Organic Structures from Spectra

by L.D. Field, S. Sternhell, John R. Kalman

The derivation of structural information from spectroscopic data is now an integral part of organic chemistry courses at all universities. A critical part of any such course is a suitable set of problems to develop the student?s understanding of how structures are derived. This book combines The problems are graded to develop and consolidate the student?s understanding of organic spectroscopy. The accompanying text indicates the level of theory required to tackle the problems. The examples themselves have been carefully selected to include all important structural features and to emphasise connectivity arguments. Many of the compounds were synthesised specifically for this purpose. There are many easier problems than in other collections. Strenuous efforts have been made to ensure that solutions to the 181 structural problems are unambiguous. The second edition of this popular and successful work has been significantly revised and updated, and contains some 70 additional carefully chosen problems. Most problems feature NMR spectra obtained at higher fields than in the first edition and DEPT experiments as well as coupled 13 C NMR spectra are included. Five problems are presented in the style of experimental sections of research papers and the Appendix contains two fully worked solutions. Contents Preface Introduction Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Infrared Spectroscopy Mass Spectrometry Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Miscellaneous Topics Problems Appendix Index

Genres: Chemistry, Reference

220 pages, Paperback

First published February 19, 1986

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

what can I say, i passed my o-chem exam because of this :)

[Lou Rocama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Our lab instructor gives problems from this most sessions and on exams, and they are HARD. However, if you want to learn how to use spectra to identify a compound this is a good way to go about it. My classmate commented that the spectra problems in the ACS study guide were difficult, but after twenty of these they looked like a cakewalk to me. Very helpful as practice for lab synthesis.

[Thùy Miên · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is useful