Propanal NMR

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I was wondering if someone could tell me the HNMR pattern that we should expect from Propanal. Kaplan seems to claim the chart would look like this:

http://jasper.kaptest.com/content/media/05/46005.0.ospq09g01.gif

but I was wondering why the H on the carbonyl carbon does not get split since it is adjacent to the 2 H's of the CH2.

Then i found this...

http://www.yteach.co.uk/page.php/re...ivalent_oxygen_nitrogen_t_page_10&from=search

-- can't get a clear answer =/ help ! thank you!
 
I dont think either or those are correct. There are 3 different types of protons thus you should see 3 peaks. The Proton on the aldehyde is extremely deshielded and it will not split any other protons thus it will have ONE peak around 10 ppm. The 2 protons attached to the alpha carbon will have a quartet that is further downfield (since it is closer to the carbonyl carbon) than the protons attached to the beta carbon (triplet).

http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/courses/351/nmrsketch/13/nmr.html

Try to figure it out and when you are down, hit ""give up" . It will show you the correct HNMR and then why those signals are present.
 
the first one is close, except as the previous poster said the one that is farther downfield should be the quartet.
 
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