Chemistry A-Level
Proton NMR peak counting
What Proton NMR peak counting means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Proton NMR peak counting
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Each distinct environment gives one peak in a low-resolution proton NMR spectrum, so the count equals the number of peaks.
Topics that use Proton NMR peak counting
- 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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