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Spectroscopic Method in Organic Chemistry is a well established introductory guide to the interpretation of ultraviolet, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra of organic compounds. It can be used as a textbook for a first course in the application of these techniques to structure determination, as well as a handbook for synthetic organic chemists. Updates to the new edition are as follows: Structure: The same structure will be retained in this new edition. There will be five chapters – UV, IR, NMR and MS, followed by examples and problems. New edition content: The first four chapters have been completely rewritten to reflect changes that have taken place since the current edition published. Key changes include: • Coverage of UV and IR Spectra is more concise. • Coverage of NMR has been expanded. • Coverage of MS has been made more relevant to the everyday application of this technique. • IR Chapter has been restructured so that the spectra are displayed where they are being discussed, rather than at the end of the chapter. • Examples. All 60 MHz spectra have been replaced with new examples at 400 MHz or more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43175 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

From the Publisher
Includes more worked examples and problems for the structure determination of organic molecules
Provides a point of reference for the interpretation of IR, UV, NMR, and mass spectra

From the Back Cover
Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry, Sixth Edition, is a well established introductory guide to the interpretation of the ultraviolet, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra of organic compounds. Designed for students of organic chemistry taking a first course in the application of these techniques to structure determination, the text has long been regarded as the definitive handbook for organic chemists to keep on their desks throughout their career. Fully revised an updated throughout, the sixth edition has been almost completely rewritten, to reflect the authors’ experience teaching the subject, and to respond to changes that have taken place, both of emphasis and of fact, since the fifth edition was published. The new edition features: • all of the 60 MHz spectra used to explain the fundamentals of NMR spectroscopy have replaced with new and carefully chosen examples at 400 MHz or more • several new compounds have been chosen to illustrate the common 2D NMR techniques • The chapter on NMR is expanded to reflect new developments. Chapters on UV and IR spectra are more concise, and the chapter on MS made more specific to the everyday, rather than to the more specialised, applications of this technique. • The appearance of IR absorptions, formerly gathered at the end of the chapter, are now illustrated at the relevant points in the text. Tables of IR data in line with the arrangement used for the NMR and MS chapters. Dudley Williams, Professor of Biological Chemistry (now Emeritus) followed an academic career at Churchill College, Cambridge, and in the Department of Chemistry. His has an illustrious international research record in proton nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry. Ian Fleming pursued his study and research at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he attained the position of Professor of Organic Chemistry (now Emeritus). Through his research in the UK, US and Canada, he is recognised for his ground-breaking work on the application of organosilicon chemistry to solving problems of regiocontrol and stereocontrol in organic synthesis.

Customer Reviews

The best undergraduate book for spectroscopy.
The aim of this book is to explain different methods of spectroscopy, from how they work to how to read the spectra. It goes through IR, H and C NMR, UV and so on. Many consider this to be the best book on spectroscopy and it has earned itself quite a reputation. It's also useful for postgraduates because it's more than just a teaching aid; it has many tables inside outlining where you might find that IR peak for a particular functional group or what the chemical shift of something is. On the other hand, if you want a reference text and that's all then there are probably better books than this. I gave this book 4 stars and not 5 mainly because it lies somewhere between a teaching aid and a reference text and despite it being very useful and worth getting, it excells at neither. I'd recommend it.