Overview of Services at the Swain Library
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Chemistry 130
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Spectral Resources
Spectral Interpretation
Spectra reference sets are off limits to the class. Items below are available to
help you interpret spectra.
| Advantages: |
Draw structure and see predicted spectral diagram and companion chemical
shift table. Predictions will not exactly match results from lab. While
I-Lab is an excellent tool overall, predictions for amines and alcohols
are not accurate. |
| Location: |
Available via web site license |
| User Aids: |
ACD/ILab Cheatsheet (pdf) |
Feinstein/Guide to Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds
| Advantages: |
Excellent source that provides instructions on how to interpret spectra. |
| Location: |
On reserve in the Swain Library |
| Advantages: |
Tutorial to help you become proficient in interpreting spectral data. |
| Disadvantages: |
Runs only on Mac workstations that are connected to the campus network. |
| Location: |
Available via Residential Computing Server. Please read
Accessing Selected Macintosh Software via a Server
for instructions. |
Memory/NMR of Aromatic Compounds
| Advantages: |
Contains thorough tables of NMR shifting and coupling data for many
aromatics, especially aromatics containing nitrogen. Chapter 3, pgs. 42-43,
55-57, and Chapter 5, pgs. 147-154 are very useful. |
| Location: |
On reserve in the Swain Library |
Organic Chemist's Desk Reference
| Advantages: |
Chapter 17 titled “Spectroscopy” covers basic info on interpreting
spectra. |
| Location: |
On reserve in the Swain Library |
Pavia/Introduction to Spectroscopy (3rd Edition, 2001)
| Advantages: |
Required text for the course. |
| Location: |
On reserve in the Swain Library |
Silverstein/Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds
| Advantages: |
Great alternative spectroscopy text. Unlike Pavia, includes NMR data
for complex aromatics, heterocyclics, and hetero-aromatics. Pages
207-222 are especially helpful. |
| Location: |
On reserve in the Swain Library. |
Socrates/Infrared Characteristic Group Frequencies: Tables and Charts
| Advantages: |
Contains characteristic absorptions of functional groups over
the entire infrared region are given in tables as well as being
discussed and amplified in the text. |
| Location: |
On reserve in the Swain Library. |
Library Reference Materials
Spectral diagrams for compounds are first published in journal articles.
Some spectral diagrams are compiled in spectral “reference sets.” While
spectral reference sets are off limits to the class, it is okay to consult
journal articles that contain spectral diagrams.
| Advantages: |
Contains references to derivatives and key literature sources (Note: Aldrich
Spectral sets are off-limits to class) |
| Location: |
Available via web site license. Must download structure drawing plug-in. |
| User Aids: |
Handouts for Chemistry 130/132 |
| Advantages: |
Contains peak data for many compounds. Spectral peak data may not match with
what you got in the lab as the experimental conditions were not identical. If
you search spectral peaks in POC, for best results search only a few
significant peaks. |
| Location: |
Available via web site license. Must download structure drawing plug-in. |
| User Aids: |
Handouts for Chemistry 130 |
