Organic Spectroscopic Analysis
by RJ Anderson, D Bendell and PW Groundwater,
University of Sunderland

This introduction to organic spectroscopic analysis aims to provide the reader with a basic understanding of how nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared (IR) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry (MS) give rise to spectra, and how these spectra can be used to determine the structure of organic molecules. The text aims to lead the reader to an appreciation of the information available from each form of spectroscopy and an ability to use spectroscopic information in the identification of organic compounds.

Aimed at undergraduate students, Organic Spectroscopic Analysis is a unique textbook containing large numbers of spectra, problems and marginal notes, specifically chosen to highlight the points being discussed.

Ideal for the needs of undergraduate chemistry students, Tutorial Chemistry Texts is a major series consisting of short, single topic or modular texts concentrating on the fundamental areas of chemistry taught in undergraduate science courses. Each book provides a concise account of the basic principles underlying a given subject, embodying an independent-learning philosophy and including worked examples.

• Describes the use of UV, IR, NMR and MS in structure elucidation.
  
  
• A unique textbook containing large numbers of spectra, problems and marginal notes, specifically chosen to highlight the points being discussed

Publications

Dr Nicolas Haroune:

Laetitia Mouls, Edina Silajdzic, Nicolas Haroune, Corinne M Spickett, Andrew R Pitt. Development of novel mass spectrometric methods for identifying specific HOCl-induced modifications to proteins, Proteomics, 2009, accepted.

C. Chamignon, N. Haroune, C. Forano, Anne Marie Delort, P. Besse-Hoggan and B. Combourieu. Mobility of organic pollutants in soil components. What role can Magic Angle Spinning NMR play ? EJSS, 2008, 572-583.

N. Haroune, B. Combourieu, P. Besse, M. Sancelme, T. Reemtsma, H. De Wever and Anne-Marie Delort. Metabolism of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole by Rhodococcus rhodochrous. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2004, 6315-6319.

A.-M. Delort, B. Combourieu, N. Haroune. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of interactions between organic pollutants and soil components, a mini-review. Environ. Chem. Lett., 2003, 1-9.

N. Haroune, B. Combourieu, P. Besse, M. Sancelme, T. Reemtsma, A. Kloepfer, A. Diab, J. S. Knapp, S. Baumberg and A.-M. Delort. Benzothiazole degradation by Rhodococcus pyridinovorans strain PA : evidence of a catechol 1,2-dioxygenase activity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2002, 6114-6120.

N. Haroune, B. Combourieu, P. Besse, M. Sancelme and A.-M. Delort. 1H NMR : a tool to study the fate of pollutants in the environment. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris / Chemistry 4, 2001, 759-763.