AbstractQuantitative analyses have been carried out by13C NMR spectroscopy using Fourier transformation. The Overhauser effect, due to the broad band decoupling of protons, has been suppressed using the two existing methods (gated decoupling and paramagnetic species), and results from each are compared. Both require a calibration curve, and the second method, when applied to aromatic substances, needs the ratio between the sample to be analysed and the paramagnetic species to be less than a certain value. Experiments have been made with pure products and blends of pure products containing both saturated and aromatic carbons. The precision of the results is given.