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Its the ratio of the hydrogens in different environments.
Benzaldehyde C6H5CHO has five hydrogens attached to the ring and one in the -CHO group. In low resolution NMR this will produce two peaks with integrals of 5 to 1 (the integral is proportional to the number of hydrogens responsible for each peak.
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Its the ratio of the hydrogens in different environments.
Benzaldehyde C6H5CHO has five hydrogens attached to the ring and one in the -CHO group. In low resolution NMR this will produce two peaks with integrals of 5 to 1 (the integral is proportional to the number of hydrogens responsible for each peak.

so would it be a singlet and a multiplet?
in low resolution, no just two peaks...

But, in high resolution it would be
1 peak due to CHO (unsplit) (integral=1)

1 peak due to the 2 and 6 hydrogens split into a triplet (integral=2)

1 peak due to the 3 and 5 hydrogens split into a doublet of triplets (integral=2)

1 peak due to the 4 hydrogen split into a triplet (integral=1)
If splitting occurs from both sides doesn't it become a multiplet?
Also, do the numbers in front of hydrogen atoms represent Carbon numbers?
A doublet of triplets could be called a multiplet - it just depends if they can be resolved or not. The word multiplet usually means a jumbled mess of peaks caused by spliting from both sides. In benzene rings it is often possible to resolve this double splitting.

and yes, the numbers refer to the carbon positions in the ring

2,6 = ortho
3,5 = meta
4 = para

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