About the Book

Although there are a number of books in this field, most of them lack an introduction of comprehensive analysis of MS and IR spectra, and others do not provide up-to-date information like tandem MS. This book fills the gap. The merit of this book is that the author will not only introduce knowledge for analyzing nuclear magnetic resonance spectra including ¹H spectra (Chapter 1), ¹³C spectra (Chapter 2) and 2D NMR spectra (Chapter 3), he also arms readers systemically with knowledge of Mass spectra (including EI MS spectra and MS spectra by using soft ionizations) (Chapter 4) and IR spectra (Chapter 5). In each chapter the author presents very practical application skills by providing various challenging examples. The last chapter (Chapter 6) provides the strategy, skills and methods on how to identify an unknown compound through a combination of spectra. Based on nearly 40 years researching and teaching experience, the author also proposes some original and creative ideas, which are very practical for spectral interpretation.

Table of Contents

1 Interpretation of 1H NMR spectra

2 Interpretation of 13C NMR spectra

3 Interpretation of 2D NMR spectra

4 Interpretation of mass spectra

5 Interpretation of infrared spectra

6 Identification of unknown compounds or confirmation of structures through comprehensive interpretation of spectra

Reference 408

List of abbreviations 409

Index 411