Spectroscopy Flashcards
Absorption
Electron is excited to a high-energy orbital (HOMO to LUMO)
Emission
Electron relaxes back to a lower-energy orbital (LUMO to HOMO)
UV-Vis Spec is good to visualize _____?
Pi Electrons. Will promote an electron on a pi-bonding orbital to a pi antibonding orbital.
Spectroscopy
The interaction between light and matter
IR Spectroscopy induces _?
Symmetric and asymmetric stretching and bending of bonds
What bond is seen at 2840-3000cm^-1?
saturated C-H on alkane
What bond is seen at 3200-3650cm^-1
broad and rounded O-H stretch
What bond is seen at 1630-1780 cm^-1
C=O stretch (narrow and pointed)
On IR Spectrum, what does the x-axis and y-axis display?
X-axis - wavenumber
Y-axis - transmittance
In HNMR looks at?
Chemical shift
Integration
Splitting Patterns
What is the reference peak on NMR spetra?
Tetramethylsilane (TMS) at 0 ppm.
What happens if a proton is close to an electronegative atom?
It will have its electron density withdrawn or deshielded. Peak will be futher downfield (to the left)
Integration values
Relative to a reference peak
The higher the peak, the more chemically equivalent protons.
When evaluating splitting patterns
Neighboring protons will create singlets, doublets, and so on. Each resonance is split into (n +1) peaks n = # of neighboring protons.
Shifts for benzene rings in HNMR
Will be jumbled together usually seen between 7-8ppm.