Magnetic anisotropy in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
In studies of NMR, atoms play an important role because when an
atom was placed in a magnetic field, its electrons circulate about the direction of applied magnetic field. The circulation causes a small magnetic field at the nucleus which opposes the externally applied field. Which means magnetic field at nucleus was flow oppositely compare to outer applied field. Meanwhile in magnetic anisotropy, the chemical shift was decrease where to the right of spectrum due to circulation of electrons around Hydrogen. Example was electron became stronger when magnetic field was perpendicular to the plane of benzene or any aromatic ring. It causes very large shielding where it towards the right of spectrum thus, increasing magnetic field at fixed frequency and also shielding by extranuclear electrons but decreasing frequency at fixed magnetic field. Furthermore, it will affect the protons which placed above the ring thus producing smaller deshielding effects for protons at the side of it. The orientation of molecule of electron circulation was stronger in magnetic field than the others. Relationship between functional groups and nearby proton was depended by the chemical shift changes. Magnetic anisotropy may lead to give a stereochemical element to the chemical shift of a nucleus.