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Organic Chemistry Lab Infrared Spectroscopy, Part I
Spectroscopy uses radiation (in this case, infrared light) to excite a molecule to learn about its properties. Photons at a precise wavelength will be absorbed by certain functional groups, causing a vibration in the molecule through stretching, compressing, or bending a bond or group of bonds. These motions must be polar—they must change the dipole of the molecule—to be visible in IR. Most spectra have a “fingerprint region” at low energy with many overlapping signals that usually requires a computer to process. This lecture includes the IR spectrums of an alkane (pentane), an alkeen (1-Pentene), an alkyne (1-pentyne), an aromatic compound (methylbenzene), substituted aromatic compounds (1,2-, 1,3-, and 1,4-dimethylbenzene), an alcohol (1-pentanol), amines (1-butanamine, diethylamine, and triethylamine), a ketone (2-butanone), an aldehyde (pentanal), an ester (butyl propanoate), and a carboxylic acid (butanoic acid). It also provides a correlation chart for further IR problems with several standard IR peaks as well as several example problems.
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Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:30 PM
Post by Maryam Fayyazi on February 6, 2020
Hi, is there a way to distinguish between an alkane and tertiary amine IR?
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Fri Jun 5, 2015 1:18 AM
Post by Lyngage Tan on June 4, 2015
hi dr starkey at 28:37 are peaks 1932 and 1853 Ar ripples?
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Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:53 AM
Post by Sammy Hajomar on February 26, 2015
Why can't I fast forward to a section I want to in the video?
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Sat Nov 1, 2014 11:29 PM
Post by Brijae Chavarria on November 1, 2014
Hello, I'm not sure if it's just my computer, but sometimes when I download the lectures, certain slides are missing. In this lecture specifically, the IR Spectrum of alkenes is missing. Any input? Thanks.
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Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:51 AM
Post by Suceti Martinez on October 23, 2014
I can't see the video. it says network error
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Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:55 PM
Post by Kara Harris on September 21, 2014
Are there print-outs for your all of your lectures? It would be so much easier to follow along if I had the spectrums in front of me. Thank you.
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Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:12 PM
Post by xyla williams on February 18, 2014
FYI - in the IR section (part 1), the lecture slide labeled 1-pentene, pulls up the pentane spectrum
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Tue Feb 4, 2014 8:55 PM
Post by Caroline Hubbard on February 2, 2014
In example 7, would you also include the C single bonded to the O of the OH group at 1250-1350?
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:58 AM
Post by Kristine Penalosa on September 25, 2013
Is anyone having trouble opening the exercise files?
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:55 PM
Post by Ryan Rod on February 18, 2013
how about ethers and amide? or in general other compounds with carbonyls??
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Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:27 PM
Post by Matthew Wonchala on February 16, 2013
During the IR example of 2-butanone, did you mislabel a ketone and carbonyl? I was under the understanding that a ketone was simply a C double bonded to an O, and that a carbonyl was when another C bond was present. I sounded like you explained that backwards though.
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Post by Marina Bossi on December 12, 2012
(that is, if it fits into both of those areas)
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Post by christopher coppins on December 7, 2011
hello professor Starkey, your by far one of the best techers ive seen that teaches a chemistry lecture hands down. You are getting me through organic 1 an organic 2,so i just wanted to thankyou for that. My question to is, im a pre med bio/chemistry major an i have to take analytical chemistry as well as physical chemistry soon an i need lectures that cover those topics, so i wanted to know do you or do you know where i can find lectures like your's are but in the topics i need? thanks in advance...
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Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:10 AM
Post by Clint Khemkhajon on November 6, 2011
You saved me!