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Chapter 13: Spectroscopy

13.1 Principles of Molecular Spectroscopy: Electromagnetic Radiation
13.2 Principles of Molecular Spectroscopy: Quantized Energy States
13.3 Proton Magnetic Resonance (1H NMR) Spectroscopy
13.4 Nuclear Shielding and Chemical Shift
13.5 How Chemical Shift Is Measured
13.6 Chemical Shift and Molecular Structure

13.7 Interpreting Proton NMR Spectra
13.8 Spin-Spin Splitting in NMR Spectroscopy
13.9 Patterns of Spin-Spin Splitting: The Ethyl Group
13.10 Patterns of Spin-Spin Splitting: The Isopropyl Group

13.11 Patterns of Spin-Spin Splitting: Pairs of Doublets
13.12 Geminal Coupling
13.13 Complex Splitting Patterns
13.14 Proton NMR Spectra of Alcohols
13.15 NMR and Conformations
13.16 Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: The Sensitivity Problem
13.17 Carbon-13 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Interpretation of Spectra

13.18 Infrared Spectroscopy

13.19 Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-VIS) Spectroscopy

13.20 Mass Spectrometry
Gas Chromatography, GC/MS, and MS/MS
13.21 Summary


Spectroscopy Resources Outside of Columbia


Resources at Columbia (308 Havemeyer)

- IR Tutor
- Spectradeck (IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, Mass Spec)


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