PHYSICO CHEMICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES IN ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Current teaching courses in organic and biological chemistry make an extensive use of the results obtained by means of the physico-chemical laboratory techniques. The data on molecular structures in organic chemistry are derived from such physical techniques as UV, IR, NMR, EPR, and mass spectrometry, refractometry, and so on. This book deals with the main molecular spectroscopic techniques (UV, IR, Raman, and NMR spectroscopies) and the dipole moments technique.

The laboratory techniques described here have been selected according to their use in organic chemistry for determining structures and physico-chemical properties of synthesis products, and according to the availability of the respective research instruments in the university laboratories. Hence, the major portion of the book is given to the UV and IR spectroscopy techniques. A brief discussion covers the fundamentals of a technique and its applications, then follow laboratory exercises and problems for students. The final section presents problems involving combined use of several physical and chemical laboratory techniques. The problems have been selected to take into account the teaching programme of the secondary school in order to make it useful for the school teachers, and students preparing for that career.