Spectroscopy and Structural Proof in Organic Chemistry

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The determination of structure of organic compounds is a critical aspect in diverse areas, such as medicinal, pharmaceutical, and materials chemistry.? This course will introduce approaches to structural analysis by spectroscopic and mass spectrometry techniques. Principles and concepts of proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, including decoupling and 2-dimensional correlated spectroscopy, will be addressed. Complete structural analyses also including infrared, ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, and elemental analyses will be discussed. The course focuses heavily on hands-on structure determination. Masters students will have a series of special graded assignments outside the lecture course.