CHEM 340 Organic Spectroscopy

GENERAL INFORMATION

Spring 2006

 

Instructor: Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti

Office: Owens 462

Phone: (651) 962-5582

Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:00 PM and by appointment

Website: http://chem.stthomas.edu/pages/ippoliti.php

 

Required Text

 

                        "Introduction to Spectroscopy" 3rd Ed. by Pavia, Lampman, and Kriz

 

Policies

 

Attendance:   There will only be two classes per week.  Almost all the classes will be on                                       Monday  and Wednesday, however, exams, problem sessions or some                                             lectures may be given on Friday.

 

Students are expected to attend all lectures.  There will be material covered which is not in your texts.  You will be responsible for this material so it should be clear why regular attendance is important.

Excessive absences will be noted and subsequently be reported to Academic Counseling.  If you are ill for more than a day, you should use official channels (call Counseling) to see that all of your instructors are informed.

 

Working  Together On Homework is generally allowed except in specific cases (the formal problem sets) to be handed in for a grade

                       

Exams:           Students must notify me in advance if they can not make an exam, failure to do so               could result in a zero score for the exam.

                        There will be three exams and a final.   All exams will be open book and open                                  notes.

 

Course Grade:           Problem Sets: 400 pts

                                    Hour Exams: 300 pts

                                    Final: 100 pts

 

 

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION:  To request disability accommodations, please contact the office of disability services.  After initial arrangements are made with that office,

contact the instructor.

 

 

 

 

Additional Useful Texts:

These texts are recommended resources for anyone who is interested in                                           Graduate School in Chemistry, Biology or Biochemistry.

 

 

(1)       Spectroscopic Identification of Organic Compounds, sixth edition by R. M. Silverstein, F. X. Webster, Wiley, 1998.

 

(2)       Basic One- and Two-dimensional NMR Spectroscopy, second edition by H. Friebolin, VCH, 1993.

 

(3)       NMR Spectroscopy, second edition by H. Gunther, Wiley, 1995.

 

(4)       High-Resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry by T. D. W. Claridge, Pergamon, 1987.

 

(5)       Structure Elucidation by NMR in Organic Chemistry.  A Practical Guide by E. Breitmaier, Wiley, 1993.

 

(6)       Organic Structural Spectroscopy by J. B. Lambert, H. F. Shurvell, D. A. Lightner, and R.

G. Cooks, Prentice-Hall, 1998.

 

(7)       Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry, fourth edition by D. H. Williams, I. Fleming, McGraw-Hill, 1989.

 

(8)       Practical Organic Mass Spectrometry by J. R. Chapman, Wiley, 1985.

 

(9)       Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy, second edition by K. Nakanishi, P. H. Solomon,Holden- Day, 1977.

 

(10)     Organic Structural Analysis by Crews, Rodriguez and Jaspers

 

 

Useful Websites:

 

(1) web spectral problems with solutions:     www.chem.ucla.edu/~webspectra/  

(2) integrated spectral database for organic cmpds:     www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/menu-e.html  

(3) web structure elucidation workbook:     www.nd.edu/~smithgrp/structure/workbook.html