Journal
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
Volume 94, Issue 11, Pages 1668-1673Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00801
Keywords
Second-Year Undergraduate; Spectroscopy; Analytical Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning. NMR Spectroscopy; Isotopes
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CHE-1362735]
- Robert A. Welch Foundation [A-0639]
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1362735] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The use of H-1 NMR spectroscopy to analyze the number-average molecular weight of a methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG) and an acetate derivative of this MPEG is described. These analyses illustrate NMR principles associated with the chemical shift differences of protons in different environments, NMR integration, and the effect of the natural abundance of C-13 carbons in a polymer and the resulting low but predictable intensity of the satellite peaks due to C-13-H-1 spin spin coupling. Also included in this discussion is an example of end-group analysis of the product of an acetylation reaction. In the discussion of the acetylation product, an H-1 NMR spectrum of a crude product mixture where the small peaks due to end groups can be seen along with a set of impurities due to catalyst, solvents, and byproducts is included because, in practice, chemists often first see these sorts of spectra.
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