Mass Spectrometry Organic Compounds

[@ravenwolf2220]

Very helpful, didn't quite get it in class but this has really cleared up the stuff I didn't understand

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[@MaChemGuy]

You're welcome! Glad you found it :)

[@MissOghezi]

Thank you for your video :) Also how do you know which one is the radical?

[@numskullz1000]

Best vid on ive found on mass spec. cheers x

[@obaapapapabi3015]

Great Explanation. Thanks, Sir.

[@xxraheem137xx]

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[@MaChemGuy]

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[@patrickc8971]

thanks a lot for these videos very helpful

[@MaChemGuy]

Thanks for the comment Patrick. Good luck with your exams!

[@patrickc8971]

cheers

[@lilyofthevalley005]

how do you know what height to make the peak?

[@riyadhmenacer9651]

This was very helpful. Thank you.

[@theeverlastingfather1111]

Much helpful explanation, Cheers man.

[@RB-nh1om]

6:22 why is ch2oh a radical????....... and would it also be possible if e.g. we fragment the CH3CH2 off, for the OH to get a positive charge instead. do they get the positive charge randomly????

[@user-ey4ux6nl4r]

how do you know which fragment is positive and which is the radical

[@raph_n4]

It depends on what type of positive fragment you see. When you split the molecular ion into its fragments, the one with the m/z value relative to the peak, is the one which takes the positive ion and the rest of the molecular then becomes a radical. So, it doesn't really matter as long as the spectrometer picks up the positive peak.

[@MsBoMuffin]

Wouldn't the OH+ be a charge too? Why are you only splitting the molecules vertically?

[@samuelbrodie1060]

Thank you very much for the video. How do you determine which fragment will be the positive ion and which will be the radical? Do you not do both as it could be either? Thanks

[@MaChemGuy]

It could very well be either. At A level you don’t need to know

[@samuelbrodie1060]

@@MaChemGuy Ok thank you!

[@Dopo1993]

can you do a video for constructing B6H6 mass spectra?

[@khromatic9928]

So when you use the electron gun to knock off an electron, will you always knock 1 off otherwise the mass would be half if 2 were knocked off?

[@MaChemGuy]

Correct and sometimes that happens and you see peaks with half the mass of the others

[@khromatic9928]

Sorry to bother you, but I have another question: A student mixes 100 cm3 of 0.200 mol dm-3 NaCl(aq) with 100 cm3 of 0.200 mol dm-3 Na2CO3(aq). This is on my sample paper for ocr. I thought that there are 3 atoms of Na therefore on the product side there would be 3 Na ions. Next, I Calculated the mols of NaOH (or either since they have the same conc/volume) and got 0.02 mols. Then I did 0.02 x 3 (because there is 3 atoms of Na+ ions on the product side) Lastly, I did 0.06=c x 200/1000 (200 as the overall solution has 200 cm3) and rearranged to get c= 0.3 mol dm-3. The thing that's bothering me is whether I was correct in thinking there is 3 atoms of Na+ ions. what if I balanced the equation and it gave me a number in front of the Na product? Thanks, and again sorry to bother you

[@antonnwokedi3819]

wouldn't the CH3 fragment be a radical?

[@shariqsultan5811]

Sir please tell me which compound used as a reference compound in mass spectra please sir tommorow is my paper of organic please

[@Lidia-np9bn]

Does the height of a peak ie relative abundance % matter? How to distinguish which peak is higher? Thank you!!

[@MaChemGuy]

Lidia Stralys Peak height is linked to the amount of the fragment ion that forms relative to the others. This isn’t tested in the exam

[@Lidia-np9bn]

@@MaChemGuy great! Many thanks!

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[@KJuniorMuzik]

thanks for the video, can u help me analyze my new compound?

[@nhipham3892]

Great video thank you

[@erin7913]

So does the molecule fragment hetrolytically?

[@MaChemGuy]

Remember that the molecule loses one electron in the ionisation chamber of the mass spectrometer giving it an initial 1+ charge. If a further bond is broken (homolytically) to produce fragments, one part will carry the 1+ charge and be a radical cation (this is detected by the spectrometer) the other will not carry the charge and be a radical (not detected). There are various ways that fragmentation can occur, involving different types of bond fission. I teach A level Chemistry which does not require such an in depth look at bond breaking so I keep it as simple as possible.

[@BAMitsFRESHPINK]

How do you know where the molecule fragmentation would take place though?

[@BAMitsFRESHPINK]

like wouldn't it be random fragmentation. And also why couldn't the CH3 become the radical instead of the CH2OH couldnt it be the other way round (5:33

[@rameens6539]

BAMitsFRESHPINK I think it could be either, he might've just given the CH3 the charge because its a really common fragment. Also I think that the exam question will have a mass spectra which only detects positive charges, so you don't have to worry about which radicals are being formed

[@cutieepie757]

i was soo happy to see ur video related to mass spectrometry but after 2:00 mins the video is not focused :'(

[@MaChemGuy]

cutiee pie Strange, looks fine to me

[@cutieepie757]

MaChemGuy :-[

[@MaChemGuy]

cutiee pie maybe your computer is buffering

[@cutieepie757]

MaChemGuy no

[@MaChemGuy]

cutiee pie Mystery then. Video been up for 2 years or so and no mention of picture quality

[@dustysdisciples2205]

does the m+1 peak represent all carbons in the fragment ion or only one

[@maryem5733]

the m+1 peak represents the naturally occurring isotope of carbon which is c-13 but you'd normally ignore the m+1 peak and focus on the molecular ion peak for these questions. hope that helped and good luck if you have chem unit 2 today :)

[@sabasiddiq1483]

why is the ch3 a positive ion and not the other molecule

[@MaChemGuy]

Both fragments can actually carry the positive charge but some are more able than others. The neutral fragment is a radical btw

[@user-fs3wo3jh3u]

not good

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