Standard syllabus
Spectroscopy · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Spectroscopy syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Electromagnetic radiation and interaction
- Electromagnetic spectrum: wavelength, frequency, energy — Electromagnetic spectrum: wavelength, frequency, energy
- Photon absorption, emission, and scattering processes — Photon absorption, emission, and scattering processes
- Beer–Lambert law and molar absorptivity — Beer–Lambert law and molar absorptivity
- Selection rules and transition probabilities — Selection rules and transition probabilities
- Einstein coefficients: absorption, spontaneous emission, stimulated e... — Einstein coefficients: absorption, spontaneous emission, stimulated emission
UV-Vis and electronic spectroscopy
- Electronic transitions: σ→σ*, n→π*, π→π* — Electronic transitions: σ→σ*, n→π*, π→π*
- Franck–Condon principle and vibronic structure — Franck–Condon principle and vibronic structure
- Solvatochromism and solvent effects — Solvatochromism and solvent effects
- Charge-transfer bands — Charge-transfer bands
- UV-Vis of inorganic complexes: d-d transitions — UV-Vis of inorganic complexes: d-d transitions
Vibrational spectroscopy
- Harmonic oscillator model for diatomics — Harmonic oscillator model for diatomics
- Anharmonicity and overtone bands — Anharmonicity and overtone bands
- Normal modes in polyatomic molecules — Normal modes in polyatomic molecules
- IR selection rules and group frequencies — IR selection rules and group frequencies
- FTIR instrumentation and sample techniques (KBr pellets, ATR) — FTIR instrumentation and sample techniques (KBr pellets, ATR)
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Nuclear spin and magnetic moments — Nuclear spin and magnetic moments
- ¹H NMR: chemical shift, integration, coupling — ¹H NMR: chemical shift, integration, coupling
- Spin-spin splitting: first-order analysis — Spin-spin splitting: first-order analysis
- ¹³C NMR and DEPT editing — ¹³C NMR and DEPT editing
- 2D NMR: COSY, HSQC, HMBC (introduction) — 2D NMR: COSY, HSQC, HMBC (introduction)
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- Electromagnetic radiation and interaction
Electromagnetic spectrum: wavelength, frequency, energy
Coming soon - UV-Vis and electronic spectroscopy
Electronic transitions: σ→σ*, n→π*, π→π*
Coming soon - Vibrational spectroscopy
Harmonic oscillator model for diatomics
Coming soon - Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Nuclear spin and magnetic moments
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