A modification of the recently reported ACCORD-HMBC long-range heteronuclea
r shift correlation experiment is described. The new experiment, IMPEACH-MB
C (improved performance accordion heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation),
introduces a new pulse sequence element, a constant time variable delay. T
he incorporation of the constant time variable delay into the IMPEACH-MBC s
equence suppresses H-1-H-1 coupling modulation inherent to the utilization
of the accordion principle to sample a broad range of potential long-range
heteronuclear couplings. H-1-H-1 coupling modulation, which introduces an F
-1 modulation or a "skew" of responses in the second frequency domain of th
e ACCORD-HMBC experiment, is suppressed in the IMPEACH-MBC experiment. Resu
lts of identically optimized IMPEACH-MBC and ACCORD-HMBC experiments perfor
med on a sample of strychnine are compared. (C) 1999 Academic Press.