Determination of the 3D structure of small-to mediumsized organic and biomolecular compounds relies on the use of several NMR parameters. Information about dihedral angles from homo-and heteronuclear 3 J scalar couplings [1][2][3] is usually combined with information on distances from the nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE).[4] Even when using the recently (re)introduced (residual) dipolar couplings [5] to study flexible compounds, [6][7][8] distance information from the NOE is still essential for structure determination. The buildup rate of the NOE, however, depends on the correlation time t c of the compound and the observation frequency w. The NOE changes sign at wt c % 1.12, which leads to the well-known phenomenon that little or no NOE is observed for medium-sized compounds (MW % 1000 g mol
À1). This impedes the extraction of distance information from NOESY spectra of these compounds.This problem can be solved by using rotating-frame nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (ROESY), [9,10] which yields negative cross-peaks (corresponding to positive Overhauser enhancements) for all values of wt c . In the interpretation of ROESY, however, several experimental problems-namely direct cross-peaks due to J coupling, Hartmann-Hahn matching (leading to TOCSY, total correlation spectroscopy, cross-peaks) and offset dependence [11] -have to be avoided. The offset dependence influences the crosspeak integrals of all spins depending on their offset, whereas the other two phenomena can degrade the line shapes and integrals of ROESY cross-peaks. TOCSY artefacts also impede the use of ROESY for detecting chemical exchange.[12] These problems lead to serious complications, when distances or exchange rates are to be extracted from ROESY spectra.Several ROESY pulse sequences have been proposed for removing these artefacts, [13][14][15] but they are cumbersome to set up, reduce sensitivity too much, or show pronounced offset dependence. Thus a robust, convenient procedure is needed that yields high-quality, high-sensitivity spectra that can be reliably integrated even in the presence of J coupling.We have previously shown that jump-symmetrized ROESY (JS-ROESY) combines negligible offset dependence with close-to-optimal suppression of TOCSY, [14] but the experimental setup is quite laborious as pulses with finetuned power levels (gray in Figure 1 A) are needed. Here we show that by bracketing two off-resonance spin-lock pulses with adiabatic pulses [16] , we obtain high-quality, highsensitivity spectra with no need for a sample-specific setup (Figure 1 B). The resulting spectra can be reliably quantified and TOCSY transfer is as well suppressed as in conventional JS-ROESY. The superior performance of this convenient (gray) is needed to transfer magnetization from the low-to the high-field spinlock (SL). B) Adiabatic ramps at times a-d transfer magnetization to the spinlocks. After EASY ROESY has been set up once, parameters are calculated automatically. Gradient pulses (G z ) suppress unwanted signals. Solvent suppression can easi...