Organic Spectroscopy

This introduction to the application of spectroscopic techniques in organic chemistry presupposes very little foreknowledge in the reader and begins at a level suitable for the early student. The main body of each chapter is supplemented by work on more recondite and recent work in the field.;Chapter 1 takes a look at the electromagnetic spectrum and introduces the unifying relationship between energy and the main absorption techniques.;The next four chapters deal with the four mainstream spectroscopic methods - methods which together have completely altered the face of organic chemistry in little over a decade and a half. Most students will use infra-red spectroscopy first and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will follow. Electronic spectroscopy is more limited in scope and mass spectroscopy is the most recent and in general the most expensive. The final chapter provides both worked and problem examples in the application of these techniques both singly and jointly.;An ELBS/LPBB edition is available