CHEM-T 530 Organic Spectroscopy (Graduate)

Determination of molecular structure is one of the central themes of organic chemistry. For this purpose, chemists today rely almost exclusively on spectral methods or spectroscopy.  Organic spectroscopy is introduced in undergraduate organic chemistry classes, but students only see the proverbial “tip of the iceberg” in their undergraduate classes. This course is intended to give students a more complete picture of how spectroscopic methods are used to elucidate the structure of complex organic molecules. Topics that will be covered include infrared (IR), mass spectroscopy (MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and UV-visible spectroscopy. In this course, we will first develop basic understanding of various theories behind IR, MS, and NMR spectroscopy, and then we will concentrate on the interpretation of spectra and the information they can provide about details of molecular structure.  

Prerequisite: Undergraduate chemistry coursework

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