A Practical Guide to Structure Determination in Organic Chemistry

This text offers a concise introduction to the key analytical techniques used to determine the molecular structure of organic compounds. It sets out a systematic approach to using and integrating spectroscopic data in a way that helps to develop skills in interpreting MS, NMR, and IR spectra in order to solve structure determination problems.

Timothy D. W. Claridge, Visiting Professor of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, University of Oxford,Andrew N. Boa, Senior Lecturer, University of Hull,James S. O. McCullagh, Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of Oxford

Tim Claridge is Visiting Professor of NMR Spectroscopy in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and Associate Director, NMR Analytics, at Exscientia Ltd. He has contributed to over 250 research publications and written a number of textbooks covering spectroscopy, including High-Resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry and the Oxford Chemistry Primer Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy (with Laurence M. Harwood).


Andrew Boa is a Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Hull. He holds a DPhil in Chemistry from the University of York and has 29 years of experience in teaching organic and bio-organic chemistry. His research interests cover all aspects of organic and bio-organic chemistry and extend to applications for the biosourced polymer sporopollenin.


James McCullagh is Professor of Biological Chemistry and Director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Facility in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. He has 20 years of experience in the development of (bio)analytical chemistry techniques, in particular using mass spectrometry, with applications in chemical, biological, and medical research. He has contributed to over 150 journal publications, book chapters, and articles, as well as a textbook on Mass Spectrometry (with Neil J. Oldham) in the Oxford Chemistry Primers series.