Interpreting Organic Spectra

Spectroscopic data provides a great deal of useful information about organic molecules. Competently deriving structural information from such data therefore, is a requisite skill for many undergraduates studying chemistry. This work covers the basic principles of spectroscopy in as non-mathematical a way as possible. It assumes no previous knowledge of spectroscopy and avoids excessive theory, approaching the topic as an exercise in pattern recognition. Hence, the main focus of the book is in the provision on the simpler spectra, and applying techniques learned to tackle more complex examples.

Infrared spectroscopy - problems in interpreting infrared spectra; mass spectrometry - problems in interpreting mass spectra; problems in interpreting infrared spectra and mass spectra; ultraviolet spectroscopy - problems in interpreting ultraviolet spectra; 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - problems in interpreting 13C NMR spectra; problems in interpreting infrared spectra and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra; problems in interpreting infrared spectra, mass spectra, ultraviolet spectra and 13C nuclar magnetic resonance spectra; 1H nuclear resonance spectroscopy - problems in interpreting 1H NMR spectra; problems in interpreting infrared and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra; problems in interpreting mass spectra and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra; problems in interpreting infrared spectra, mass spectra, ultraviolet spectra, 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra; difficut problems in interpreting spectra; answers to problems.