Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
DEPT:
An acronym for Distortionless Enhancement of
Polarization
Transfer. A
13
C-NMR
technique that determines the number of hydrogen atoms
bonded
to each carbon in the
molecule
.
CH
3
DEPT
spectrum
of
1-butanol
.
Signals
for
methyl group
carbons appear as
singlets
. Signals for
CH
2
,
CH
, and
quaternary carbons
do not appear.
Broadband-decoupled
1
3
C-NMR
spectrum
of
1-butanol
.
Related terms:
Spin-spin coupling
,
splitting
,
decouple
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