AVIII 600 MHz with Prodigy Cryoprobe

In 2023, a Bruker 5-mm broad-band (BBO) Prodigy Cryoprobe and new SampleCase auto-sampler were added to the AVIII 600 MHz NMR spectrometer. This Prodigy cryoprobe has two channels: one for ¹H/¹⁹F detection, and one broadband channel covering observe frequencies from ¹⁰⁹Ag to ³¹P. Compared with a conventional room temperature probe, the Prodigy probe provides 2 to 3 times better signal-to-noise ratios. A conventional 5-mm BBFO is available as a backup for the Prodigy cryoprobe. The AVIII console is expected to be upgraded to a Bruker Neo console in 2024.

The day-queue is reserved for quick turn-around experiments such as 1D 1H, 13C, 19F, and common 2D experiments. The night-queue is reserved for time-consuming 1024+ scan 13C NMR required for low concentration samples, and some special 2D experiments. This spectrometer is largely used to support synthetic chemists, material scientists, and engineering researchers.

Instrument usage is recorded by the ICONNMR software package and further processed for billing using the laboratory management software iLab. Data acquired on the AVIII 600 NMR spectrometer is automatically transferred to our NMR data server.