NMR Facility

The Washington University High-Resolution NMR Facility is managed by Dr. Manmilan Singh (director) and Dr. Jeff Kao (spectroscopist) and is located in Louderman 355, Wrighton Hall 246 and South Building 118. The facility houses six modern multi-nuclear spectrometers with field strengths from 7.05-14.1 Tesla. The spectrometers are equipped with CentOS Linux Enterprise computers and are networked to the Chemistry Computing Facility (CCF). The NMR facility is available to the entire WashU and greater St. Louis area research community.

The facility provides

  • 24/7 access to NMR spectrometers and software;
  • hands-on education in the use and application of NMR technology to assess spectral assignment, molecular dynamics, and structure;
  • implementation of traditional and newly developed NMR methods; and
  • collaborative research opportunities with facility staff.

Online Scheduler for NMR Instruments

Use the online scheduler for reserving NMR time. If you have not yet registered for an online account, you will need to create a new account first. Once you complete registration, the system will send you an account activation email. If you don't receive the email within one hour of your registration, please check your spam or junk folder.

You can not submit samples for NMR using an online scheduler. For sample submission, please email Manmilan Singh (msingh@wustl.edu) or Jeff Kao (kao@wustl.edu).

NMR Instrument Scheduler

Instrumentation

Agilent, 600 MHz

Agilent DD2, 600 MHz

4 RF Channels with pulsed field gradient and waveform generator, Premium Compact-Plus Magnet. 

  • 5 mm 3-axis gradient triple resonance
  • Cold probe
  • One Probe
  • 3 mm gradient triple resonance (1H, 13C, 31P)
  • 5 mm reverse problem (1H, 13C, 15N)
  • 5 mm broadband (15N-31P)

 

 

Agilent DD2, 500 MHz Instrument

4 RF Channels with pulsed field gradient and waveform generator, Premium Complact-Plus Magnet with FTS for low temperature experiments.

Probes:

•  5 mm OneNMR probe

•  10 mm broadband (15N-31P)

 

 

 

 

Agilent Direct Drive 400 MHz Instrument

2 RF Channels with pulsed field gradient and waveform generator, Complact-Plus Magnet with autosampler for automated NMR data collection. 

Probes:

  • 5 mm OneNMR probe

 

 

 

 

Bruker Avance Neo 400 MHz Instrument

2 RF Channels NanoBay Bruker console with pulsed field gradient and waveform generator, Ascend 400 Magnet with auto sampler for automated NMR data collection. 

Probes:

•  iprobe BBFO 5 mm broadband NMR Probe capable of decoupling 1H while observing 19F. 

 

 

 

 

 

Varian Unity Plus, 300 MHz

2 RF channels with pulsed field gradient and waveform generator, Oxford 300 Magnet with Zymark auto sampler for automated NMR data collection. 

Probes

  • 5 mm gradient broadband NMR Probe (1H, 19F, 15N-31P). 

 

 

 

 

Varian Mercury Plus, 300 MHz

2 RF channels with pulsed field gradient and waveform generator, Oxford 300 Magnet

Probes:

•  5 mm gradient broadband NMR Probe (1H, 19F, 15N-31P). 

 

 

 

 

 

NMR Facility Staff and Locations

 Manmilan Singh
Director of High Resolution NMR Facility
Jeff Kao
Senior NMR Specialist

Louderman Hall 355 (Phone number of the lab - 314-935-6669)
This room houses three NMR spectrometers Varian 300 MHz Mercury Plus, Agilent 500 MHz DD2 and Agilent 600 MHz.

Wrighton Hall 246 (Phone number of the lab - 314-935-9411)
This room houses two NMR spectrometers Varian Unity Plus 300 MHz and Bruker Avance NEO 400 MHz

South Building 118 (Phone number of the lab - 314-362-4745)
This room houses one NMR Spectrometer Agilent Direct Drive 400 MHz

Academic Rate Schedule

Spectrometer TimeUsageCurrent Rate
User performs work> 300 contiguous hrs per month$8/hr
 100-229 hrs per month$10/hr
 70-99 hrs per month    $15/hr
 60-69 hrs per month$16/hr
 50-59 hrs per month$17/hr
 40-49 hrs per month$18/hr
 30-39 hrs per month$19/hr
 < 30 hrs per month$20/hr
Facility performs serviceNon-collaborative$45/hr
 Collaborative$20/hr
Computer workstationsCPU interactive$10/hr
NMR Training $45/hr

Non-WU users must contact the facility director to negotiate rates for service.