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We report a novel two-dimensional NMR pulse scheme for the 1H-detected observation of 2H in isotopically 13C, 2H-enriched carbohydrates. This scheme is used for the indirect observation of residual quadrupolar couplings in 13C, 2H-enriched methyl-β--glucopyranoside weakly aligned in a dilute lyotropic liquid-crystalline medium comprising 20% (w/v) dihexanoyl-phos- phatidylcholine/dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (1:3 mol/mol) in D2O. The observed residual quadrupolar couplings are substantially larger than residual dipolar one-bond 13C–1H couplings under the same experimental conditions. These quadrupolar couplings are thus a useful alternative to dipolar couplings for the structural analysis of small molecules that align very weakly in dilute liquid-crystalline media. Moreover, since the quadrupolar coupling constant is very uniform throughout endocyclic deuterons of the carbohydrate, these data suggest that adoption of a single average value of this parameter in 2H relaxation studies on the glycan moieties of glycoproteins and glycopeptides is a valid assumption.
Author(s): Kjellberg A, Homans SW
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Year: 2001
Volume: 151
Issue: 1
Pages: 90-93
ISSN (print): 1090-7807
ISSN (electronic): 1096-0856
Publisher: Academic Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmre.2001.2361
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2001.2361
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