Reddit reviews Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds

This book got me through my sr capstone and grad school.

https://www.amazon.com/Spectrometric-Identification-Organic-Compounds-Silverstein/dp/0471393622/ref=nodl_

Anybody else ever think of complex nmr as Sunday paper puzzles?

Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds

I took an entire course focused on this topic. A link to the textbook we used is below. It is an excellent book that explains each analytical technique as well as how to interpret the resulting spectral data.

http://www.amazon.com/Spectrometric-Identification-Organic-Compounds-Silverstein/dp/0471393622

My undergrad research advisor reccomended this book when I asked him a similar question. It's incredibly useful.

I took an NMR heavy course as a senior that used this textbook: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0471393622

its not totally amazing, but it was a pretty good reference for NMR and other spectrometric methods.

What kind of organometallics?

I really liked Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds. It has sections on basic MS and IR interpretation, but most of the book covers all of the 1D and 2D NMR techniques you'd come across (unless your a structural protein chemist).

I agree about Carey's books: lots of good information, and there are journal references to the problems. I'd also suggest Silverstein's Spectroscopy text http://www.amazon.com/Spectrometric-Identification-Organic-Compounds-Silverstein/dp/0471393622
You can find an older edition for less money, and learn much more about spectroscopy than what's in most organic texts.