Synopses & Reviews
This up-to-date account of key areas in modern organic spectroscopy describes the four major instrumental methods used routinely by organic chemists: ultra-violet/visible, infra-red, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectroscopy. It provides a concise introduction to the
physical background of each, describing how molecules interact with electromagnetic radiation or how they fragment when excited sufficiently, and how this information may be applied to the determination of chemical structures. It also includes simple descriptions of instrumentation and emphasizes
modern methodology throughout, such as the Fourier-transform approach to data analysis. Each chapter concludes with problems to test readers' understanding of organic spectroscopy.
Synopsis
This up-to-date account of key areas in modern organic spectroscopy describes the four major instrumental methods used routinely by organic chemists: ultra-violet/visible, infra-red, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectroscopy. It provides a concise introduction to the physical background of each, describing how molecules interact with electromagnetic radiation or how they fragment when excited sufficiently, and how this information may be applied to the determination of chemical structures. It also includes simple descriptions of instrumentation and emphasizes modern methodology throughout, such as the Fourier-transform approach to data analysis. Each chapter concludes with problems to test readers' understanding of organic spectroscopy.
Synopsis
Modern spectroscopic techniques are now fundamental to the success of organic chemistry and it is essential that students and practitioners of this discipline have a sound understanding of these techniques. This book describes the four major instrumental methods used routinely by organic chemists; ultra-violet/visible, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. It includes a concise introduction to the physical background of each, describing how molecules interact with electromagnetic radiation (UV, IR, and NMR), or how they fragment when excited sufficiently, and how this information may be applied to the determination of chemical structures. It includes simple descriptions of instrumentation and the emphasis throughout is on modern methodology, such as the Fourier-transform approach to data analysis. Each chapter concludes with a problem section. This book will be useful to those new to modern organic spectroscopic analysis and as reference material in chemistry teaching laboratories.
Table of Contents
1. Introductory theory
2. Ultra violet - visible spectroscopy
3. Infrared spectroscopy
4. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: the basics
5. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: further topics
6. Mass spectrometry
Exercise answers
Appendices
Index