The molecular structure of second generation hydroxyl terminated aliphatic hyperbranched polyester(HB-20)was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)analyses,including onedimensional(1D)NMR technique(1H-NMR,13C-NMR and distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer(DEPT)NMR spectra)and two-dimensional(2D)NMR technique(heteronuclear single quantum coherence(HSQC)NMR and heteronuclear multipe bond coherence(HMBC)NMR spectra).Firstly,the peaks of the 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectra were initially assigned,and the four types of carbon atoms(CH3,CH2,CH,and quaternary carbon atom C*)in the HB-20 were distinguished by DEPT NMR spectra.Secondly,the detailed molecular structure information was further obtained by 2D NMR analysis.From the HSQC spectrum,the 13C-1H chemical shift correlation spectroscopy spectrum contained all the directly linked 13C-1H coupling relationships,and the positions of the related 1H and 13C in the molecular structure were determined;from the HMBC spectrum,the 13C and 1H coupling information separated by 2-3 chemical bonds was obtained,and the C-C correlation was confirmed to determine the molecular skeleton information of HB-20.According to the NMR analysis,the three relative peak areas of the confirmed T-CH3,L-CH3,and D-CH3 structures in the 1H-NMR spectrum were determined to be 2.55,3.97 and 1.00 respectively,and the average degree of branching(DB)of HB-20 was calculated as 0.47.Moreover,the average molecular weight of HB-20 was calculated as 1 876 by NMR analysis,which was closed to that obtained from the hydroxyl value titration,about 1 878.In summary,the molecular structure of HB-20 was clearly characterized