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Reading: Handbook for Organic Chemistry Lab, chapters on NMR Spectroscopy ... cover of your handbook contains an NMR reference sheet that you will be ...
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Reading: Handbook for Organic Chemistry Lab, chapters on NMR Spectroscopy (Chapter 18) and Identification of Compounds (Chapter 20). Organic Chemistry, Marc Loudon, 6th^ ed., pp. 611-653 (13.1-13.7); pp. 662-667 (13.10-13.11). Organic Chemistry by Jonathan Clayden, Nick Greeves, and Stuart Warren, 2nd^ ed., pp. 43-79 (Ch. 3); pp. 269-301 (Ch. 13).
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, or NMR, involves examining the electronic environment around different nuclei in a molecule. Proton NMR, or 1 H NMR, is among the most powerful tools available to synthetic chemists today. This experiment will introduce you to the interpretation of 1 H NMR spectra, and then give you practice with combining multiple sources of information – 1 H NMR, IR, and molecular formula
There is no prelab or lab report for this experiment. Instead, it consists of three parts, split over two lab meetings:
For the homework and the quiz, you will need to remember the key IR frequencies you were expected to memorize during the IR Spectroscopy lab.
NMR spectroscopy is a significant portion of your grade for the semester, so be sure to get enough practice that you can solve these problems in a reasonable amount of time.
Part 2 (9 pts)
Nine compounds are drawn below. The NMR spectrum for each is among the nine spectra on the following 3 pages.
Part 3 (2 pts)
The structures of ethyl butanoate and propyl butanoate are drawn below. Note how each has an ethyl group and a propyl group; the only difference is how they are orientated around the ester functional group. The way to distinguish between the carbons on either side of the ester group is by chemical shift: the carbon next to the oxygen will usually have a shift of 3-4 ppm, while the carbon next to the carbonyl will usually have a shift of 2-3 ppm.
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Note: Esters are named from their parent carboxylic acid. For example, ethyl butanoate is derived from butanoic acid and propyl propanoate is derived from propanoic acid.
Part 4 (8 pts)
The eight spectra on the following pages represent mono, di, and trisubstituted aromatic compounds. An example of each type of disubstituted compounds is represented: ortho, meta, and para subsituted. The structures of the compounds which correspond to the eight spectra are drawn below.