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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Organic Spectroscopy => Topic started by: benz0icacid on June 06, 2024, 02:50:11 PM
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Hello!
I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for resources or study guides that make learning spectroscopy (like, all types) easy to comprehend for a dyslexic. I'm using the textbook "Organic Structures by Spectra" and several other stuff but I don't seem to understand any of it. I'm having trouble attempting practice problems because I'm getting confused on how to approach the questions and not sure what information I should be keeping in mind. This is for Orgo 1 review as I am going to do Orgo 2 next month. I would really appreciate any suggestions or help.
Thank you for your time and patience!
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If you are looking for a good all-purpose reference material for basic spectroscopy of organic molecules, you can't do better than Silverstein and Webster, Spectrometric Identification of Organic Molecules.
E.g..,
https://www.amazon.com/Spectrometric-Identification-Organic-Compounds-Silverstein/dp/0470616377
It's not really an educational textbook, per se, with practice problems and whatnot, but it's written in a straightforward, practical way and has lots of examples. (I have an older edition than what's linked to here, but I assume it's still as useful today.)
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I second the recommendation of Silverstein. There is also "Carbon-13 NMR based organic spectral problems" written by Phillip Fuchs and Charles Bunnell and published by Wiley in 1979.
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Sorry for the late response, but thank you @Corbius and @Babcock_Hall! I got a PDF copy of it and am looking it over.
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The Hans Reich collection is also a great resource. He was a wonderful teacher.