mass spectrometry and nmr help??

[notsurewhat]

Have exams in these and I actually do not understand much. Websites further confuse me and my lecturer doesn't have a clue what hes teaching... I need someone smart to explain these, in simplest form. Mass spec and NMR in relation to drug analysis. More needing the analytical side. I can grasp the theory of nmr and mass spec, just not so much the graphs. Help!

regards

[notsurewhat]

Okay I no longer require nmr help as I have worked it out myself eventually. However mass spec - grrrr, still cannot do it, so any advice in a simple way would be great! :)

[factor-fiction]

Have any text books been recommended?

[R1Geezer]

your lecturer doesn't have a clue! I'd say you have that the wrong way round!

[notsurewhat]

well his job is to teach it and the whole class struggle with it lol. do the math

[factor-fiction]

Have you been to the library and looked at the scientific research papers or the online services your University subscribes to? As the prof and I said on your other thread these papers/sevices are the likely source of teh info you need.
Your lecturer may or may not be a good lecturer but if you are at university the lectures are just there to set you off in the right direction. Your main learning is done in your own time in the library or reading at home, and there should be tutorial facilities to support you.

[theprof]

Can we begin by finding out what course you're studying at college/university? The dangers associated with amphetamine compounds in vivo and in vitro normally preclude these compounds from both qualitative and quantatative analysis in laboratories with the possible exclusion of advanced forensic science courses. I suspect if you were taking these courses, you wouldn't be asking for an explanation of NMR resources.

Your lecturers should not be your first port of call with enquiries of this nature. The people you need to speak to are in your on campus library and are either specialised science librarians or in larger universities, chemistry librarians. They are experts in their field and will point you in the right direction to online resources. Spectra for a vast number of compounds are available online readily on subscribed services. The sheer number of organic compounds in existence means that no book can meet all your requirements.

[theprof]

Just to put the danger of amphetamines into context, I've just checked the inventory of my university organic chemistry stores online and they hold stocks of every amphetamine compound and analogue. However, the substances are only released to DPhil researchers (with their supervisors written consent), lecturers, readers and professors.