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4D — Light & Sound

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What three big ideas let you reason through most Content Category 4D passages?

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Wave equations, sign conventions, and characteristic absorption energies.

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What does downfield mean in 1H NMR, and what commonly causes it?

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Deshielded; often near electronegative atoms or π systems.

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What 1H NMR pattern is the classic clue for an ethyl group?

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A triplet plus a quartet.

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Equivalent protons vs adjacent-carbon neighbors in the n+1 rule: what is the key distinction?

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Equivalent protons do not split each other; only adjacent-carbon non-equivalent protons count.

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