Organic structure determination

Lectures: 3 sessions / week, 1 hour / session

The following outline illustrates the major topics covered in the determination of organic structures.

5.43 (Advanced Organic Chemistry) or permission of instructor.

Silverstein, R. M., F. X. Webster, and D. J. Kiemle. Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005. ISBN: 9780471393627.

Pretsch, E., P. Bühlmann, and C. Affolter. Structure Determination of Organic Compounds: Tables of Spectral Data. Berlin; New York: Springer, 2000. ISBN: 9783540678151.

Problem sets will be assigned each time the class meets and will be due the following lecture.

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