Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry

Splitting: In NMR spectroscopy, the division of an NMR signal into two or more lines, closely spaced, due to spin-spin coupling.




The signals in this simulated 1H-NMR spectrum are not split.
The signals are all singlets.
  
The signals in this simulated 1H-NMR spectrum are all split.
There is one triplet, one quartet, and no singlets.