Research project

Long-lived Nuclear Hyperpolarization of Methyl Groups

Research groups:

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis
Lead researchers:

Professor Malcolm Levitt
Other researchers:

Professor Richard Brown
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Project overview

This project consists of the hyperpolarization of long-lived states in methyl groups and their isotopomers. The project makes use of solution NMR and dissolution-DNP equipment.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Malcolm Levitt

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

Magnetic Resonance
Endofullerenes

Connect with Malcolm

Email: mhl@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Richard Brown

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research interests

Organic synthesis
Total synthesis of natural products
Asymmetric synthesis

Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Brown@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

Visualisation of quantum evolution in the Stern–Gerlach and Rabi experiments

Marcel Utz, Malcolm H. Levitt, Nathan Cooper & Hendrik Ulbricht, 2015, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17, 3867-3872

DOI: 10.1039/C4CP05606J

Type: article

Long-lived nuclear spin states far from magnetic equivalence

Gabriele Stevanato, Soumya Singha Roy, Joe Hill-Cousins, Ilya Kuprov, Lynda Jane Brown, Richard Brown, Giuseppe Pileio & Malcolm H. Levitt, 2015, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 1-11

DOI: 10.1039/C4CP05704J