Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry - Term

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR; nmr): A spectroscopic technique in which molecular structure is determined by examining the energy required for nuclear spin flip. Other phenomena related to nuclear spin can also be studied.


¹H-NMR spectrum of 2-ethyl phenol.		An NMR spectrometer.

Related terms: NMR spectroscopy, ¹³C-NMR, I, spin-spin coupling, splitting, first-order splitting, non-first-order splitting, singlet, doublet, triplet, quartet, doublet of doublets, coupling constant, J, equivalent, integration, integral, chemical shift, ppm, TMS, shielded, deshielded, decouple, DEPT, 2D-NMR, COSY, HETCOR, HMQC, NOESY, INADEQUATE, relaxation time, MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, x-ray crystallography
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