Undergraduate - UnitPSC2132 - Introduction to spectroscopy

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Offered	Parkville Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Martin Scanlon

Notes

Previously coded PSC2182

Synopsis

An introduction to the major techniques which underpin the practical aspects of compound identification for medicinal chemistry: UV spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, Mass spectroscopy and NMR spectroscopy.

Outcomes

After completing this unit students will be expected to be able to:

Describe how spectroscopic techniques can be used in the process of identification of small drug like molecules;
Describe briefly the phenomena behind the spectroscopic techniques;
Analyse UV, IR, 1D NMR and Mass spectra of an unknown molecules and to use these to determine their structure;
Analyse 2D NMR spectra as a means to assign the NMR spectra of more complex molecules;
Demonstrate the correct reporting of spectroscopic data as used in medicinal chemistry.