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Spectroscopy

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Spectroscopy

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measures the energy difference between possible states of a system by looking at absorbed electromagnetic radiation

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Infrared Spectroscopy

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measures molecular vibrations visualized as bond stretching, bending infrared light is passed through a sample and the absorbance is measured

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Infrared Light Range

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700nm - 1 mm useful absorptions are from 2500-25000

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4 Types of Vibration

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1) symmetric Bend 2) asymmetric bend 3) Symmetric Stretch 4) Asymmeric stretch

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Fingerprint Region

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1500 - 400 cm^-1 range specific absorbance pattern is characteristic of each individual molecule

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For an absorption to be recorded, the ____ must result in a change in the ________. Therefore, molecules that are _____ or have atoms with _____ do not exhibit absorption/change in dipole moment

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vibration bond dipole moment symmetrical identical electronegativities

#7
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Hydroxyl Group (OH)

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broad wide peak at: 3300 for alcohls 3000 for carboxylic acids as the carbonyl pulls some electron density from OH bond shifting absorption to lower wavenumber

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Carbonyl Group (C=O)

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1700 sharp peak

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Bond between any atom and hydrogen is relatively ____ and as we add more bonds between carbon atoms, the absorption frequency ____

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high increases

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Amines (N-H)

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3100-3500 sharp peak instead of broad

#11
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Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

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obtained by passing ultraviolet light through a sample dissolved in inert, nonabsorbing solvent and absorbance is recorded and plotted against wavelength absorbance is caused by electronic transitions between orbitals most important info we get is wavelength of maximum absorbance which tells us extent of conjugation within conjugated systems.

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UV Q: The more _____ the compound, the ____ the energy of the transition and the _____ the wavelength of maximum absorbance.

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conjugated lower higher

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UV spectroscopy works because molecules with ________ or ______ can be excited by ultaviolet light to ________ antibonding orbitals.

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pi electrons nonbonding electrons higher energy

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HOMO

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highest occupied molecular orbital

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LUMO

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lowest unoccupied molecular orbital

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Molecules with a lower energy gap between ____ and _____ are more easily excited and can absorb longer wavelengths/_____ frequencies with lower energy.

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HOMO LUMO lower

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Conjugated Molecules

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unhybridized p orbitals can be excited by ultraviolet light and shifts absorption spectrum to higher wavelengths and lower frequencies larger conjugated molecules can lead to color by absorbing light to visible range

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

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based off the fact that certain atomic nuclei have magnetic moments oriented at random, in magnetic field the moments alight agaist or with the applied field

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Alpha State

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nuceli with magnetic moments aligned with the field (said to be in lower energy state)

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Beta State

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nuceli being irradiated with radiofrequency that match the energy gap between two states and excited lower energy nuclei into B state (higher energy)

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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noninvasive diagnostic tool that uses proton NMR multiple cross sectional scans of body are taken and various chemical shiftts of absorbing protons are translated into shades of grey dark area tends to water, light area is fatty tissue comparison with normal MRI then allows to detect abnormalities in scanned region

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NMR spectrum

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frequency vs absorption chemical shift (delta) in ppm is the frequency

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The chemical shift in NMR is plotted on the _______ and it increases toward the left which is refered to as ______

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x axis downstream

#24
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Tetramethylsilane (TMS)

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a calibration standard to mark 0 ppm and does not count as a peak to see how downfield compounds are