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Michael Jacobs

Distinguishing p from o xylene

Connie Francisco  Follow
para substituted rings give very easily recognizable patterns.

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Ahmad Zahir  Follow
2 for each CH3 group, 2 different peaks for the 2 different types of hydrogens in the ring.

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Barbara Murray  Follow
I'm not sure. And my question has to do with differentiating the ortho and para

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Dave Calhoun  Follow
The xylenes are frequently used to exemplify the effects of symmetry in NMR spectra. How many peaks would you predict for each isomer?

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Baissa Jika  Follow
There are two sharp singlets for p-xylene, 4H:6H. The ortho and meta isomers have single peaks for the CH3 groups. Why?

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Amy Yu  Follow
Meta is a doublet between the two methyl groups.  Why?

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