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The Carbon-13 NMR spectrum of propan-1-ol (1-propanol)

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C-13 NMR spectroscopy - spectra index

See also comparing the infrared, mass, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra of the 3 isomers of C3H8O

C-13 nmr spectrum of propan-1-ol analysis of chemical shifts ppm interpretation of C-13 chemical shifts ppm of 1-propanol C13 13-C nmr doc brown's advanced organic chemistry revision notes 

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 shifts, called chemical shifts, depend on the individual (electronic) chemical environment of the 13C atoms in an organic molecule - propan-1-ol here.

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Interpreting the C-13 NMR spectrum of propan-1-ol

As you can see from the diagram above there are 3 different chemical shift lines in the C-13 NMR spectrum of propan-1-ol indicating 3 different chemical environments of the carbon atoms.

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(Note the 3 colours indicating the 3 different chemical environment of the carbon atoms in propan-1-ol).

Note the decreasing effect on the chemical shift as the carbon atom is further from the highly electronegative oxygen atom of propan-1-ol.

The carbon-13 NMR spectra a provides direct evidence of 3 different carbon atom environments in the propan-1-ol molecule from 3 different 13C chemical shifts (ppm) and fits in with the structural formula of propan-1-ol.

Comparing the infrared, mass, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra of the 3 isomers of C3H8O

NOTE: The images are linked to their original detailed spectral analysis pages AND can be doubled in size with touch screens to increase the definition to the original propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane image sizes.

infrared spectrum of ethoxyethane wavenumbers cm-1 functional group detection fingerprint pattern identification of  diethyl ether doc brown's advanced organic chemistry revision notes I wasn't able to obtain an infrared spectrum for methoxyethane, so I've added the infrared spectrum of ethoxyethane to enable a few comparisons with two aliphatic alcohols

Comparing the infrared spectra of propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane are structural isomers of molecular formula C3H8O

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane exemplify infrared spectra of the lower members of the homologous series of aliphatic alcohols and ethers

INFRARED SPECTRA (above): There are, as expected, differences in the fingerprint region at wavenumbers 1500 to 400 cm-1, but most absorptions for all three molecules are the various C-O and the many C-H vibrational modes. However, there is one characteristic distinguishing absorption only present in the infrared spectra of alcohols, but not in ethers, that is the broad O-H stretching vibration peaking at ~3350 cm-1. There is also another broad absorption band (origin?) peaking at ~650 cm-1 in the alcohol spectra, but not in the ether spectra.

Comparing the mass spectra of propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane are structural isomers of molecular formula C3H8O

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane exemplify the mass spectra of the lower members of the homologous series of aliphatic alcohols and ethers

MASS SPECTRA (above): The base ion peaks are m/z 45 for propan-2-ol and methoxyethane, but that of propan-1-ol is m/z 31. Many of the fragmentation ions are common to all three spectra. The m/z 45 ion is peak is much smaller in the propan-1-ol spectrum compared to the other two.

Comparing the 1H proton NMR spectra of propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane are structural isomers of molecular formula C3H8O

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane exemplify the 1H proton NMR spectra of the lower members of the homologous series of aliphatic alcohols and ethers

1H NMR SPECTRA (above): The 1H NMR spectra of all three molecules give different integrated proton ratios for the different 1H chemical environments i.e. the proton ratios are as follows: propan-1-ol 3:2:2:1; propan-2-ol 6:1:1 and methoxyethane 3:2:3. Therefore, all three can be distinguished by their 1H NMR spectra.

Comparing the carbon-13 NMR spectra of propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane are structural isomers of molecular formula C3H8O

Propan-1-ol, propan-2-ol and methoxyethane exemplify the carbon-13 NMR spectra of members of  the lower members of the homologous series of aliphatic alcohols and ethers

13C NMR SPECTRA (above): The 13C NMR spectra of propan-1-ol and methoxyethane show three different 13C NMR chemical shifts, but propan-2-ol can be distinguished from the other two by exhibiting only two chemical shift lines. You would need other spectral data to distinguish propan-1-ol and methoxyethane.

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