A simple two-step automatic assignment procedure for complicated NMR spectra of solutes in liquid crystals using genetic algorithms

= 6) are readily analysed. The analysis of larger spin systems is more difficult, and often impossible. In this Letter, we present the application of a general automated genetic algorithm to solving highly complex spin systems with minimal operator intervention. The robustness of the method is demonstrated for the nine-spin system p-bromo-biphenyl, a solute interconverting between two symmetry-related conformations. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V.. All rights reserved