Organic Chemistry #15: Infrared Spectroscopy (Slides and Student Led Tasks)

LESSON OBJECTIVE: Investigate infrared spectroscopy as an analytical technique and understand how to interpret IR spectra.

In this lesson we investigate the analytical technique of infrared spectroscopy and how to interpret IR spectra to identify key functional groups present in a molecule. This is lesson fourteen in our organic chemistry series of Unit 22: Analytical Techniques (from the Cambridge International AS Chemistry Curriculum (9701) 2019-2021 curriculum).

Learning Outcomes:
(taken from the Cambridge International AS and A Level Chemistry (9701) 2019-2021 curriculum)
22.2 Infra-red spectroscopy
a) analyse an infra-red spectrum of a simple molecule to identify functional groups (see the Data Booklet for the functional groups required)