Proton-proton coupling can generate artifacts in sensitivity-enhanced HSQC
spectra. These artifacts appear as cross-peaks involving remote protons. Th
ey are caused by relayed coherence transfer during the back-transfer portio
n of the pulse sequence. We present a product operator analysis of artifact
formation and experimental results which demonstrate that the magnitude of
these artifacts can exceed 10% of the main peak. (C) 1999 Academic Press.