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Which factor does NOT affect the chemical shift of a proton?

  • A.Hydrogen bonding to a solvent molecule
  • B.The number of scans accumulated
  • C.The electronegativity of nearby atoms
  • D.Anisotropy of a neighbouring pi system

Answer: B

Shift is a property of the electronic environment, so electronegativity, ring and carbonyl anisotropy and hydrogen bonding all move a peak, sometimes by several ppm in the last case. Accumulating more scans improves signal to noise and changes nothing about position. Keeping clear which observables depend on the molecule and which on the experiment is the difference between interpreting a spectrum and merely describing it: shift, coupling and integral belong to the sample, while noise, resolution and artefacts belong to the instrument.

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