Calculation of NMR and EPR Parameters

Dr. Martin Kaupp war wissenschaftlicher Assistent von Prof. Dr. Heinz Isermann am Seminar für Logistik und Verkehr der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt. Seit 1997 ist er Geschäftsführer eines Consulting-Unternehmens, das in den Bereichen der Logistik- und Transportberatung tätig ist.

A) Introductory Chapters
General Introduction
Theory of NMR parameters. From Ramsey to relativity, 1953-1983
Historical aspects of EPR parameter calculations
The effective spin hamiltonian concept
Fundamentals of non-relativistic and relativistic theory of NMR and ESR parameters

B) NMR parameters, methodological aspects
Chemical shifts with Hartree-Fock and density functional methods
Spin-spin coupling constants with HF and DFT methods
Electron-correlated methods for the calculation of NMR chemical shifts
Semiempirical methods for the calculation of NMR chemical shifts
Ro-vibrational corrections to NMR parameters
Molecular dynamics and NMR parameter calculations
Use of continuum solvent models in magnetic resonance parameter calculations
Perturbational and ECP calculation of relativistic effects in NMR shielding and spin-spin coupling
Calculation of heavy-nucleus chemical shifts. Relativistic all-electron methods
Relativistic calculations of spin-spin coupling constants
Calculations of magnetic resonance parameters in solids and liquids using periodic boundary conditions
Calculation of nuclear quadrupole coupling constants
Interpretation of NMR chemical shifts
Interpretation of spin-spin coupling constants
First-principles calculations of paramagnetic NMR shifts

C) NMR parameters, applications
NMR parameters in proteins and nucleic acids
Characterizing two-bond 13C-15N, 15N-15N, and 19F-15N spin-spin coupling constants across hydrogen bonds in ab initio EON-CCSD calculations
Calculation of NMR parameters in carbocation chemistry
Aromaticity indices from magnetic shieldings
Fullerenes
NMR of transition metal compounds
Characterization of NMR tensors via experiment and theory
Calculation of nuclear magnetic resonance parameters in zeolites

D) EPR parameters, methodological aspects
DFT calculations of EPR hyperfine coupling tensors
Ab initio post-Hartree-Fock calculations of hyperfine coupling tensors
Alternative hyperfine operators for EPR and NMR
Calculations of EPR g-tensors with density functional theory
Ab initio calculations of g-tensors
Zero-field splitting

E) EPR parameters, applications
Computation of Hyperfine Coupling Tensors to Complement EPR Experiments
Applications to EPR in Bioinorganic Chemistry

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