Forwarded by the guest editor of this issue

✍ Scribed by H. Günther

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 57 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0749-1581
• DOI: 10.1002/mrc.1260261003

✦ Synopsis

Everybody will agree that the impact of two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy on all branches of NMR and its applications can hardly be overestimated. Standard pulse sequences are used today routinely for spectral assignments, and numerous sophisticated 2D experiments are employed to investigate the behaviour of spin systems under various conditions. Why, then, a special issue on 2D NMR when the field obviously needs no promotion?

In an active and flourishing research area it seems appropriate, and it is even necessary in view of the rapid production of results, to step back from time to time in order to evaluate which aspects are still under development and where firm ground has been established. It was with this aim in mind that the editorial board of MRC suggested as a further addition to the Journal the production of special issues on certain topics of general interest. Thus, the venture of the special 2D issue was started in the hope of revealing present trends and future areas of research and applications of 2D NMR techniques.

As a guest editor I am most grateful to those who followed my invitation to contribute and I believe that an impressive cross section of present-day high-resolution NMR has been produced. My thanks are also due to the referees for their helpful comments and criticism. It was a pleasure to collaborate with Dr Lewis, who helped with her vast experience as Editor-in-Chief and who deserves much credit for the successful production of this volume. Credit is also to be given to the production department of John Wiley & Sons and to the printers who all helped to meet the deadlines. It is now up to the reader to detect the cross peaks and to trace out the correlations by careful analysis of this multidimensional presentation of 2D NMR !