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Readings

All reading assignments are from the following textbook:

Crews, Phillip, Jaime Rodríguez, and Marcel Jaspars. Organic Structure Analysis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0195101022.

LEC # TOPICS READINGS
1 Molecular Formula and Index of Hydrogen Deficiency (EA and MS) Ch. 1
2 Molecular Formula and Index of Hydrogen Deficiency (EA and MS) (cont.) Ch. 6.1-4
3 Functional Groups (IR, MS Fragmentation) Ch. 6.5-8, Ch. 8
4 Functional Groups (13C NMR) Ch. 2
5 Connectivity (1H NMR): J Coupling Ch. 4.1-7
6 Connectivity (1H NMR): The Chemical Shift; MS Fragmentation Ch. 3
7 Structure Determination (Examples)
8 Structure Determination (Examples) (cont.)
Exam 1
9 1D Decoupling: 1H-1H, DEPT/APT/INEPT Ch. 4.8, 5.1-3 (See also Ch. 4.8, 4.10)
10 2D Decoupling: HMQC, HMBC, HSQC, INADEQUATE Ch. 5.4-9
11 nOe, NOESY, ROESY Ch. 4.9, 5.4-9 (See also Ch. 2.6)
12 Other Nuclei (NMR); MS: EI, CI, FAB, Negative Ion Modes, MALDI Ch. 2.2, 7.1-4
13 MS: GCMS, LCMS (APCI, Electrospray),(MS)n Ch. 7.5-8
14 Determination of Configuration (X-ray, CD, Derivitization) Ch. 9
15 Structure Determination, Examples Ch. 10 and 11
16 Determination of E.e. ([α]D, Shift Reagents, Chromatography)
Exam 2