Chemistry Songs

Project Overview

These songs were written and performed by students in Dr. Otto Phanstiel's Organic Chemistry I and II Classes, starting in 1999, and still singing.

"Spectroscopy World"

Megan Bonde, Marsha Bonet, Carly Davis

Song: "Material Girl"

Artist: Madonna

One spectroscopy that we use
Tells us radio frequency
And the information we obtain is
Carbon-hydrogen framework

What spectroscopy are we using
For It is proton NMR
And the molecular event we observe
Is always a nuclear spin flip, 'cause with it we

CHORUS:
Understand the spectroscopies
And their different energies
You need to understand those spectroscopies
For that pesky MCAT exam

Another spectroscopy that is used
Gives us clues on many things
For Infrared radiation can
Identify functional groups

And the next spectroscopy that is used
Is mass spectrometry
And the main thing it tells us
Is a compound's molecular weight, 'cause with it we

CHORUS:
Understand the spectroscopies
And their different energies
You need to understand those spectroscopies
For that pesky MCAT exam

Understand the spectroscopies
Understand those spectroscopies
Understand the spectroscopies
Understand those spectroscopies

Last to come and easiest
Is ultraviolet radiation
It tells us the degree of conjugation
And all about electronic excitation

CHORUS:
Understand the spectroscopies
And their different energies
You need to understand those spectroscopies
For that pesky MCAT exam

A spectroscopy, a spectroscopy, a spectroscopy, a spectroscopy world.
Understand the spectroscopies,
Understand those spectroscopies