ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: NMR spectroscopy

NMR: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

The atoms of some elements have nuclei spins. Therefore this allows them to absorb and emit energy when placed in a magnetic field. This emitted energy is transformed into electrical display on computers to be used to analyze the compound. This is called NMR spectroscopy and it is a very important method of analysis in organic chemistry.

Atoms of different elements display different signals and this depends on the chemical environment in which they are found. Examples of atoms of elements that show NMR activity are as follows ; H, C, O, N, F and S.