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Organic Spectroscopy-A Capstone Experience

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Jan M. Fleischer

Department of Chemistry, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718

J. Chem. Educ., 2002, 79 (10), p 1247

DOI: 10.1021/ed079p1247

Publication Date (Web): October 1, 2002

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

This experiment illustrates how an unknown compound can be systematically identified from a large number of possible isomers by employing infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The experiment is designed to force students to make decisions based on their infrared spectrum before obtaining a mass spectrum of their compound. The systematic approach allows the student to obtain as much information as possible from each of these spectroscopic methods in order to determine the structure of their unknown.

Keywords (Audience):

Second-Year Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Laboratory Instruction

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

IR Spectroscopy

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