Course Notes on the Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra

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Developed from a course taught for 50 years, first at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then at Bowdoin College, this work teaches the strategies for obtaining the maximum amount of molecular structure information from the IR (infrared and Raman) spectra of organic and inorganic materials. After a general overview, authors Mayo (chemistry, Bowdoin College), Miller (former director, Spectroscopy Laboratory, U. of Pittsburgh), and Hannah (former director of research for the Instrument Group and Perkin-Elmer, a life sciences corporation) describe the characteristic frequencies of alkanes, alkenes, molecules with triple bonds and cumulated double bonds, and aromatic compounds. They then move on to the heart of the topic, the interpretation of spectra of a broad range of materials. Final chapters discuss sample-handling techniques and infrared spectra of mixtures. The editors present the information in outline form and include exercises from the course.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Interpretation of IR and Raman Spectra provides the fundamentals of interpreting IR and Raman spectra of complex molecules primarily organic molecules. Examinations of theory provide a basis for predicting functional group frequency location in new molecular structures.  Generously enriched with sample exercises to help rapidly develop powerful interpretive skills. Includes appendices with fourteen bibliographies by subject area.

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Interpretation of IR and Raman Spectra provides the fundamentals of interpreting IR and Raman spectra of complex molecules primarily organic molecules. Examinations of theory provide a basis for predicting functional group frequency location in new molecular structures.  Generously enriched with sample exercises to help rapidly develop powerful interpretive skills. Includes appendices with fourteen bibliographies by subject area.

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The only resource to provide comprehensive instructor’s notes–complete with classroom-proven exercises–from the influential Bowdoin College Summer IR Course For over half a century, the immensely popular MIT/Bowdoin College summer course on infrared spectroscopy–cofounded by Foil Miller in 1950, and taught by Dana Mayo since 1959 and Robert Hannah since 1962–has been the only continuously conducted summer course on its subject. This world-renowned short course has had a major impact on the application of IR spectroscopy, providing thousands of practitioners and academics with the knowledge they need to successfully interpret IR spectra, identify materials more rapidly, and successfully solve spectral problems encountered in the real world. Course Notes on the Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra brings the notes and exercises from this influential course to a wider audience. A unique combination of instructional text and invaluable reference, the book approaches its subject in a deep and rigorous fashion while incorporating exercises throughout to reinforce and enhance knowledge and understanding of IR spectroscopy. Coverage includes: Exercises for actively incorporating basic data into interpretive strategies Chapters covering comparison of data, sample handling in the IR region, strategies for obtaining data from samples that are mixtures of materials,and more Fascinating background information on the MIT/Bowdoin course Course Notes on the Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra provides today’s most authoritative insights into the use of IR spectroscopy for accurately interpreting the vibrational spectra of complex molecules. Detailed and well developed, it fills a significant void in the existing infrared literature.

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Dana W. Mayo is the Charles Weston Pickard Research Professor of Chemistry at Bowdoin College. Foil A. Miller is Professor Emeritus and former director of the Spectroscopy Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. Robert W. Hannah is the former director of research for the Instrument Group at Perkin-Elmer.


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Developed from a course taught for 50 years, first at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then at Bowdoin College, this work teaches the strategies for obtaining the maximum amount of molecular structure information from the IR (infrared and Raman) spectra of organic and inorganic materials. After a general overview, authors Mayo (chemistry, Bowdoin College), Miller (former director, Spectroscopy Laboratory, U. of Pittsburgh), and Hannah (former director of research for the Instrument Group and Perkin-Elmer, a life sciences corporation) describe the characteristic frequencies of alkanes, alkenes, molecules with triple bonds and cumulated double bonds, and aromatic compounds. They then move on to the heart of the topic, the interpretation of spectra of a broad range of materials. Final chapters discuss sample-handling techniques and infrared spectra of mixtures. The editors present the information in outline form and include exercises from the course. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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