Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy - Softcover

Harwood, Laurence M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198557558 ISBN 13: 9780198557555

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

Synopsis

This up-to-date account of key areas in modern organic spectroscopy describes the four major instrumental methods used routinely by organic chemists" ultra-violet/visible, infra-red, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectroscopy. It provides a concise introduction to the physical background of each, describing how molecules interact with electromagnetic radiation or how they fragment when excited sufficiently, and how this information may be applied to the determination of chemical structures. It also includes simple descriptions of instrumentation and emphasizes modern methodology throughout, such as the Fourier-transform approach to data analysis. Each chapter concludes with problems to test readers' understanding of organic spectroscopy.

About this title

About the Author

Laurence M. Harwood is at University of Reading. Timothy D.W. Claridge is at University of Oxford.

From the Back Cover

Modern spectroscopic techniques are now fundamental to the success of organic chemistry and it is essential that students and practitioners of this discipline have a sound understanding of these techniques. This book describes the four major instrumental methods used routinely by organic chemists; ultra-violet/visible, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. It includes a concise introduction to the physical background of each, describing how molecules interact with electromagnetic radiation (UV, IR, and NMR), or how they fragment when excited sufficiently, and how this information may be applied to the determination of chemical structures. It includes simple descriptions of instrumentation and the emphasis throughout is on modern methodology, such as the Fourier-transform approach to data analysis. Each chapter concludes with a problem section. This book will be useful to those new to modern organic spectroscopic analysis and as reference material in chemistry teaching laboratories.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198557558
• ISBN 13: 9780198557555
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96