[oister]

I'm having some trouble reporting my H NMR data correctly.
I have a benzene ring substituted at position 1, 3 and 4. This leaves me with 3 aromatic peaks; One of them is a singlet (8.2), but with meta coupling, so it looks like a doublet. In my practical report, should I just say it's a singlet (as no ortho coupling) or should I say it's a doublet (due to meta coupling)?
Thanks

Edit... Also, another peak is a double doublet (7.95), first due to the ortho coupling, and then meta. Same question here; should I report this as a d or dd?

[Corribus]

If it's a doublet, report it as a doublet (d, with coupling value in Hz). If it's a doublet of doublets, report it as a doublet of doublets (dd, with coupling values in Hz).

[Irlanur]

The multiplicity you report is the multiplicity you see. Otherwise you will quikly run into problems, because in priniple there is a coupling constant between all the nuclei. What you see only depends on the resolution.