Using LR-HSQMBC to observe long-range 1H–15N correlations

The recently reported LR-HSQMBC experiment has been optimized for 1H–15N long-range heteronuclear couplings. Several previously unreported four-bond correlations, consistent with the predicted by DFT calculations (0.2–0.3 Hz 4JNH couplings), have been observed for strychnine using 2 Hz optimization of the LR-HSQMBC experiment. This experiment offers an advantage over accordion-optimized experiments such as IMPEACH and CIGAR for the observation of long-range 1H–15N correlations in that the experiment is refocused and employs a CLIP pulse sequence element to bring the long-range correlations into phase, allowing broadband X-decoupling to be employed during acquisition.