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ENCH 222

Methods of Structure Determination

3.75 units · Undergraduate / professional

2025-26

Topics

  • Molecular formulas
  • IR and UV–visible spectroscopy
  • mass spectrometry
  • nuclear magnetic resonance
  • organic and inorganic structure determination
  • computational spectroscopy.

Readings

  • Required: Introduction to Spectroscopy, 5th edition, Cengage. Authors are not identified in the syllabus textbook table.
Winter 2023 · Methods of Structural Determination

Topics

  • Infrared spectroscopy (Part 1 and Part 2)
  • Mass spectrometry (Part 1)
  • Mass spectrometry (Part 2)
  • Chemical shifts
  • 13C NMR
  • General trends in 13C chemical shifts
  • Chemical and magnetic equivalency
  • Chemical exchange processes
  • 2D NMR
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