know the terminology
spectroscopy, electromagnetic radiation, photon, frequency, wavelength, wavenumber, absorption spectrum, infrared, uv-visible, vibrational modes, fingerprint region, stretching frequencies, electronic energy, lambda max, NMR, nuclear spin, shielding/deshielding effects, chemical shift, TMS, ppm (delta), proton integration, spin-spin splitting, coupling constant, (n+1) rule, C-13 NMR, MRI
identify characteristics of electromagnetic radiation
identify types of molecular energy levels
and the types of radiation that stimulate transitions within those energy
levels
use IR tables to identify the presence or absence of various functional groups
predict whether a compound will show absorption in uv/visible
predict the number of peaks, their integrated area ratios, their approximate chemical shifts, and their spin-spin coupling patterns for a given compound in both H and C NMR spectra
identify unknown compounds based on spectroscopic data