2025 and 2026 Courses
A 2025 course is to be held at the Wiley Corporation in Hoboken, NJ, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan
A 2026 course has been booked at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
Hoboken, New Jersey
Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra
22-26 September, 2025
Glasgow, ScotlandUK
Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra
10-14 July, 2026
Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Vibrational Spectroscopy is a cost effective and powerful technique for chemical structure elucidation
- Samples include organic and inorganic molecules and ion, polymers, minerals, pharmaceuticals, biologicals, and forensics
- Interpretation leads to the presence or absence of functional groups that are the building blocks of chemical structure
- Interpretation is a vital skill for anyone who employs infrared or Raman spectroscopy
Why Interpret Vibrational Spectra?
- There are more chemical compounds than are available in search libraries
- If a search does not have an exact match, spectral interpretation can identify an unknown
- The correct identification of a sample can generate income for an employer, or become irrefutable evidence for a legal issue
- Conversely, incorrect identifications of samples can be extremely costly
- Spectral interpretation skills allow spectroscopists to evaluate spectra critically
Interpretation Courses
- These are four-and-a half-day courses with both lecture and exercise sessions.
- There are brief introductory lectures on the theory of infrared and Raman spectroscopy.
- The bulk of the lectures involve specific functional groups and how they are identified in spectra.
- There are three exercise sessions in which participants are given unknown spectra and are asked to determine the structures of the unknown samples.
- Extensive lecture notes, a separate set of exercise spectra, and exercise answers are provided.
Course Synopsis
- The course is designed to present a strategy to determine chemical structure from both infrared and Raman spectra.
- The procedure to interpret vibrational spectra has been developed and refined over the many years the course has been in existence
- Participants master how to interpret spectra in a “learn by doing” environment.
- The goal is to make correct band assignments with the use of multiple spectral bands and features to determine correct or informative chemical structures.