Infrared Spectroscopy
Analytical Chemistry • Chromatography (Separations) • Mass Spectrometry • Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy • X-ray Crystallography (visual solid state molecular structure)
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy What insights are we hoping to gain? • Presence/Absence of Functional Groups
Molecular Vibrations
The functional group region The fingerprint region
Carbon-Hydrogen (C–H) Bonds
Heteroatom-Hydrogen (X–H) Bonds
Other Single Bonds
Carbon-Carbon Bonds
Double Bonds
Carbonyl Stretching Frequencies
Effect of Conjugation
Some Examples: Ethyl Benzene
Some Examples: Molecular Ion = 84
Some Examples: 2-Methyl-1-Pentene
Some Examples: Molecular Ion = 106
Some Examples: Benzaldehyde
Some Examples: Molecular Ion = 56
Some Examples: Propargyl Alcohol
Some Examples: Molecular Ion = 148
Some Examples: 1-Phenylbutan-2-one