Deduce the number of signals that you would expect in the ¹H NMR spectrum of nitrobenzene and the relative areas of these.

Which technique is used to determine the bond lengths and bond angles of a molecule?

A.     X-ray crystallography

B.     Infrared (IR) spectroscopy

C.     Mass spectroscopy

D.     ¹H NMR spectroscopy

Mass spectra A and B of the two isomers are given.

Explain which spectrum is produced by each compound using section 28 of the data booklet.

Predict the splitting pattern of the ¹H NMR spectrum of urea.

Predict the chemical shift and the splitting pattern seen for the hydrogens on the carbon atom circled in the diagram. Use section 27 of the data booklet.

Which can be identified using infrared (IR) spectroscopy?

A. functional groups

B. molar mass

C. 3-D configuration

D. bond angle

Deduce the splitting pattern you would expect for the signals in a high resolution ¹H NMR spectrum.

2.3 ppm:

9.8 ppm:

Identify the wavenumber of one peak in the IR spectrum of benzoic acid, using section 26 of the data booklet.

Identify the spectroscopic technique that is used to measure the bond lengths in solid benzoic acid.

Which compound produces the following ¹H NMR spectrum?

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https://sdbs.db.aist.go.jp [Accessed 3 January 2019].]}

A.  propanal

B.  propanone

C.  propane

D.  methlypropane

Suggest the structural formula of this compound.

Which property explains why tetramethylsilane, Si(CH₃)₄, can be used as a reference standard in ¹H NMR spectroscopy?

A. It has a high boiling point.

B. It is a reactive compound.

C. All its protons are in the same chemical environment.

D. It gives multiple signals.

Deduce the splitting patterns in the ¹H NMR spectrum of C₂H₅Cl.

Predict the chemical shifts and integration for each signal in the ¹H NMR spectrum for ethanol using section 27 of the data booklet.

Which compound with the molecular formula ${\mathrm{C}}_4{\mathrm{H}}_8\mathrm{O}$ has this high resolution ${}_1\mathrm{H} \mathrm{NMR}$?

From: libretexts.org. Courtesy of Chris Schaller, Professor (Chemistry)
at College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University.

A.  but-3-en-2-ol, ${\mathrm{CH}}_2=\mathrm{CHCH}\left(\mathrm{OH}\right){\mathrm{CH}}_3$

B.  butanal, ${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{CHO}$

C.  butanone, ${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{COCH}}_2{\mathrm{CH}}_3$

D.  but-3-en-1-ol, ${\mathrm{CH}}_2={\mathrm{CHCH}}_2{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{OH}$

Which is the ¹H NMR spectrum of tetramethylsilane, TMS, (CH₃)₄Si?

Deduce what information can be obtained from the ¹H NMR spectrum.

Explain why tetramethylsilane (TMS) is often used as a reference standard in ¹H NMR.

Deduce the number of signals and chemical shifts with splitting patterns in the ¹H NMR spectrum of ethoxyethane. Use section 27 of the data booklet.

Which compound produces the following ¹H NMR spectrum?

SDBS, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

A.  Propane

B.  Propanone

C.  Propanal

D.  2,2-dimethylpropane

Outline why TMS (tetramethylsilane) may be added to the sample to carry out ¹H NMR spectroscopy and why it is particularly suited to this role.

What information can be deduced from the splitting pattern of ¹H NMR signals?

A.  total number of hydrogen atoms in a compound

B.  number of hydrogen atoms on adjacent atom(s)

C.  functional group on which hydrogen atoms are located

D.  number of hydrogen atoms in a particular chemical environment

Deduce the splitting pattern in the ¹H NMR spectrum for 1-bromopropane.

Predict the number of ¹H NMR signals, and splitting pattern of the –CH₃ seen for propanone (CH₃COCH₃) and propanal (CH₃CH₂CHO).