1. Title of the Course Application of spectroscopy
2.   Course Number CH841/CH842
3. Status of the Course Program Elective
4.   Structure of Credits 3-0-0-3
5.   Offered To PhD Chemistry
6.   Prerequisite Introductory course related to spectroscopy
7. Course Objective: To elucidate the structure of molecules.
8. Course Content: Organic spectroscopy: NMR spectroscopy for structural elucidation of organic compounds (Basic principles, 1D-NMR, 2D-NMR), Mass Spectroscopic techniques (Principle, Instrumentation and Data Analysis), Infra-red and UV spectroscopy of organic compounds (Characteristic absorptions of functional groups), Structural elucidation using a combination of spectral data.
Inorganic spectroscopy: Optical spectroscopy of coordination compounds, infrared spectroscopy of coordination compounds, multinuclear NMR with hereto atoms, VT NMR and reaction monitoring, Mass spectroscopy of coordination compounds. Special topics from recent developments.
9. Text book(s):
1. Physical methods in inorganic chemistry, R. S. Drago, Oxford University Press
2. Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, N N Greenwood; RSC
3. Introduction to Spectroscopy, D. L .Pavia, Cengage India Pvt Ltd
10. Reference(s):
1. Understanding NMR spectroscopy, J. Keeler, Wiley
2. NMR Spectroscopy in Inorganic Chemistry, Jonathan A. Iggo and Konstantin Luzyanin; Oxford
3. Structural Methods in Molecular Inorganic Chemistry,D. W. H. Rankin, Norbert Mitzel, Carole Morrison