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Offline pinke

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Characterization of a compound
« on: June 05, 2015, 04:12:06 AM »
Hi

I just have synthesized a chemical compound, now i want to go for characterization part. please tell me the important steps.

1.Melting point
2.Mass spec
3.Nmr
4.IR

Is there anything else to be done ? among 1H nmr, 13C nmr, which one is costlier ?


PS: Iam a biologist , iam not so good at chemistry. so please suggest me

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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2015, 05:02:41 AM »
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1.Melting point
2.Mass spec
3.Nmr
4.IR

That is enough for most chemistry journals (assuming you do high resolution mass spec [HRMS]). Other techniques that spring to mind are elemental analysis and X-ray analysis.

Another property that is usually given is the retention factor (Rf) on a silica TLC plate.

among 1H nmr, 13C nmr, which one is costlier ?


13C NMR is more expensive than 1H because it takes longer (due to the low natural abundance of 13C), but you need both 1H and 13C. Depending on the complexity of the structure, you may require additional experiments such as DEPT, COSY, HSQC, HMBC, NOESY etc. for a convincing structural assignment. If your molecule contains F or P, you should get 19F and 31P spectra as well.
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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2015, 12:31:23 PM »
Thanks for the clarification Dan  :)

please tell me Why do we need both Nmr's ? iam planning to get only 1H nmr ? isn't it alone sufficient ?

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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2015, 02:25:17 PM »
please tell me Why do we need both Nmr's ? iam planning to get only 1H nmr ? isn't it alone sufficient ?

While a 1H NMR is often sufficient for a quick identification of simple molecules with good confidence, it doesn't provide information about the C atoms, so it is not enough for a completely convincing structural assignment - 13C NMR is more evidence for the assigned structure, the more evidence you have, the more confidence in your assignment. In some cases, even more NMR experiments would be required for convincing assignment.

A simple case illustrating the need for 13C is:

CC#CCO and CC#CC#CCO

They would have very similar 1H NMR spectra.

Many journals insist on 13C spectra for novel compounds. Whether 1H is enough for publication depends on the molecule, the method of preparation and the journal in which it is published. My personal opinion is that you should report a 13C spectrum for any novel compound regardless of whether the journal requires it.

If the compound is not novel - i.e. it has already been characterized in the literature - then 1H NMR is "enough" provided your data matches the literature, and the literature interpretation of the data is sound.
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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2015, 08:51:56 AM »
Okay...Thanks for explaining dan, stay blessed :)

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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2015, 04:17:59 AM »
I have been given four spectra, how to identify /  differentiate   UV, IR Spectra, 1H Nmr, 13C Nmr ? initially just by looking at them ? please help me   

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PS: Iam from pure biology stream, not so good at chemistry

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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2015, 06:52:41 AM »
Yeah you can identify them just by looks..
UV is absorbance vs vawelenght.. like this http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/@api/deki/files/5066/image037.png?revision=1
IR is transmitance vs vawenumber like this https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/Spectrpy/Images/vanillin.gif
NMR looks like this one http://cnx.org/resources/28eae6eb8c507d72a5fbf0595969085dbaa43442/Fig21.jpg
the difference between 1H and 13C is that is different range of chemical shift (x axis) in hydrogen spectra its 0-13 usualy and in carbon its 0-250 and that the peaks in 13C doesnt show the splitting patterns like hydrogen spectrum usualy.

Also, usualy in the spectra its written somewhere on the side - if you print them - that its IR/UV/NMR etc..

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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2015, 02:19:01 PM »
Thank you soo much..now its clear for me..

 Can you please help me in this issue too..

we have sent few samples to a lab and got Hplc data , they sent us hplc chromatogram in
*.fid format, its a raw data format, we are unable to open that file to get the data from it. could you please kindly tell me what kind of tool is required to access that chromatogram file ? i need to submit the data immidiatley. i tried with all these softwares LC Solutions, mestrenova, .openchrom, and other chromatogram visualizing tools. it was saying as incorrect /unknown file format, when i contacted that lab, they said there is nothing wrong with that .fid file,It was opening in their system and stopped responding further, so please kindly help me.. i want it in a pdf or image format.

pleaseeee help me. Thank you

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Re: Characterization of a compound
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2015, 04:00:28 PM »
they sent us hplc chromatogram in
*.fid format, its a raw data format, we are unable to open that file to get the data from it.

It appears that you can use this software to access this particular file extension:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenChrom

Failing that, you can ask whoever ran it for you to help.

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could you please kindly tell me what kind of tool is required to access that chromatogram file ? i need to submit the data immidiatley. i tried with all these softwares LC Solutions, mestrenova, .openchrom, and other chromatogram visualizing tools. it was saying as incorrect /unknown file format, when i contacted that lab, they said there is nothing wrong with that .fid file,It was opening in their system and stopped responding further, so please kindly help me.. i want it in a pdf or image format.

Can you read that out loud, to yourself or anyone else, and possibly see if there's anything wrong with your request?

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pleaseeee help me. Thank you
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