Applications of EPR and NMR Spectroscopy in Homogeneous Catalysis

Evgenii Talsi leads the Laboratory of the Mechanistic Studies of Catalytic Reactions, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis. Konstantin Bryliakov is a leading research scientist at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis.

Introduction. Basic principles of EPR and NMR spectroscopy. The main parameters characterizing EPR spectra. The main parameters characterizing NMR spectra. Applications of EPR spectroscopy. What we learn from the EPR spectra of organic radicals. What we learn from the EPR spectra of transition metal catalysts. What we learn from the NMR spectra of transition metal catalysts.