SPECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CHEM 344 and 345 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze, interpret, and assign a variety of spectroscopic data (NMR, IR, MS) to structural features of known compounds or reaction mixtures. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Deduce the chemical structure of an unknown compound using a variety of spectroscopic data (NMR, IR, MS) and justify the structural assignment. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Choose the appropriate spectroscopic experiment(s) to determine the structure and/or dynamic behavior of a known or unknown compound. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Critically evaluate the spectroscopic data and analyses provided in primary literature with an emphasis on the spectroscopic techniques relevant to the students' own research. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze, interpret, and assign a variety of spectroscopic data (NMR, IR, MS) to structural features of known compounds or reaction mixtures. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Deduce the chemical structure of an unknown compound using a variety of spectroscopic data (NMR, IR, MS) and justify the structural assignment. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Choose the appropriate spectroscopic experiment(s) to determine the structure and/or dynamic behavior of a known or unknown compound. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Critically evaluate the spectroscopic data and analyses provided in primary literature with an emphasis on the spectroscopic techniques relevant to the students' own research. Audience: Graduate