"Spectroscopy has become the organic chemist's most important tool in identifying compounds and studying their interactions. The arsenal of techniques available to the research chemist has, over the years, expanded from the familiar infrared, proton nmr and mass spectroscopy, to include the routine use of carbon-13 nmr spectroscopy and such modern methods of data acquisition as Fourier transform nmr, laser Raman spectroscopy, and UV spectroscopy. This book serves as an introduction to all of the major spectroscopic techniques, using over 200 actual spectra as examples, and providing a substantial number of problems and completely worked-through solutions that demonstrate how spectral techniques are applied to analytical problems. The book represents a significant departure from the scope of general spectroscopy texts. In addition to the usual chapters on infrared, proton nmr and mass spectroscopy, a number of increasingly important techniques have been included for the first time. Chapter 4, for instance, introduces not only the analysis of proton nmr spectra, but also describes iteration of theoretical nmr spectra for a best fit with observed experimental spectra using the popular LAOCOON III program. A complete FORTRAN listing for a conversational pendix I. Chapter 5 presents a non-mathematical description of Fourier transform nmr, including signal averaging, decoupling methods, quadrature detection, and the Fourier transform itself, and Chapter 6 goes on to describe Fourier transform techniques in carbon-13 spectroscopy. Chapter 7 introduces simple Huckel M.O. theory and the SHMO program for calculating the resonance stabilization of various systems, material which lays the groundwork for Chapter 8's discussion of ultraviolet spectroscopy using examples of ways in which energies can be correlated with SHMO parameters. A SHMO timesharing conversational program is listed in Appendix II. Finally, Chapter 10 outlines the organic chemical applications of laser Raman spectroscopy and the functional groups most easily identified using this method. Both organic chemists and graduate and advanced undergraduate students will find in the book's breadth of coverage an ideal introduction to the identification of organic compounds by spectroscopic means."- Publisher.

From the initial observation of proton magnetic resonance in water and in paraffin, the discipline of nuclear magnetic resonance has seen unparalleled growth as an analytical method. Modern NMR spectroscopy is a highly developed, yet still evolving, subject which finds application in chemistry, biology, medicine, materials science and geology. In this book, emphasis is on the more recently developed methods of solution-state NMR applicable to chemical research, which are chosen for their wide applicability and robustness. These have, in many cases, already become established techniques in NMR laboratories, in both academic and industrial establishments. A considerable amount of information and guidance is given on the implementation and execution of the techniques described in this book.

Organic Spectroscopy presents the derivation of structural information from UV, IR, Raman, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, Mass and ESR spectral data in such a way that stimulates interest of students and researchers alike. The application of spectroscopy for structure determination and analysis has seen phenomenal growth and is now an integral part of Organic Chemistry courses. This book provides: -A logical, comprehensive, lucid and accurate presentation, thus making it easy to understand even through self-study; -Theoretical aspects of spectral techniques necessary for the interpretation of spectra; -Salient features of instrumentation involved in spectroscopic methods; -Useful spectral data in the form of tables, charts and figures; -Examples of spectra to familiarize the reader; -Many varied problems to help build competence ad confidence; -A separate chapter on ‘spectroscopic solutions of structural problems’ to emphasize the utility of spectroscopy. Organic Spectroscopy is an invaluable reference for the interpretation of various spectra. It can be used as a basic text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of spectroscopy as well as a practical resource by research chemists. The book will be of interest to chemists and analysts in academia and industry, especially those engaged in the synthesis and analysis of organic compounds including drugs, drug intermediates, agrochemicals, polymers and dyes.

Stimulated by the increasing importance of chiral molecules as pharmaceuticals and the need for enantiomerically pure drugs, techniques in chiral chemistry have been expanded and refined, especially in the areas of chromatography, asymmetric synthesis, and spectroscopic methods for chiral molecule structural characterization. In addition to synthet

An understanding of spectroscopic techniques in the analysis of chemical structures is essential to all chemistry degree courses. This new addition to the Oxford Chemistry Primers series provides the essential material needed by undergraduates, in a compact form. It will be beneficial to postgraduates in organic chemistry as reference material in their daily research.