A p-spin high-pass filter using radiofrequency field gradients for homonuclear magnetic resonance experiments

Traditional multiple-quantum filtering in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy relies on the acquisition of several transients along with appropriate phase cycling. It is shown that similar results can be obtained in one transient by using a cluster of two radiofrequency field (B1) gradient pulses (g1)x(rg1)y where g1 and rg1 denote the durations of the B1 gradient pulses and the subscripts x and y the transmitter phases. This filter acts on single-quantum antiphase coherences and is of high-pass nature. The choice of r determines the order of the filter (according to the number of spins belonging to the system considered). This property is demonstrated theoretically and verified experimentally by dedicated one-dimensional experiments and COSY-type two-dimensional experiments.