The tutorials and quizzes in this popular program help students develop logical strategies for analyzing and interpreting spectral data. They are ideal for remedial study, lecture demonstrations, or to review the fundamentals of spectral analysis..

The IR section begins by dividing a spectrum into six areasand then examines each area for the presence or absence of absorption bands, indocating the presence or absence of particular functional groups. Tutorials are used to reinforce the principles of IR spectroscopy.

NMR lessons focus on solvents and measurements, proton equivalence, structural effects on chemical shifts, isotropic and anisotropic effects of chemical shifts, and first order spin-spin coupling. Students learn how to look at a structural formula and estimate the chemical shift ranges for each proton or, given a molecular formula and spectrum, identify the structure.

In the CMR lessons students examine the characteristic chemical shifts in C-13 spectra and then learn how to predict the spectrum from a structure, or the structure from its spectrum.
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Mass Spectroscopy begins with a brief tutorial on electron impact (EI) mass spectroscopy and an overview of spectrum analysis. Fragmentation principles are then explored, and the program introduces a five-step approach to analyzing a mass spectrum.

Each of the four units has a final quiz in which students must identify an unknown spectrum.
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"I ...am very impressed with the package. So much so that we intend incorporating this software into our undergraduate program."

Dr R. Capon, University of Melbourne


"The students felt that it was an excellent introduction and that it helped them significantly in their analysis of unknown sample spectra. We did not encounter any errors in content. These programs are so easy to use that no additional explanation is necessary."

Journal of Chemical Education