, especially when measuring kinetic parameters. Usually, it takes 2 to 5 min for the temperature of the sample inside the NMR probe to stabilize at a fixed value set for the experiment. However, the NMR sample tubes are flame-sealed in some cases, such as when working with volatile solvents, atmosphere-sensitive samples, or calibration samples for long-term use. When these samples are placed inside the NMR probe, the spectrometer controls the lower portion (liquid phase) of the NMR sample tube with a gas flow at a fixed temperature, while the upper portion (vapor) is at ambient temperature. This probe design creates a unique temperature gradient across the sample, leading to vapor pressure build-up, particularly inside a sealed NMR tube. By analyzing the temperature-dependent spectral line shape changes of a chemical exchange process, we report that under standard experimental conditions, the sample temperature can take up to 2 to 3 h (instead of minutes) to stabilize. The time scale of the liquid–vapor equilibrium process is much slower, with a half-life exceeding 35 min, in contrast to the 2-min duration required to obtain each spectrum. This phenomenon is exclusively due to the liquid–vapor equilibrium process of the flame-sealed NMR tube and is not observable otherwise.
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{"title":"Frontiers in NMR metabolomics","authors":"G. A. Nagana Gowda, Robert Powers","doi":"10.1002/mrc.5400","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mrc.5400","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18142,"journal":{"name":"Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry","volume":"61 12","pages":"627"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138176531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William W. Wolff, Jacob Pellizzari, Ronald Soong, Daniel H. Lysak, Katrina Steiner, Kiera Ronda, Peter Costa, Katelyn Downey, Vincent Moxley-Paquette, Chris Suszczynski, Steven Boehmer, Jacob R. Prat, Andre J. Simpson