Chapter 13

Spectroscopy


Chapter 13 suggested problems: Identify "Beginning Compounds" 9, 12, 14, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 30 at WebSpectra, and then calculate and study the mass spectra of the compounds at the NIST Chemistry WebBook if available

handouts: proton NMR shifts (pdf, 44 kb), IR shifts (pdf, 8 kb), Exact Masses of Isotopes (pdf file, 6 kb), Common Fragments (pdf file, 1.5 Mb)

reference: Beynon tables (pdf file, 8.6 Mb)

web sites: Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy, 1H NMR Interpretation Tutorial, Proton NMR Spectroscopy, WebSpectra, Infrared Spectroscopy,


  1. Spectroscopy theory (html, 11 kb) (pdf, 12 kb)
  2. 1H NMR spectroscopy (html, 900 kb) (pdf, 796 kb)
  3. IR spectroscopy (html, 167 kb) (pdf, 386 kb)
  4. Mass spectrometry (html, 247 kb) (pdf, 474 kb)