Application of Spectroscopic Methods in Molecular Structure Determination 

Introduction to spectroscopic methods – Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR)

spin ½ nuclei

1H NMR spectroscopy

Second order effects in NMR spectrum

Stereochemistry determination using NMR techniques

Study of dynamic processes by NMR spectroscopy – examples from organic and organometallic chemistry

Mass Spectrometry – various ionization methods – EI, CI, ESI and MALDI methods

fragmentation patterns of simple organic molecules

Mass spectrometry – fragmentation patterns of simple organic molecules (continued)

solving structure elucidation problems using mass spectrometry

Infra-red spectroscopy – basic concepts

experimental methods

Electronic transitions in organic molecules

Solving structure elucidation problems using multiple spectroscopic data (NMR, MS, IR and UV-Vis)