Structure Determination of Organic Compounds, w. CD-ROM

Summary of the Contents:
- Introduction
- Summary Tables
- Combination Tables
- 13C NMR Spectroscopy
- 1H NMR Spectroscopy
- IR Spectroscopy
- Mass Spectrometry
- UV/Vis Spectroscopy

The book begins with correlation tables for H and C NMR, IR, UV, and MS. The mass spectrometry sections includes common fragments, absolute masses, isotopes and isotope patterns of all the natural elements and halogen combinations. The next section contains combinations. The next section contains combination tables, based on functional group, which list the characteristic spectral values for each spectral method, with useful comments. This section would be a very valuable introduction for beginning students. The book comes with a CD which has programs for molecular drawing, all structures possible for a given formula, and estimation of H and C NMR chemical shifts, limited to 15 heavy atoms. R. Gary Amiet, Dept. of Appl. Chemistry, RMIT University Chemistry in Australia, Magazine of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2001, Vol. 68, Issue 5, p. 36 This book is intended as a short textbook and a hands-on guide for interpreting experimental spectral data and elucidating the chemical structure of the compound behind it. This is the third, and completely revised, edition of the book whose earlier editions were highly successful. The new edition follows the same basic concepts as earlier editions, in that it provides a representative set of reference data for the interpretation of C NMR, H NMR, IR, mass and UV/Vis spectra. The amount of reference data has been doubled (especially for MS and IR) and the order and selection of data for the various spectroscopic methods is now arranged strictly in the same way. The CD-ROM supplied with the book contains programs for estimating NMR chemical shifts and generating isomers based on structural information. An extensive hypertext-based tutorial describes the main features of the programs. The book should be considered as a supplement to textbooks and reference words dealing with the particular spectroscopic techniques which generate the data included in the book.