Residual dipolar coupling constants: An elementary derivation of key equations

Abstract

Abstract Residual dipolar couplings have recently found a wide range of applications in high‐resolution NMR of biomolecules in the liquid state. A nonisotropic orientational distribution of a molecule of interest results in nonzero average dipolar coupling constants. Here, we present an intuitive introduction to the alignment tensor and an elementary derivation of key equations. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Concepts Magn Reson Part A 21A: 10–21, 2004