Interpreting the Carbon-13 NMR spectrum of
3-ethylpentane
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spectroscopy analysing C-13 NMR spectra of 3-ethylpentane
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C-13
NMR spectroscopy - spectra index
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comparing the
1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra of the nine alkane structural isomers of C7H16
13C NMR 3-ethylpentane spectra note: Students and teachers please note that my explanation of the
carbon-13 NMR spectrum of 3-ethylpentane is designed for advanced, but
pre-university, chemistry courses. The description does not involve
the chemical shift
δ spin-spin coupling effects for 3-ethylpentane and the relative size of the carbon-13
NMR shifts does not give the ratio of the carbon atoms in the
different non-equivalent chemical environments.
TMS is the acronym for tetramethylsilane, formula Si(CH3)4,
whose 13C atoms are arbitrarily given a chemical shift of 0.0
ppm. This is the 'standard' in 13C NMR spectroscopy and all other
13C resonances, called chemical shifts, are measured with
respect to the TMS, and depend on the
individual (electronic) chemical environment of the 13C atoms in
an organic molecule - 3-ethylpentane here.
3-ethylpentane
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The molecular structure,
classification and
naming of alkanes
Interpreting the C-13 NMR spectrum of 3-ethylpentane
As you can see from the diagram above there are
3 different chemical shift lines in the C-13 NMR spectrum of
3-ethylpentane
indicating 3 different chemical environments of the carbon atoms.
(CH3CH2)3CH
(Note the 3 different colours indicating the
3 different chemical environments of the 7 carbon atoms in
3-ethylpentane).
Chemical shifts (a) to (c) on the C-13 NMR
spectrum diagram for 3-ethylpentane.
The higher symmetry of the 3-ethylpentane
molecules reduces the chemical environments of the protons
compared to seven of the other isomers of C7H16.
(see comparison table below)
(a) All three of
the -CH3 group carbon atoms are equivalent to each
other, so give the same C-13 NMR shift of 11.0 ppm because they
occupy identical chemical environments.
(b) All three of
the -CH2- group carbon atoms are equivalent to each
other, so give the same C-13 NMR shift of 25.2 ppm because they
occupy identical chemical environments.
(c) The only unique C-13 chemical environment is the
carbon atom of the >CH- grouping, so has a different C-13 NMR
chemical shift of 42.3 ppm.
The carbon-13 NMR spectra a provides direct evidence of
3 different carbon atom environments for the 7 carbon atoms in the
3-ethylpentane molecule,
deduced from the presence of 3 different 13C chemical
shifts (ppm).
Comparing the
1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra of the nine alkane structural isomers of C7H16
You can distinguish all 9 isomers from a data combination of their number of
1H NMR
chemical shifts,
and their resulting integrated 1H proton ratios, plus, their number of
13C
chemical shifts. |
Name of the alkane structural isomer of molecular
formula C7H16 |
Abbreviated structural formulae
of the nine isomers of molecular formula C7H16 (interpretation complications with 3-methylhexane and
2,3-dimethylpentane because they exhibit R/S isomerism due to a
chiral carbon) |
Skeletal formula of the
nine
alkane isomers of
molecular formula C7H16 |
Number of 1H NMR chemical shifts (δ) and
proton ratio (links
to spectrum) |
Number of 13C chemical shifts (δ)
(links
to spectrum) |
heptane |
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4 δ: proton ratio: 3:2:2:1 (6:4:4:2 in the molecule) |
4 δ shifts |
2-methylhexane |
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6 δ: proton ratio :
6:3:2:2:2:1 |
6 δ shifts |
3-methylhexane |
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7 δ: proton ratio:
3:3:3:2:2:2:1 (simplification) ! |
7
δ shifts |
3-ethylpentane |
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3 δ: proton ratio:
9:6:1 |
3 δ
shifts |
2,2-dimethylpentane |
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4 δ: proton ratio:
9:3:2:2 |
5 δ shifts |
2,3-dimethylpentane |
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6 δ: proton ratio:
6:3:3:2:1:1 (simplification) ! |
6 δ
shifts (simplification) !!! |
2,4-dimethylpentane |
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3 δ: proton ratio:
12:2:2 |
3 δ
shifts |
3,3-dimethylpentane |
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3 δ: proton ratio:
3:3:2 (6:4:4 in the molecule) |
4 δ
shifts |
2,2,3-trimethylbutane |
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3 δ: proton ratio:
9:6:1 |
4 δ shifts |
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help work out the molecular structure of the 3-ethylpentane molecule? The uses
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molecule? explaining the decoupled carbon-13 NMR spectrum of
3-ethylpentane
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2-methylpentane
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H-1 NMR spectrum of 3-ethylpentane
The infrared spectrum of
2-methylpentane
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Infrared spectra of the isomers of C7H16
The infrared
spectrum of heptane
The
infrared spectrum of 2-methylhexane
The
infrared spectrum of 3-methylhexane
The
infrared spectrum of 3-ethylpentane
The infrared spectrum of
2,2-dimethylpentane
The infrared spectrum of
2,3-dimethylpentane
The infrared spectrum of
2,4-dimethylpentane
The infrared spectrum of
3,3-dimethylpentane
The infrared spectrum
of 2,2,3-trimethylbutane
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Mass spectra of the isomers of C7H16
The mass
spectrum of heptane
The mass
spectrum of 2-methylhexane
The mass
spectrum of 3-methylhexane
The
mass spectrum of 3-ethylpentane
The mass spectrum of
2,2-dimethylpentane
The mass spectrum of
2,3-dimethylpentane
The mass spectrum of
2,4-dimethylpentane
The mass spectrum of
3,3-dimethylpentane
The mass
spectrum of 2,2,3-trimethylbutane
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H-1 proton NMR spectra of ALKANES
1H NMR spectra of the isomers of C7H16
The H-1 NMR
spectrum of heptane
The
H-1 NMR spectrum of 2-methylhexane
The
H-1 NMR spectrum of 3-methylhexane
The
H-1 NMR spectrum of 3-ethylpentane
The H-1 NMR spectrum of
2,2-dimethylpentane
The H-1 NMR spectrum of
2,3-dimethylpentane
The H-1 NMR spectrum of
2,4-dimethylpentane
The H-1 NMR spectrum of
3,3-dimethylpentane
The H-1
NMR spectrum of 2,2,3-trimethylbutane
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C-13 carbon-13 NMR spectra
of ALKANES
13C NMR spectra of the isomers of C7H16
The C-13 NMR
spectrum of heptane
The
C-13 NMR spectrum of 2-methylhexane
The
C-13 NMR spectrum of 3-methylhexane
The
C-13 NMR spectrum of 3-ethylpentane
The C-13 NMR spectrum of
2,2-dimethylpentane
The C-13 NMR spectrum of
2,3-dimethylpentane
The C-13 NMR spectrum of
2,4-dimethylpentane
The C-13 NMR spectrum of
3,3-dimethylpentane
The
C-13 NMR spectrum of 2,2,3-trimethylbutane
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