Course Notes on the Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra

Dana W. Mayo is the Charles Weston Pickard Research Professor of Chemistry at Bowdoin College. Foil A. Miller is Professor Emeritus and former director of the Spectroscopy Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. Robert W. Hannah is the former director of research for the Instrument Group at Perkin-Elmer.

Foreword. Preface.

1. Introduction (Foil A. Miller).

2. Characteristic Frequencies of Alkanes (Dana W. Mayo).

3. Characteristic Frequencies of Alkenes (Olefins) (Foil A. Miller).

4. Characteristic Frequencies of Molecules with Triple Bonds and Cumulated Double Bonds (Robert W. Hannah and Foil A. Miller).

5. Characteristic Frequencies of Aromatic Compounds (Group Frequencies of Arenes) (Dana W. Mayo).

INTRODUCTION TO EXERCISES.

EXERCISE SECTION I.

6. Spectra of X–H Systems (With Emphasis on O—H and N—H Groups) (Foil A. Miller).

7. Spectra of Carbonyl Compounds of All Kinds (Factors Affecting Carbonyl Group Frequencies) (Dana W. Mayo).

8. Amides, Carboxylate Ion, and C-O Single Bonds (Foil A. Miller).

9. Groups Containing N=O Bonds, or Si, P, S, or Halogen Atoms (Robert W. Hannah).

EXERCISE SECTION II.

10. Infrared Spectra of Polymers: Introduction (Robert W. Hannah and Dana W. Mayo).

11. Infrared Spectra of Inorganic Materials (Foil A. Miller).

12. Survey of Infrared and Raman Group Frequencies (Dana W. Mayo).

EXERCISE SECTION III.

13. Sample-Handling Techniques (Robert W. Hannah).

14. Infrared Spectra of Mixtures (Robert W. Hannah).

Answer to Chapter 5 Figure 5-30.

Answers to Exercises.

Bibliography.

Index.