Right can someone help me out it is to do with analytical techniques.
1). What is meant by the molecular ion
The molecular ion is a molecule that has lost an electron in the mass spectrometer forming a positive ion with a radical.
2). What is the M peak?
The M peak is the peak that represents the molecular ion with the biggest M/Z value
3). How do fragments get formed?
Not entirely sure, possibly something to do with the bombarding of the electrons.
4). Which parts of a molecule absorb infra-red?
The covalent bonds
5). Why do most infra- red spectra of organic molecules have a strong, sharp peak at around 3000cm^-1?
Most organic molecules have a C-H bond.
6). On an infra-red spectrum, what is meant by the 'fingerprint region'
It is the region which is specific to the compound. Can someone explain this bit to me a bit more. Do we ever use it and if we do how so?
Thanks