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Experimental aspects associated with the two magnetic isotopes of nitrogen, 14N (natural abundance = 99.6%, spin quantum number = 1) and 15N (natural abundance = 0.4%, spin quantum number = 1/2) are discussed briefly. General relationships of molecular structure to nitrogen chemical shifts and spin-spin coupling constants involving 15N are presented. The utility of nitrogen NMR for examining molecular dynamics is described. Illustrations are provided that are chosen largely from organic and biochemistry.
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Lichter, R.L. (1983). Nitrogen Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. In: Lambert, J.B., Riddell, F.G. (eds) The Multinuclear Approach to NMR Spectroscopy. NATO ASI Series, vol 103. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7130-1_10
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