magnetochemistry Review Quantitative NMR as a Versatile Tool for the Reference Material Preparation Kihwan Choi 1,* , Sangki Myoung 2, Yejin Seo 2 and Sangdoo Ahn 2,* 1 Organic Metrology Group, Division of Chemical and Biological Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 34113, Korea 2 Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea;
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[email protected] (S.A.); Tel.: +82-42-868-5557 (K.C.); +82-2-820-5230 (S.A.) Abstract: The assessment of primary calibrator purity is critical for establishing traceability to the International System of Units (SI). Recently, quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) has been used as a purity determination method for reference material development, and many related measurement techniques have been designed to acquire accurate and reliable results. This review introduces the recent advances in these techniques (including multidimensional methods), focusing on the application of qNMR to reference material preparation. Keywords: qNMR; reference material; purity assay 1. Introduction The establishment of metrological traceability is important for achieving the compa- Citation: Choi, K.; Myoung, S.; Seo, Y.; rability of measurement results [1]. In regard to chemical measurements, traceability to Ahn, S. Quantitative NMR as a the International System of Units (SI) is realized through the use of calibration standards Versatile Tool for the Reference having certified purity values [2]. The purity of primary calibrators has been traditionally Material Preparation. determined by the mass balance method, that is, by subtracting the total amount of im- Magnetochemistry 2021, 7, 15.