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By: Jilly B. Espinosa
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR) spectroscopy
NMR techniques
RICHARD ROBERT ERNST
1991 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
for his contributions to the
development of
techniques for high-resolution nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy
ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OUTLINE:
NMR Journey
Love Life
Early Life
Educational
Background
Artistic Interests
SWISS PHYSICAL CHEMIST
He was born on
AUGUST 14,1933 at
Winterthur
Switzerland.
His father was Robert
Ernst and his mother
was Irma Brunner.
He has two sisters.
He lived in a community that combined in a unique way
artistic and industrious activities.
WINTERTHUR
He played violoncello.
He is interested in musical compositions.
found a case filled with chemicals...
property of
his late uncle
who was a
metallurgical
engineer
...immediately fascinated
explosions!
unbearable poisoning of the
air in their house!
read all chemistry books he could get a hand on...
soon he knew he would become a chemist and not a composer
I wanted to understand the
secrets behind my chemical
experiments and behind the
processes in nature. - Ernst
studied chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
in Zurich (ETH-Z)
disappointed because good memory and not
impeccable logic was on demand
gained descent chemical knowledge by reading...
Theoretical Chemistry
By S. Glasstone
revealed to him the
fundamentals of
quantum mechanics,
spectroscopy, and
statistical
thermodynamics
pursued his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Günthard.
his work dealt with the construction of high
sensitivity radio frequency preamplifiers and
in particular high sensitivity probe
assemblies, initially for a 25 MHz, later for
75 MHz proton resonance spectrometer
received both his diploma in chemistry(1957) and his
Ph.D. in physical chemistry(1962)
From 1963 to 1968 he worked as research
chemist for Varian Associates in Palo Alto,
California.
 discovered that the sensitivity of NMR
techniques could be dramatically increased by
replacing the slow sweeping radio waves
traditionally used in NMR spectroscopy with
short, intense pulses
He returned to Switzerland to teach at his alma mater.
developed a technique that enabled a highresolution, “two-dimensional” study of larger
molecules than had previously been
accessible to NMR
1H
COSY
spectrum of
progesterone
3D-NMR (3D NOESY spectra, 1HC and 1HN Total
NOE Correlations in a Single 3D NMR )
“I am extremely grateful for the encouragement and for
the occasional readjustment of my standards of value by
my wife Magdalena who stayed with me so far for more
than 28 years despite all the problems of being married
to a selfish work-addict with an unpredictable temper."
On October 9, 1963, Ernst married Magdalena Kielholz.
The couple had two daughters, Anna Magdalena and
Katharina Elisabeth, and a son, Hans-Martin. All three
children grew up to become educators.
Ernst still counts music as one of his major interests, and he
remains an enthusiastic musician.
He also collects Asian art, an interest he cultivated during a
trip through Asia in 1968, and is especially interested in
Tibetan scroll paintings.
At present, he gives lectures world-wide on magnetic
resonance spectroscopy, on Fourier transform methods, on
the historical development of spectroscopy, on Central Asian
painting art, and on pigment analysis in paintings by Raman
spectroscopy.
THANK
YOU
ERNST!!
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!!!!