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KOK032 KOK032 Applied organic molecular spectroscopy lp1 HT21 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Contact details

Teaching format: All the lectures and (lab) tutorials are currently planned in person

Time: Thursday 13:15-17:00 or Friday 13:15-15:00

Location: lecture room KS41 or labs for practical tour on IR, Raman and NMR

Starting date: September 2ed, 2021

Course credits: 7.5 credits

Examiner: Xiaoyan Zhang, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, xiaoyan.zhang@chalmers.se

Lecturers: Xiaoyan Zhang (XZ), Gunnar Westman (GW)

Tutorials: Flavia Ferrara (FF), August Runemark (AR)

Lab tour: XZ/FF/GW/AR

Course purpose

The overall aim of the course is to provide students an overview of the basic knowledge on organic molecular spectroscopy, and an understanding on how spectroscopic experiments can lead to the confirmation of known molecules and elucidation of shape and structure of unknown compounds of high complexity with a high degree of certainly.

Schedule

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Course literature

Book (Introduction to Spectroscopy 5th Edition by Lampman, Pavia, Kriz and Vyvyan), lecture notes, literature, handouts

Course design

Lecturers

Tutorials

Lab tour

Short essay

Team project presentation

Changes made since the last occasion

A summary of changes made since the last occasion.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

After completion of the course the students should be able to:

  • Use and describe how the spectroscopic techniques work, including MS, IR, Raman, and NMR.
  • Describe different NMR-techniques, understand the relationship between Raman spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy, know different ionization techniques and separations method of ions in mass spectrometry.
  • Explain how frequencies relate to molecular structures and vice versa.
  • Apply your knowledge in structure elucidation of unknown samples.
  • Document and present structure data for known and unknown compounds.
  • Select and describe experimental methods, to explain how structural information can be obtained.

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

A compulsory written report (2-4 pages, your own chosen topic on Mass, IR, Raman, NMR), team project presentation (structure assignments), final written exam

Course summary:

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