Process / pipelineHeteronuclear 2D NMR

HSQC

Heteronuclear Single-Quantum Coherence (HSQC) is a 2D NMR technique that correlates proton and carbon-13 (or other heteronuclei) chemical shifts through one-bond coupling constants (1JHX). Developed in the early 1980s, HSQC rapidly became the workhorse of structural chemistry because it directly maps which carbons bear which protons, providing a comprehensive view of carbon skeleton connectivity and substitution patterns.

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ScholarGateHSQC (Heteronuclear Single-Quantum Coherence). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/spectroscopy/hsqc