219th ACS Spring Conference, San Francisco, March 2000

Tools for Teaching Spectroscopy and Naming

Scott MacDonald

Often, chemistry students cannot gain access to expensive, high demand spectroscopy equipment (NMR, MS, and UV-IR). A purely theoretical lecture approach to teaching spectroscopy may leave many individuals lacking a full understanding of course material and practical applications. With the use of spectroscopy software, however, theory from lectures can be applied, through hands-on training and real world examples. This will be shown using NMR prediction software, along with NMR, MS and UV-IR processing software. This same hands-on learning model can be implemented when teaching chemical structure nomenclature. Using software that displays relationships between structural fragment, name, and naming convention rule, a reliable and consistent model can be used to supplement other teaching methods.

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