Experience in interpretation of simple infrared and mass spectra; knowledge of common reactions for fragmentation observed in mass spectrometry with electron impact ionization; MS strategies for protein sequencing.
Subject
Interpretation of IR spectra; important functional groups and their vibrational frequencies; interpretation of mass spectra; important fragmentation reactions and their use for structure elucidation
Criteria for evaluation
Written examination
Methods
Joint interpretation of spectra after a short theoretical introduction into each technique
