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A better understanding of the structure of complex 3H-labeled molecules can be obtained by complete assignment of their 1H and 3H solution-state NMR spectra. The assignment process is aided by the detection of heteronuclear chemical shift correlations between 1H and 3H nuclei. Heteronuclear correlation (HETCOR) experiments previously applied to this task exhibit several drawbacks caused by the nature of both the pulse sequences and 1H-3H spin systems. The range of J-couplings involved in 1H-3H coupling networks make it challenging to perform correlation experiments using methods that rely on coherences created during free precession periods and interrupted by transfer pulses. Two alternative HETCOR experiments are demonstrated for 1H-3H systems in the present work and are shown to have advantages over earlier methods. The first experiment is known as hetero-TOCSY and correlates heteronuclear chemical shifts using J-cross polarization. This experiment achieves both homonuclear and heteronuclear mixing and connects the chemical shifts of all 1H and 3H nuclei in a coupling network. A second HETCOR experiment uses the heteronuclear Overhauser effect to obtain through-space correlations between nearby nuclei. The 1H-3H HETCOR experiments are phase sensitive and typically contain more correlations than other methods, which is beneficial for assignment purposes, while being sensitive enough to be applicable to routine analytical samples. The experiments were used to analyze 3H incorporation in sub-milligram quantities of 3H-labeled pharmaceutical derivatives with complex labeling schemes.
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