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GATE Organic Chemistry: Experimental Techniques in Organic Chemistry: Optical rotation (polarimetry). Application of various chromatographic techniques such as thin-layer, column, HPLC and GC. Applications of UV-visible, IR, NMR spectroscopy and Mass spectrometry in the structural determination of organic molecules. – Previous Year Questions

8 GATE previous year questions on Experimental Techniques in Organic Chemistry: Optical rotation (polarimetry). Application of various chromatographic techniques such as thin-layer, column, HPLC and GC. Applications of UV-visible, IR, NMR spectroscopy and Mass spectrometry in the structural determination of organic molecules. (Organic Chemistry, Chemistry) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2026 CY Q37 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Match protons in compound X (Column M) with chemical shifts (Column N). Column M Column N --- --- P: Ha I: 7.00 (ddd, J = 8.4, 7.3, 1.4 Hz, 1H) Q: Hb…
  2. GATE 2026 CY Q57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider the following reaction sequence, where A and B are the major products. In proton-decoupled 13C NMR spectra, the total number of carbon…
  3. GATE 2025 CY Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In the 1H-NMR spectrum of the following molecule, the signal of proton H a appears as
  4. GATE 2025 CY Q24 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Compound(s) that show(s) an intense peak at m/z 120 in the EI mass spectrum is/are
  5. GATE 2025 CY Q42 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Compound K has a strong IR band at 1680 cm−1. Its 1H NMR data: (ppm) 7.30 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 6.8 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.8 (septet, J = 7.0 Hz, 1H),…
  6. GATE 2024 CY Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The major product in the given reaction sequence is Q. The mass spectrum of Q shows ([M] = molecular ion peak)
  7. GATE 2024 CY Q32 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – 1H NMR spectrum of a mixture containing CH 3Br (x mol) and (CH 3) 3CBr (y mol) shows two singlets at 2.7 ppm and 1.8 ppm, with the relative ratio of…
  8. GATE 2024 CY Q40 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Consider the following 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d 6) data of a compound: in ppm: 3.85 (s, 6H), 6.73 (t, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.1 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 2H), and 13.05…