Syllabus

Chemistry 218 Honors
Basic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory

Spring 2012

TTh 8:00-11:00 Class meets in S-465

Dr. Michael Castellani S-450     Dr. John W. Larson  S-416

 

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Purpose of Course

1. To teach student how nuclear magnetic resonance is used in chemistry to determine structures of organic molecules and how it might be used in solving other problem of interest to chemists and other scientist.

2. To teach students to operate the NMR instrument and the basics of how the instrument works.

 

Jan. 10

Intro to NMR

Operation of EFT for C13 spectra and interpretation of C13 spectra.

Goals:

1. We meet students and they meet us.

2. Students learn how to run instrument. Each group of 4 does 4 C13 spectra. (hexane, cyclohexane, 1-hexanol, cyclohexanol).

3. The students learn how to see how many peaks would be in a C13 spectra based on its structure.

4.  The students and  make up a  summary table of C-13 NMR results  (peaks, ppm, relative intensity) and associate peaks with structures.

5. Students learn how to look up nmr spectra on the web.

6. Review of normal valence rules for H, C, N, O, Cl, Br.

Lab. Operation of instrument. C13 of Knowns hexane, hexanol, cyclohexanol, cyclohexane.  Interpretation and making summary table for 4 compounds with c-13 spectra.

 

Homework.


Jan.  12

Lecture  Alkanes, cycloalkanes
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DEPT and C13 spectra.


Goals.

1. Basic organic nomenclature for alkanes, alkenes, etc.

2. Taking and interpreting dept spectra and making summary table that includes number of attached H

 

Lab. Operation of instrument  to obtain DEPT spectra. 2 known.

1st  unknown.

 

Homework: Combination C-13 nmr and nomenclature.

 

Jan. 17

Proton spectra.  Coupling and Integration. Interpretation of H spectra especially coupling and integration. 2 known spectra and 6 theoretical spectra.

Goals.

1. Coupling.  Proton proton coupling in organic compounds.

2. Integration in organic compounds.

3. Summary tables for Proton spectra.

Lab. 2 knowns

Homework. 6 theoretical structures

Jan. 19

Substituted alkanes.  Alcohols, amines, and halides.  Nomencclature.

Major Unknown #2.

Goals

1. Nomenclature of simple substituted hydrocarbons.

2. Structural isomers nomenclature,  structures, and nmr.

Lab. 2nd Unknown.

Homework combination nomenclature  and nmr

Quiz 1.

Jan. 24

 Arene compounds.  Known ethyl benzene.  Making up nmr samples.  4 theoretical structures

Goals.

1. Nomenclature of arene compounds and geometric isomers, structures, and NMR.

Homework: Geometric isomers of benzene

Lab. 1 Known. 3rd Unknown.

Jan 26

Coupling Revisited. Coupling in carbon 13 NMR. Decoupling

Goals.

1. Origin of coupling. Pascals triangle.

2. Nuclear Overhauser Effect.

3.  Decoupling.  Instrumental decoupling. Exchange decoupling.

Principles Lab. Coupled and decoupled C-13 spectra of a known.

Homework.  Coupling and decoupling questions.

Quiz 2

Jan. 31

Carbonyl compounds.

Goals.

1.      Nomenclature of carbonyl compounds

2.      NMR of isomers of carbonyl compounds

Lab. 1 known. 4th Unknown.

Feb. 2

NMR details. Ppm and Hz, resolution, sensitivity, shimming, tuning, superconductivity, electromagnets, permanent magnets. etc.

Goals.

1. Review of basic terminology and terminology that describes instrumental and technical problems.

2. Understanding factors  involved  with resolution.

Principles Lab.   High field low field spectra.  Known 1-butanol on Unity +500 and EFT 60. Field effects and calculation of chemical shifts in  ppm and Hz.  Effect of field on coupling.

Unknown 5 out.

Quiz 3

Feb 7
Previous  continued.

Goal.

1.      Understanding of sensitivity, solution concentration, field strength.

2.      Calculation of energy difference of spin states.

3.      Signal to Noise calculation.

Principles lab. High field, low field.  Sensitivity of solution vs neat samples. Sensitivity of instrument and field strength

4th unknown due

Feb. 9

 Nuclei other than C-13 and H-1: H-2

Lecture Notes

Goal.

1. Basic nuclear properties that effect nmr.

2. Spectra of deuterated solvents and coupling by nuclei with spin =1.

Principles lab.  Proton spectra of deuterated acetone, D/H coupling. C-13 coupling to H in CHCl3, the natural abundance of C-13.

Quiz 4

Unknown 6 out on 2-10.

Feb. 14

The pulse experiment.

Goal.

1. Look at the basic pulse experiment .

Principles Lab. Determination of PW 90. 

Unknown 5 due. Should have H, C-13 and DEPT spectra  and interpretation of them

Feb. 16

 Signal to noise  and number of scans.

Goal.

1. Design of experiments and signal to noise.

Principles Lab. Determination of signal to noise vs number of scans.

Unknown 6 due. Should have H, C-13 and DEPT spectra  and interprettation of them

Unknown 7. A Solution Unknown.

Quiz 5

Feb. 21

Spectral Editing (Attached Proton Test) and 2D NMR (Het2dj)

1.      Brief introduction to more complex pulse sequences and spectra.

Feb 23

TBA

Quiz 6

Feb 28

Review

2007 Final-NMR part

Unknowns 7 due. Include identification of solvent and reference peaks.

March 2.

 Final exam

 

Final grades will be determined based on the students interpreting the spectra of  known compounds and principles lab reports  (25%), students solution of  the structure of unknowns (25%), , quizzes (20%) and the final exam (30%).

 

Students must attend every class.   Persistent tardiness to class will not be tolerated