High-temperature NMR using inductive heating

We report a simple, efficient method for carrying out nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments at high temperature in any NMR probe without modification. The sample tube is coated with a thin film of metal and the rf coil used for the NMR experiment is used to inductively heat the film, thus heating the sample inside the tube. Using this approach, we have obtained both proton and high-resolution carbon-13 NMR spectra at temperatures as high as 730 K.