Chapter 4 - Experimental techniques Flashcards
Analyte
The component being analyzed in a system.
Recrystallization
A purification step involving the dissolution and crystallization of a solid from a solvent or solvent mixture.
Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS)
The quantitative determination of a metal carried out by observing the diagnostic absorption spectrum of gaseous atoms of the metal.
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
In TGA, the change in mass of a sample is monitored as the sample is heated.
Solvate
A compound formed by the interaction of a solute with a solvent.
Fast atom bombardment (FAB)
Ions are produced by bombarding the sample (neutral molecules or ionic salts) with high energy xenon or argon atoms. It is a soft technique.
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF)
A UV laser is used to generate atoms, M, of the sample, and [M+H]+ or [M+Na]+ ions are typically detected. It is a soft technique.
IR and Raman spectroscopies are concerned with
transitions between vibrational energy levels.
For a vibrational mode to be IR active, it must
give rise to a change in dipole moment.
For a vibrational mode to be Raman active, it must
give rise to a change in polarizability.
Zero point energy
corresponds to the energy of a molecule’s lowest vibrational level (vibrational ground state).
Simple harmonic oscillator equation
Ev = (v + 1/2)hv (the last v is nu, frequency)
first v = energy level
The vibrational frequency of the bond XY depends on
the masses of X and Y, and the force constant, k.
Wavenumber equation for IR spectra
wavenumber = 1/(2pi(c)) sqrt(k/u) c = speed of light k = force constant u = reduced mass (mu)
IR region
Far IR = 20 cm-1
Near IR = 14000 cm-1
Mid IR = 400-4000 cm-1
Rayleigh scattering
When radiation of a frequency, v0, falls on a vibrating molecule, most of the radiation is scattered without a change in frequency.
Electronic spectroscopy
is concerned with transitions of electrons between energy levels and covers both absorption and emission spectroscopies.
Electronic spectra arise from
transitions of electrons between energy levels.
Transitions from lower to higher energy levels produce
absorption spectra.
Transitions from higher to lower energy levels produce
emission spectra.
Franck-Condon approximation
states that electron transitions are very much faster than nuclear motion; thus, an electronic transition occurs without any significant change in the positions of the nuclei in a molecule giving rise to a so-called ‘vertical transition.’
A UV-VIS spectrophotometer typically records absorption spectra in the ________ range.
200-800 nm
Transmittance (T)
the ratio of the intensity of the transmitted radiation (I) to that of the incident radiation (I0).
Absorbance equation
A = -logT = -log(I/I0)