What You Will Learn
Learn how to tackle the spectra of complex molecules. The course begins with a complete discussion of
how molecules absorb infrared radiation, enabling attendees to fully understand the source of all the features they see
in a spectrum. Then, the spectra of complex molecules such as highly substituted benzene rings, ethers, aldehydes,
carboxylates, amines, halogenated organics, and inorganics are pulled apart and analyzed in detail. The course
finishes with a discussion of how interpretation aides such as spectral subtraction and library searching can make
analyzing spectra faster and easier. Attendees interpret many unknown spectra in class with the help of the instructor
to enhance learning. The course includes the 260 page hardcover book Infrared Spectral Interpretation written by
Dr. Brian Smith and published by CRC Press.
Who Should Attend
Anyone concerned with gaining chemical or structural information
from infrared spectra.
Topics
| • | How Molecules Absorb Infrared Radiation |
| • | Unsaturated Hydrocarbons |
| • | Ethers |
| • | Complex Carbonyl Molecules |
| • | Organic Nitrogen Compounds |
| • | Organic Sulfur, Silicon, and Halogenated Compounds |
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| • | Inorganics |
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| • | Spectral Interpretation Aids |
| • | Includes the 200-page text IR Spectral Interpretation |
Instructor
Dr. Brian Smith is a principal of Spectros Associates.
Since 1992, thousands of scientists, engineeers, and technicians have
benefited from his instruction in IR Spectral interpretation and the
theory and practice of FTIR spectroscopy. Dr. Smith has over two
decades of experience as an industrial analytical chemist, and has
authored two books and numerous papers on infrared spectroscopy
and its applications. Dr. Smith earned hs Ph.D. in Chemistry
from Dartmouth College.
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