Structure Elucidation from Spectroscopic Data in Organic Chemistry 

In learning organic chemistry spectroscopic methods play an important role in determine the exact chemical structure of a substance. In this screencast we will “put it all together” by analyzing data from infrared, mass spectrometry, and proton and carbon nuclear magnetic resonance. Crucial to this problem solving strategy is finding the degrees of unsaturation from the alkane general formula CnH2n+2. This, along with consideration of chemical shifts in the NMR, assists us in determining what types of functional groups are present or absent. All the while we use meta cognitive checks to ensure we are interpreting the data correctly and our chemical logic is sound.
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