ir-nmr-intro

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__ **Introduction** __

The purpose of this lab is to use infrared spectroscopy (IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to aid in the identification of a known compound, an unknown compound, and the oxidation product obtained from lab one. The Fourier transform infrared spectrometer will be used to obtain the infrared spectra. Once the infrared radiation is passed through the sample, the percent transmission vs. wavenumber is plotted and peaks can be assigned. The wavenumbers assigned to the peaks will be used to identify the functional groups (or lack of) in the compound. The NMR spectrometer and the NUTS software will be used to analyze the properties of the compound.