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Spectroscopy laboratory · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Spectroscopy laboratory syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Sample preparation for spectroscopy
- Prepare IR, NMR, and UV-Vis samples correctly — Prepare IR, NMR, and UV-Vis samples correctly
- Choose solvents and concentrations — Choose solvents and concentrations
- Avoid contamination and saturation artifacts — Avoid contamination and saturation artifacts
- Reference and lock procedures (NMR) — Reference and lock procedures (NMR)
- Log instrument parameters — Log instrument parameters
Acquire and process spectra
- Collect IR/NMR/UV-Vis data — Collect IR/NMR/UV-Vis data
- Phase, baseline, and integrate appropriately — Phase, baseline, and integrate appropriately
- Recognize common artifacts — Recognize common artifacts
- Export and archive raw data — Export and archive raw data
- Compare instrument resolution settings — Compare instrument resolution settings
Spectral assignment
- Assign major IR bands and NMR signals — Assign major IR bands and NMR signals
- Use coupling and integration in 1H NMR — Use coupling and integration in 1H NMR
- Relate UV-Vis bands to chromophores — Relate UV-Vis bands to chromophores
- Cross-validate with multiple techniques — Cross-validate with multiple techniques
- Write assignment rationales, not just peak lists — Write assignment rationales, not just peak lists
Unknown identification
- Identify unknowns from a spectral packet — Identify unknowns from a spectral packet
- Propose structures consistent with all data — Propose structures consistent with all data
- Rule out alternatives explicitly — Rule out alternatives explicitly
- Quantify confidence and remaining ambiguity — Quantify confidence and remaining ambiguity
- Present an unknown defense short talk — Present an unknown defense short talk
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- Practice test
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