Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry - Sextet

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry

Sextet: In NMR spectroscopy, a split signal composed of six lines, close together. The height of the lines will be close to 1:5:10:10:5:1 ratio.


Idealized sextet Lines in a 1:5:10:10:5:1 ratio		"Leaning" sextet

The simulated ¹H-NMR spectrum of sec-butyl ether has a sextet at 3.30 ppm due to the methine protons. Click the image to see a larger version.

Related terms: Spin-spin coupling, first order coupling, non-first-order coupling, splitting, first-order splitting, non-first-order splitting, coupling constant, J, chemical shift, singlet, doublet, triplet, quartet, pentet, septet, multiplet, doublet of doublets, doublet of triplets, triplet of doublets
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