Course Notes on the Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra (eBook)

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.