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Chapter 29 - Chromatography and Spectroscopy Flashcards

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Why is chromatography used ?

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It is used to separate individual components from a mixture of substances

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What are the two phases involved in chromatography ?

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  • Stationary phase
  • Mobile phase
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What is the stationary phase ?

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It does not move and is normally a solid or a liquid that is supported on a solid

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What is the mobile phase ?

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It does move and is normally a liquid or a gas

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Where can chromatography be used ?

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Can be used in the analysis of drugs, plastics, flavourings, air samples and in forensic sciences

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What is TLC ?

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It is a quick and inexpensive analytical technique that indicates how many components there are in a mixture

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What does TLC use ?

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It uses a TLC plate which is usually a plastic sheet or glass, coated with a thin layer of a solid adsorbent substance

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In TLC what is normally the adsorbent substance ?

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Silica

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In TLC what is the stationary phase ?

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The adsorbent substance is normally the stationary phase

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What is adsorption ?

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It is the process by which the solid silica holds the different substances in the mixture to its surface

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How is separation achieved in TLC ?

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  • By the relative adsorptions of substances with the stationary phase
  • Each component in the mixture has different affinities for the absorbent and binds with differing strengths to its surface
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How are Thin Layer Chromatograms analysed ?

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By calculating the value for the retention factor for each component

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What is the Rf value ?

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Distance moved by the component / distance moved by the solvent front

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How can we know what a substance is given we know its experimental Rf value ?

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  • Comparing the Rf values with known values recorded using the same solvent fronts
  • By running a TLC sample of the pure compound and comparing them to see what is visible
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When is a gas chromatogram useful ?

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When separating and identifying volatile organic compounds present in a mixture

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What is the stationary phase in gas chromatography ?

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High boiling point liquid absorbed onto an inert solid support

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What is the mobile phase in gas chromatography ?

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Inert carrier gas such as helium or neon

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What happens in gas chromatography ?

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  • A small amount of the volatile mixture is injected into the apparatus
  • The mobile carrier gas carries the components in the sample through the capillary column which contains the liquid stationary phase
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Why do components slow down in gas chromatography ?

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They slow down as they interact with the liquid stationary phase inside the column

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What is the relationship between the solubility of the component and how quick it moves ?

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The more soluble the component is in the liquid stationary phase, the slower it moves through the capillary column

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What are the components separated depending on ?

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Their solubility in the liquid stationary phase

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What is retention time ?

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The time taken for each component to travel through the column

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What is each component displayed as on a gas chromatogram ?

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As a peak

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What info can be obtained from a gas chromatogram ?

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  • Identify the component present by comparing the retention time to known times
  • Peak integrations can be used to determine the concentrations of the component in the sample
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What is the test for alkenes ?

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  • Add bromine water drop wise
  • Bromine water decolourises from orange to colourless
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What is the test for haloalkanes ?

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  • Add AgNO3 and ethanol and warm to 50 degrees
  • White, cream and yellow precipitates (Cl, Br, I)
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What is the test for carbonyls ?

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  • Add 2,4-DNP
  • Should see an orange precipitate
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What is the test for aldehydes ?

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  • Add tollens reagent and warm
  • Silver mirror should be seen
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What is the test for primary and secondary alcohols ?

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  • Add acidified potassium dichromate and warm in a water bath
  • Colour change from orange to green
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What is the test for carboxylic acids ?

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  • Add aqueous sodium carbonate
  • Should see effervescence
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What is the test for carboxylic acids ?

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  • Add aqueous sodium carbonate
  • Should see effervescence
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What does NMR spectroscopy use a combination of ?

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A very strong magnetic field and radio frequency radiation

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How can the energy of absorption be measured ?

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Using a NMR spectrum

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What is nuclear spin ?

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The spin on the nucleus, just like how electrons have spin

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When is nuclear spin significant ?

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When there is an odd number of nucleons

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36
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What compounds is NMR relevant for ?

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  • H-1
  • C-13
37
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What can NMR spectroscopy be used for ?

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To detect isotopes of other elements with odd numbers of nucleons

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What is proton NMR ?

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Refers to the NMR of H-1 as it is just one single proton in the nucleus

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How many spin states does the nucleus have ?

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Two spin states

40
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What do the different spin states of the nucleus have ?

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They have different energies

41
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How can the nucleus absorb energy ?

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With the right combination of a strong magnetic field and radio frequency radiation

42
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What happens when the nucleus absorbs energy ?

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It rapidly flips between the two spin states

43
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What is resonance ?

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When the nucleus flips between its two spin states

44
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Give an example of where NMR is used every day

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MRI scans in hospitals

45
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What do the electrons surrounding the nucleus do ?

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They shift the energy and radio frequency needed for NMR to take place

46
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What does chemical shift refer to ?

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It refers to the frequency shift that takes place due to electrons surrounding the nucleus

47
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What is TMS ?

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  • Tetramethylsilane
  • It is used as the standard reference chemical against which all chemical shifts are measured
48
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What is the chemical shift value of TMS ?

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Has a chemical shift value of 0

49
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What is the amount of chemical shift determined by ?

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  • The chemical environment
  • Especially the presence of nearby electronegative atoms
50
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What can a different chemical environment lead to ?

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It can lead to NMR requiring a different energy and frequency, producing absorption peaks at chemical shifts

51
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How is NMR spectroscopy more convenient ?

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It allows for the molecule to be mapped without needing to carry out conventional chemical tests and destroying the compound

52
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In NMR, what happens to the sample ?

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The sample is dissolved in a solvent and placed in a narrow NMR sample tube, together with a small amount of TMS

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What happens to the tube in NMR ?

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It is spun to even out any imperfections in the magnetic field within the sample

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What happens in NMR once the spec is zeroed against TMS ?

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It is given a pulse of radiation containing a range of radio frequencies, whilst maintaining a constant magnetic field

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How are absorptions shown in NMR ?

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They are displayed on a computer screen

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How can you recover the sample after NMR ?

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Evaporate the solvent

57
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What is a deuterated solvent ?

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A solvent that involves deuterium H-2

58
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Why are deuterated solvents used ?

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This is because they produce no NMR signal in the frequency ranges used in H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy

59
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What does a C-13 NMR spectrum provide about a molecule?

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  • The number of different carbon environments - from the peaks
  • The types of carbon environment present - from the chemical shift
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What are 4 main types of carbon atoms that absorb over different chemical shift ranges ?

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  • Carbon bonded to carbon
  • Carbon bonded to an electronegative atom
  • Carbon as part of a double bond or an aromatic ring
  • Carbon as part of C=O
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When can chemical shifts be outside the normal ranges ?

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Depending on the solvent, concentration and substituents

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What is the chemical environment of a carbon atom determined by ?

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It is determined by the position of the atom within the molecule

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What is necessary for carbon atoms to have different environments ?

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They must be bonded to different atoms or groups of atoms

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What do carbon atoms that have different environments also do ?

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They will absorb at different chemical shifts

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What are two carbons that are positioned symmetrically like ?

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  • They are equivalent and have the same chemical environment
  • They absorb radiation at the same chemical shift and contribute to the same peak
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What information does a proton NMR spec provide us with ?

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  • The number of different proton environments (no of peaks)
  • The types of proton environments present (chemical shift)
  • Relative numbers of each type of proton (integration traces of the relative peak areas)
  • Number of non-equivalent protons adjacent to a given proton (spin-spin coupling)
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When can the chemical shift values differ in proton NMR ?

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If the solvent, concentration and substituents are different

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What does it mean when it says carbon atoms are equivalent ?

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The carbon atoms in the same chemical environment absorb at the same chemical shift value

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What will protons do if they are equivalent ?

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They will absorb at the same chemical shift, increasing the size of the peak

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What does it mean when it says that protons are non-equivalent ?

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  • When protons have different chemical environments
  • They therefore absorb at different chemical shifts
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What does the peak area show in proton NMR ?

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The relative areas under each peak gives the ratio of the number of protons responsible for each peak

72
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What is the integration trace ?

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The area under each peak

73
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How is the integration trace shown ?

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  • As an extra line on the spectrum
  • As a printed number of the relative peak areas
74
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What is spin-spin coupling ?

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The splitting of a main peak into sub-peaks

75
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What is the n+1 rule ?

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The number of sub peaks is one greater than the number of adjacent protons causing the splitting

76
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What can you tell from the spin spin splitting ?

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You are seeing the number of hydrogen atoms on the immediately adjacent carbon atom

77
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What is a singlet ?

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  • Relative peak area is 1
  • Single spike
  • No H on adjacent atoms
78
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What is a doublet ?

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  • Relative peak areas are 1:1
  • Two spikes
  • Adjacent CH
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What is a triplet ?

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  • Relative peak areas are 1:2:1
  • Three spikes, middle one twice as large as outer two
  • Adjacent CH2
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What is a quartet ?

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  • Relative peak areas are 1:3:3:1
  • 4 spikes, middle two are three times as large as outer two
  • Adjacent CH3
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What is a heptet ?

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  • CH(CH3)2
  • Seven spikes
82
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What is the chemical shift like for OH and NH groups ?

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They may be involved in hydrogen bonding so their NMR peaks are often broad and of variable chemical shift

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What does the broadening of the OH and NH groups mean ?

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It means that OH and NH protons are not usually involved in spin-spin coupling

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What is proton exchange ?

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It is a technique that has been devised to identify OH and NH protons

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How is proton exchange carried out ?

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  • A proton NMR spectrum is run as normal
  • A small volume of D2O is added, the mixture is shaken and a second spectrum is run
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What is the role of D2O in proton exchange ?

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It exchanges and replaces the OH and NH protons in the sample with deuterium atoms

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Does D2O appear on the spectrum ?

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No it does not

88
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What does the disappearance of D2O on the spectrum also mean ?

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OH and NH do not appear on the spectrum

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