Chemistry A-Level
Linking ratios to structural groups
What Linking ratios to structural groups means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Linking ratios to structural groups
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Reference: OCR
Steps of 3, 2 and 1 show three types of proton in the ratio 3:2:1, which for a molecule with six protons could be a CH₃ group, a CH₂ group and an OH proton.
Topics that use Linking ratios to structural groups
- Spectroscopy (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- base peak
- Bond vibration and absorption of IR radiation
- Carbon environment
- Carbon-13 NMR and molecular symmetry
- Carbon-13 NMR prediction
- Carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy
- Characteristic bond absorptions in IR
- Characteristic shifts of proton environments
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