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#1 2006-03-02 04:12:33
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Pascal's triangle strikes again
So, I'm sitting (lying, actually) peacefully, studying H NMR spectroscopy for my Organic Chemistry class, when I come to the topic of splitting. Basically, NMR spectrometers apply a magnetic field to the substance under study, and different hydrogens emit peaks of RF radiations at slightly different frequencies based on the structure of the molecule; this lets us infer a lot of information about the a molecule's structure.
Anyway, hydrogens that are vicinal to each other split the peaks of their neighbors. The "mini-peaks" are not the same height as each other, but rather are governed by a ratio of heights. Here are the height ratios listed in a table of my book for multiplets from a doublet to a septet:
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1:1
1:2:1
1:3:3:1
1:4:6:4:1
1:5:10:10:5:1
1:6:15:20:15:6:1Does that look familiar to anyone else? Score one for Pascal!
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#2 2006-03-02 04:17:03
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Wanna know something other?
Pascal's Δ
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#3 2006-03-02 07:47:42
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Or my version: Pascal's Triangle
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#4 2006-03-02 12:43:44
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On the web page krassi h. pointed out, their is a mistake in the diagram of pascal's triangle. The 186 in the bottom row should be a 286 I think.
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#5 2006-03-02 12:56:10
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I really enjoyed MIF's pages on Pascal's triangle! My favorite part was the picture of the marbles in a tetrahedron. Wonderful implications, how the diagonal rows are possibly for each successive dimension that we cannot visualize in our 3-D world, at least that's what we can see with our eyes.
Diagonal rows:
1. all ones (0-D ?)
2. 1-D (counting numbers along a line)
3. 2-D triangle (like bowling pins)
4. 3-D triangle (like the marbles MIF has depicted)
5. 4-D triangle I am guessing, how could we prove this?????
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#6 2006-03-02 12:59:46
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What is vicinal hydrogens?? Is it in close proximity to each other??
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#7 2006-03-02 13:21:31
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I found this, but wish it explained more.
http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/chem/nmr/h1/splitting.html
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#8 2006-03-02 13:56:17
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And this is fun to read... http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/sci/chem/t … c/nmr1.htm
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#9 2006-03-02 15:42:04
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"Vicinal" hydrogens are separated by three bonds. So, in this structure: H3--C--C--H3 (ethane), 3 hydrogens are vicinal to three others.
So yes, they're close together, but not so much in space as in bonds (though it usually means in space, too).
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#10 2006-03-02 16:40:30
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Thanks for the info, ryos, and Boy, this chemistry reading is really fascinating.
And difficult.
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#11 2006-03-02 16:43:35
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Ya, It's difficult-not so easy as math!!!
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