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This is a title in advanced organic chemistry covering the usage of NMR spectroscopy in identifying molecular structure, so whereas the intent of the book and course that it supports is structure elucidation, the practical focus is on the use of NMR techniques. NMR research covers a wide range of subdisciplines and fields. For example, NMR instrumentation provides researchers in the biological, medical, and physical sciences images and information about specific structures of molecules, whether they are of chemical, biological, or physics/engineering interest. Certain techniques are used primarily for solution studies of biomolecules, others are for solid state research. In the biomedical field, in vivo spectroscopy and imaging are being used to study heart and brain metabolism, probe effects of drugs in shock therapy, and investigate oxygen binding to myoglobin in tissue. Applications range from in vivo (live) spectroscopy and imaging of small animals, imaging of materials, to in vitro (glass) spectroscopy of living and preserved organs. Biochemists and chemists are studying protein, nucleic acid, and carbohydrate structure/function relationships using liquid NMR. Chemical engineers utilize imaging methods to study multiphase transport phenomena, and food scientists are investigating hardening and ripening in foodstuffs such as vegetables and fruits by magnetic resonance imaging.