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I am on Bruker 500 in McCourtney Hall


 

First things to do


Tuning


Locking


Shimming


Acquiring 1D data


Complex NMR experiments: 2D, selective, etc. (separate HTML page)


Using Temperature Control


Current  Temperature Calibrations


Data Processing


DOSY


Finishing my work


Solvent reference data


 

Troubleshooting

Topspin frozen. Correct protocol for force-quitting Topspin

 



   YOU CAN DO THE ACTIONS LISTED BELOW ONLY IF YOU WERE DIRECTLY INSTRUCTED BY NMR CENTER STAFF !!!

Restarting ELCB: Clearing KEY NOT VALID error


Restarting spectrometer


Restarting the sample changer


 

 

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First things to do

Before you operate NMR spectrometers you must view the following tutorials and print the corresponding Standard Operating Procedure:

 

1. Log in

2. Insert your sample

 

 

 

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Tuning

Tuning system needs to know what nucleus you are going to work with. Follow these steps:

Automatic Tuning

Manual Tuning

Manual tuning mode allows you to see what channels are tuned, inspect the result of tuning and adjust if necessary

Probe is now tuned and ready for experiments.

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Locking

Next step is to lock spectrometer on your solvent:

  1. Load the default shimset
  2. Issue: lock
  3. Select your solvent in the dialog window

    NOTE: Sometimes the system will fail locking on D2O or H2O+D2O. In this case, select CDCl3 as lock solvent in the lock table - it will be able to lock then because deuterium frequencies are close enough.

Wait for the lock system to finish locking (see the status messages)

 

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Shimming

Shimming is required to achieve good resolution in NMR spectra.

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Proton 1D

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Carbon 1D

 

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Using Temperature Control

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you need to use temperature OUTSIDE of 20-40 Deg C range,
you must be trained on the "Variable Temperature" protocol: contact NMR center staff to schedule training.

For all Variable Temperature tutorials and instructions see Variable-temperature NMR operation


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Current  temperature calibrations on McCourtney 500

 

Current probe is 0080 (spare probe): Click here for calibrations of 0080



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Data Processing

For data processing in Topspin see NMR_data_processing_Topspin

 

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DOSY Experiments

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Finishing my work


 

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     Restarting ELCB: Clearing KEY NOT VALID error


YOU DO THIS ONLY IF YOU WERE DIRECTLY INSTRUCTED BY NMR CENTER STAFF !!!

Sometimes ELCB unit controlling the lock "locks up". When you try to lock in this situation you will receive the message that mentions Lock: Key not valid, or similar (below):

 


To clear this error follow the steps below:

  1. Log out of your account (report the error!)

  2. Click Restart on a login screen

  3. Wait till the login screen comes back (3-5 min wait)

  4. Open Firefox on a spectrometer workstation:




  5. In a workstation Firefox browser:

    1. Navigate to this page

    2. Do a Right Click on the link below to open a service web interface in a separate tab or window
  6. 149.236.99.20/service.html?Button=Refresh

    You will see the ELCB Service Web page:






  7. Click Reset ELCB button
    You should see a message under this button Soft shutdown, Resetting ELCB





  8. Wait 5 minutes    



  9. start Topspin

  10. Open any experiment

  11. Issue ii restart on a Topspin command line
    1. the status line shows restart of ipsoserver


    2. after all is done it will display finished. In a few seconds this message will disappear. Proceed to the next step

  12. exit Topspin

  13. wait 10 seconds

  14. start Topspin

  15. Open your experiment

  16. issue ii restart on a Topspin command line one more time
  17. Wait till the status line displays finished

  18. proceed to locking, tuning and shimming

  19. If these steps did not help, a full spectrometer restart is necessary

     

 

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   Restarting spectrometer


YOU DO THIS ONLY IF YOU WERE DIRECTLY INSTRUCTED BY NMR CENTER STAFF !!!

To restart the Bruker 500 MHz system, follow these steps:

  1. Restart the workstation:
    1. Terminate Topspin
    2. Log out
    3. Choose "Restart" to reboot the computer
  2. Open the spectrometer cabinet (pull and turn the handle)

  3. Locate all system switches according to this picture:




  4. Turn off power to the NMR system
    1. AQS3 - push red button, flip power switch to OFF (see the image above)
    2. Amplifiers: turn power OFF
    3. BSMS: turn power OFF
    4. turn Main Power Switch: OFF (push in red section)
  5. Wait till the computer workstation boots up and reaches the login screen
  6. Boot up the NMR system
    1. Turn Main Power switch: ON (push in green section)
    2. Turn AQS3 power: ON
    3. wait for 1 minute to see the Post Code display increase the code from zero to around 94-98 (exact value does not matter)
    4. Turn Amplifier power: ON
    5. Turn BSMS power: ON
    6. Turn Sample Express power: ON (push the button on the front of the sample changer)
    7. wait for 1-2 minutes for all errors on amplifier and BSMS to clear and for the Sample Express to finish initialization and turn on a green light (sample will be ejected and re-inserted automatically).
    8. close the spectrometer cabinet
    9. place CDCl3 standard in a position 1
  7. Login to the workstation
  8. launch Topspin
  9. display any experiment (like Setup-1H)
  10. issue ii restart
    (ignore the "status line active" message)
    NOTE:   You may see a message "Error during BirdRack flush". If you see it, click Close and reissue ii restart
  11. Load a standard shimset (issue rsh bbfo-latest)
  12. Insert standard sample (if not inserted yet)
  13. Tune the probe
    1. join experiment with proton and carbon and issue
    2. spooler
    3. qu atma
    4. qu wobb
      NOTE: Startup of atm module after a reboot takes long time (3-5 minutes)
    5. When WOBB starts - make sure that you see a resonance dip at the middle line and click [Stop] button
  1. Proceed with locking
  2. start spinning
  3. Shim the sample:
  1. adjust gain:
  1. Run test 1D 1H on CDCl3 standard: you should see undeuterated trace CHCl3 in one scan.


    At this point, spectrometer is ready for use.

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YOU DO THIS ONLY IF YOU WERE DIRECTLY INSTRUCTED BY NMR CENTER STAFF !!!

Restarting the sample changer

If sample changer lost track of a sample because it was lifted by too much VT gas, you need to restart it. There are two protocols, 'light' and 'full'. Try 'light' first.

 

Light restart

  1. turn off the sample changer (push and hold the main button on the front)
  2. take out all samples sitting on the carousel
  3. turn on the sample changer and wait till it gives GREEN light 
  4. put back samples to positions where the were. CDCl3 standard must be in position 1

If this did not help, try full restart:

Full restart

  1. open ha and acknowledge any errors
  2. turn off the sample changer (main button on the front)
  3. take out all samples sitting on the carousel
  4. take off the carousel
  5. turn on the sample changer and wait till it give BLUE light (ha screen will say "cassette expected")
  6. put on the empty carousel minding the orientation: see the grooves on the bottom and shapes on the rotor head
  7. wait till it turns it and lights up green.
  8. check sample eject/insert.
  9. check insertion of the sample from far-away position (for example, 10). If cassete is installed in a wrong orientation it will lead to red light. Then start from item 1) above.

 

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