Discusses the latest techniques for integrating NMR spectroscopy in undergraduate courses.
Developed from presentations given at the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.
Even the most cursory survey of the chemical literature reveals that modern NMR spectroscopy has indeed fulfilled its potential as a powerful and indispensable tool for probing molecular structure, providing detail that is comparable to, and sometimes surpasses that, of X-ray crystallography. As NMR spectroscopy’s 70th anniversary approaches, the diversity of chemical problems to which this technique can be applied continues to grow across many scientific fields. Beyond the laboratory setting, the technology underlying NMR is now a widely used and critical medical diagnostic technique, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Unfortunately, the number of applications of NMR spectroscopy across so many STEM-related fields presents significant challenges in how best to introduce this powerful technique in meaningful ways at the undergraduate level. Inspired by the development of the field, and building upon the work of previous symposia and an ACS symposium series book on this topic (3), a symposium was developed, entitled "NMR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum," for the 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco. This book brings together all of the presenters who have been successful in developing and successfully integrating NMR spectroscopy pedagogy across their undergraduate curriculums. Their knowledge and experiences will aid readers who are interested in expanding and invigorating their own curriculum.

preface
1. Introduction to NMR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum
Anton S. Wallner, Laura J. Anna, and David Soulsby
2. Modern NMR Experiments: Applications in the Undergraduate
Curriculum
David Soulsby
Organic Chemistry
3. Data versus Dogma: Introducing NMR Early in Organic Chemistry To
Reinforce Key Concepts
Paul A. Bonvallet and Judith C. Amburgey-Peters
4. Using NMR Spectroscopy To Promote Active Learning in Undergraduate
Organic Laboratory Courses
John A. Cramer
5. NMR Spectroscopy in Nondeuterated Solvents (No-D NMR): Applications
in the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory
John E. Hanson
6. Overcoming Problems Incorporating NMR into the Organic Chemistry
Lab
Luke A. Kassekert and J. Thomas Ippoliti
7. Using NMR To Investigate Products of Aldol Reactions: Identifying Aldol
Addition versus Condensation Products or Conjugate Addition Products
from Crossed Aldol Reactions of Aromatic Aldehydes and Ketones
Nanette M. Wachter
8. Use of HSQC, HMBC, and COSY in Sophomore Organic Chemistry Lab
V. R Miller
Inorganic/Heteronuclear Chemistry
9. 31P NMR Spectroscopy in an Undergraduate Inorganic Curriculum
Chip Nataro, Chelsea L. Mandell, and Margaret A. Tiedemann
10. Using 195Pt and 31P NMR To Characterize Organometallic Complexes:
Heteronuclear Coupling in the Presence of Geometric Isomers
Daron E. Janzen, Mainong Hang, and Hannah M. Kaup
11. Beyond Ordinary Undergraduate Experiences: Routine Measurements
with Heteronuclear, Heterogeneous, and Paramagnetic Samples
Patrick J. Desrochers
Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry
12. Substituent Interactions in Aromatic Rings: Student Exercises Using
FT-NMR and Electronic Structure Calculations
James B. Foresman and Donald D. Clarke
13. Using NMR Spectroscopy To Elucidate the Effect of Substituents on
Keto-Enol Equilibria
Anderson L. Marsh
14. NMR-Based Kinetic Experiments for Undergraduate Chemistry
Laboratories
Eric J. Kantorowski, Bijan D. Ghaffari, Allee Macrorie, Kellan N. Candee,
Jennifer M. Petraitis, Melanie M. Miller, Gayle Warneke, Michelle Takacs,
Vanessa Hancock, and Zoe A. Lusth
15. Physical Chemistry Laboratory Projects Using NMR and DFT-B3LYP
Calculations
A. C. Bagley, C. C. White, M. D. Mihay, and T. C. DeVore
16. 1H NMR MAS Investigations of Phase Behavior in Lipid Membranes
Holly C. Gaede
NMR Spectroscopy Across the Undergraduate Curriculum
17. Vertical Integration of NMR in the Chemistry Curriculum: A Collaborative
Advanced Laboratory Experiment Examining the Structure-Reactivity
Relationships in Carbonyl Reduction
Sheila R. Smith and Simona Marincean
18. NMR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum at the University of
Notre Dame
Steven M. Wietstock, Kathleen A. Peterson, DeeAnne M. Goodenough Lashua,
Douglas A. Miller, and James F. Johnson
NMR Spectroscopy: Collaborative Strategies, Resources, and Grant
Writing
19. Oregon NMR Consortium: A Collaboratory for NMR Data Acquisition
and Processing
R. Carlisle Chambers
20. ChemSpider: How a Free Community Resource of Data Can Support the
Teaching of NMR Spectroscopy
Antony J. Williams, Valery Tkachenko, and Alexey Pshenichnov
21. Writing More Competitive Grant Proposals for NMR Spectrometers:
Research and Curriculum Programs of the National Science Foundation
Thomas J. Wenzel
Editors’ Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index