11.3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

LEARNING GOALS

After   Chapter 11.3,   you will    be  able    to:

Describe    what    NMR spectroscopy    measures    and what    it  is  generally   used    for

Recall  the units   for chemical    shift   on  standardized    NMR

Identify    what    deshielding and spin-spin   coupling    are,    and how they    impact  NMR spectra

Recognize   key regions and peaks   within  an  NMR spectra

Match   a   compound    to  a   given   NMR spectrum    analysis:

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most important spectroscopic technique
to understand for the MCAT. NMR spectroscopy is based on the fact that certain atomic nuclei have
magnetic moments that are oriented at random. When such nuclei are placed in a magnetic field,
their magnetic moments tend to align either with or against the direction of this applied field.