1. May 12, 2016 #1

   Saracen Rue

   

   Will members of the cycloalkane homologous series only ever show one peak in Hydrogen - 1 NMR spectroscopy due to the symmetry in the molecules?

    

   Last edited: May 12, 2016

   Saracen Rue, May 12, 2016
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3. May 13, 2016 #2

   Borek

   

   Staff: Mentor

   I can be wrong, but I believe it depends on how precise your measurements are. Boat and chair have different symmetries, so I wouldn't be surprised to see more than one peak even for cyclohexane.

    

   Borek, May 13, 2016
4. May 13, 2016 #3

   DrDu

   

   Science Advisor

   This will also be a question of temperature, whether the interconversion of the conformers is faster or slower than the NMR timescale.

    

   DrDu, May 13, 2016
5. May 13, 2016 #4

   DrDu

   

   Science Advisor

   I found some relevant spectra:
   http://www.chem.uky.edu/courses/che450g/handouts/cp2tis5.html

    

   DrDu, May 13, 2016

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