KE826: Spectroscopy (5 ECTS)

STADS: 10010501

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: mip@sdu.dk
Email: ilia@sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanobioscience or Chemical Engineering. Or B.Sc. minor degree in chemistry.

Academic preconditions:
Additional prerequisites: KE503 Symmetry and KE524 Quantum Chemistry, alternatively KE818 Supplementary Course in Quantum Chemistry and Symmetry, are assumed known, or must be attended simultaneously, at the latest.

Course introduction
Aim of the course is to teach the students the theoretical background and applications of spectroscopy including techniques used for structural characterization in chemistry.

Expected learning outcome
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:

• Classify molecules with regard to point group and rotor type.
• Predict electronic spectra for diatomic molecules and rotational and vibrational spectra for selected classes of molecules from molecular symmetry and selection rules
• Do calculations involving the relation between rotational spectra and molecular structure
• Calculate the distribution of normal modes of vibrations in the various symmetry species and predict the spectral activity
• Determine the electronic configuration and term symbol for diatomic and polyatomic molecules and to apply electronic selection rules
• Identify and analyse 1st and 2nd order spin systems
• Analyse simple pulse sequences using the vector model
• Describe the principles of relaxation
• Explain the principles of 2D NMR spectroscopy and possess knowledge of the most common 2D NMR pulse sequences
• Apply NMR spectroscopy to obtain structural information

Subject overview

• Optical spectroscopy
  o Experimental methods and theoretical background for rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy
  o Rotational-, vibrational- and electron spectroscopy applied to the study of molecular structure and dynamics
• NMR spectroscopy o Spin systems, strong and weak coupling, including AB and ABX
  o Relaxation, NOE and dynamic NMR
  o Pulse sequences and the vector model
  o Principles of 2D NMR and its applications
  o NMR of “other” nuclei, including 15N and 31P
  • One project

Literature

• Meddeles senere.
• Horst Friebolin: Basic One- and Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy, Wiley-VCH.ISBN-nr.: 978-3-527-31233.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Project report. Passed/not passed, internal marking by lecturer. Approval of the project report is a prerequisite for participating in the written exam.

Assessment and marking:

1. A 4 hour written digital exam with books and notes of your own choice. Internet access is not allowed. Danish 7-point marking scale, external examiner.

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter. The mode of the re-examination may differ from the mode of the ordinary exam.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 20 hours
Skills training phase: 30 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 30 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 80 hours

Language
This course is taught in English, if international students participate. Otherwise the course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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