The interpretation of data generated from instrumentation allows organic chemists to assign possible structures to new molecules or to identify existing materials. The data provided by instruments is usually in the form of graphs called spectra. To interpret spectra, a chemist must have some knowledge of the phenomena occurring within a molecule when varying amounts of energy are added to the molecule. The source of the added energy can come from interacting with high-energy electrons (mass spectroscopy), radio waves (nuclear magnetic spectroscopy), light energy (ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy), and heat energy (infrared spectroscopy).
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- Preparations: Alkyl Halides
- Preparations: Phenols
- Preparations: Aryl Halides
- Preparations: Ethers
- Preparations: Alcohols
- Preparations: Aldehydes
- Preparations: Ketones
- Preparations: Carboxylic Acids
- Preparations: Halo Acids, α‐Hydroxy Acids, and α, β‐Unsaturated Acids
- Preparations: Amines
- Reactions: Aromatic Compounds
- Reactions: Alkyl Halides
- Reactions: Phenols
- Reactions: Aryl Halides
- Reactions: Ethers
- Reactions: Alcohols
- Reactions: Aldehydes and Ketones
- Reactions: Carboxylic Acids
- Reactions: Esters
- Reactions: Acyl Halides
- Reactions: Anhydrides
- Reactions: Amines
- Introduction to Aromatic Compounds
- Benzene
- Hückel's Rule
- Other Aromatic Compounds
- Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds
- Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions
- The Birch Reduction of Benzene
- Friedel‐Crafts Alkylation Reaction
- Friedel‐Crafts Acylation Reaction
- Directing Group Influence
- Theory of Substitution Effects
- Introduction to Alkyl Halides
- Nucleus and Nucleophiles
- Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
- Leaving Group
- Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: Mechanisms
- SN1 versus SN2 Reactions
- Elimination Reactions
- Mechanism of Elimination Reactions
- Grignard Reaction
- Preparation of Alkyl Halides
- Phenols
- Synthesis of Phenols
- Reactions of Phenolic Hydrogen
- Reactions of Phenolic Benzene Rings
- Aryl Halides
- Synthesis of Aryl Halides
- Reactions of Aryl Halides
- Introduction to Carboxylic Acids
- Preparation of Carboxylic Acids
- Reactions of Carboxylic Acids
- Reduction of Carboxylic Acids
- Introduction: Spectroscopy and Structure
- Mass Spectra
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectra
- Ultraviolet and Visible Spectra
- Infrared Spectra
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Spectroscopy and Structure
