NMR spectroscopy is a critically important part of an undergraduate curriculum, but most organic chemistry courses barely scratch the surface of what NMR spectroscopy can do. Problems usually center on solving the structure from a molecular formula and infrared, proton, and carbon NMR data. At Messiah University, we have expanded the coverage of NMR spectroscopy in the sophomore-level organic chemistry course to include extensive discussion of how NMR data is used in the lab by practicing organic chemists in the first semester and to include a scaffolded introduction to H-H COSY and H-C correlation experiments in four experiments in the second semester of organic chemistry lab. Students are interested in these techniques and have been successful in using them in the laboratory. In the final experiment in the second semester, students decide what data to collect to prove the structure and purity of a synthetic product; almost all of them request 2-D data.

Yes, sophomores can Do 2-D NMR spectroscopy

ACS Spring 2022

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