Advanced Spectral
Analysis
Presented by: Ashitosh Panchal
M Pharm Sem-II
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Interpretation of Organic Compound by
IR, NMR and Mass Spectrometry
Contents
• ATR-IR
• COSY Technique
• Mass fragmentation and it’s rule
• Fragmentation of Alkanes
• Isotopic Peaks
INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
• ATR-IR
• Attenuated Total Reflectance
• Sampling technique used in infrared spectroscopy.
• Samples are examined directly in solid or liquid form
Principle of ATR
• A beam of radiation entering a
crystal will undergo total
internal reflection when the
angle of incidence at the
interface between the sample
and crystal is greater than
critical angle.
• This reflection forms the
evanescent waves which
extends into the sample.
Evanescent Waves
• Crystals used in ATR cells are made from materials that have low
solubility in water and a very high refractive index.
Types of ATR Cell
1. Single-BounceATR Cell
2. Multiple-BounceATR Cell
Figure. Single bounce ATR cell
Fig. Multiple Bounce ATR Cell
Factors Affecting the Spectrum:
• Refractive index of the ATR crystal and the sample.
• Angle of incidence of the IR beam.
• Critical angle
• Wavelength of the IR radiation.
• Number of reflections.
• ATR crystal characteristics.
• Depth of penetration.
•Depth of penetration:
λ … wavelength of incident light in vacuum
n1 … refractive index of ATR crystal (dense medium)
n2 … refractive index of sample (rare medium)
ϴ … angle of incidence
Interpretation of Methamphetamine by
ATR-IR
IUPAC Name : N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine
Formula: C10H15N
• The four primary regions of IR Spectrum
Fig. ATR-IR Spectra of methamphetamine.
Wave number cm-1 FunctionalGroup
747.44 C-H aromatic
1059.44 CH3
1453.54 CH2
1486.57 C=C aromatic
1603.15 N-H
2727.50 C-H
NMR Spectroscopy
2D NMR
• 2D NMR is a set of nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy methods which give data plotted in a space
defined by two frequency axes rather than one.
• 2D NMR spectra provide more information about a
molecule than 1D NMR spectra.
Types of 2D NMR
1. COSY- Correlation Spectroscopy
2. NOESY- Nuclear Over Hauser Effect Spectroscopy
3. HETCOR- Heteronuclear Correlation
4. INADEQUATE- Incredible Natural Abundance Double
Quantum Transfer Experiment.
•Correlation Spectroscopy ( COSY )
•The first and most popular 2D NMR experiment is the
homonuclear correlation spectroscopy (COSY) which
is useful method for determining which signals arise
from neighbouring proton’s.
•Correlation appear when there is spin-spin coupling
between proton’s, but where there is no coupling, no
correlation is expected to be appear.
• In these methods, magnetization transfer occurs between
nuclei of the same type, through J-coupling of nuclei
connected by up to a few bonds.
• The two-dimensional spectrum that results from the COSY
experiment shows the frequencies for a single isotope, most
commonly hydrogen (1H) along both axes.
• Cosy spectra shows two
types of peaks:
A. Diagonal Peaks
B. Cross Peaks
Interpretation of
organic compound
by NMR
Example of a COSY NMR spectrum: Ethyl crotonate
1H NMR spectra of acetylsalicylic acid
Chemical shift
(ppm)
No. Of
hydrogen
Position of
hydrogen
7-8.3 1H Aromatic H
2-2.7 3H R-CH3
carbonyl
10.5-12 1H R-COOH
carbonyl
1H-1H COSY NMR spectrum of aspirin
Mass Spectrometry
• Fragmentation of the molecular ion
• When any molecule/sample is bombarded with electrons, the molecular
ion is produced by loss of single electron with same mass of its
molecular weight.
Molecularion
• These molecular ion or a radical cation undergoes fragmentation to
break a bond between A and B to form a radical and a cation.
• Only cations or fragments with positive charge is detected in MS.
Fragmentation of Alkanes ( R-R )
• Fragmentation of straight chain alkane is observed by breaking of
any C-C bond from molecular ion.
• Alkanes gives following m/z fragments due to loose of group
M-15 ( due to loss of -CH3 group )
M-29 ( due to loss of -CH2CH3 group )
M-43 ( due to loss of -CH2CH2CH3 group )
• Loss of largest substituent is more fevered due to stability.
• Stability of cation:-
Methyl < Primary < Secondary < Tertiary carbocation
Fragmentation of Butane:
Butane
Fragmentation of Branched Alkane
Mass fragmentation of 2-methyl pentane
Fragmentation of Cycloalkanes
• Loss of side chains if present, alpha cleavage.
• Loss of ethylene or double bond fragment from
ring.
• Cleavage takes place by homolytic fission.
Fragmentation of Cyclopentane
Mass Spectrum: Cyclopentane
Fragmentation of 1-Methyl Cyclopentane
Mass spectrum : 1-methyl Cyclopentane
Isotopic Peaks
• Most elements occurs naturally as a mixture of
isotopes.
• The presence of significant amounts of heavier
isotopes leads to small peaks that have masses that
are higher than the parent ion peak.
• M+1 : a peak that is one mass unit higher than M+.
• M+2 : a peak that is two mass units higher than M+.
• In mass spectrum of halogen multiple peaks occur due
to different isotopes of halogen are called as isotopic
Peak.
• A compound with one chlorine atom gives a M+2 peak
which is one third the intensity of the molecular ion
peak (M+) due to the presence of molecular ion
containing 37Cl isotope.
• Cl has two isotopes 35Cl and 37Cl ( 3:1).
• Mass spectrum of Cl2
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dimensional_nuclear_magnetic_resonance_spectroscopy
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Interpretation of organic compounds by IR, NMR and Mass Spectrometry

Interpretation of organic compounds by IR, NMR and Mass Spectrometry