When drawing an NMR Spectra how do you know where to place the peaks relative to eachother?

Question

Also anything else to do with drawing NMR Spectra would be useful. I know the basics but it's just when they become more complex that it confuses me

Answer 1

The more deshielding, the greater downfield (higher ppm) the peaks are.

It's often hard to estimate peak placement, but after you see a bunch of different spectra, it gets easier.

At least for 1H NMR, the alkyl junk can be found around 1-2 ppm. Alcohol protons around 5, aromatic protons around 7-8 and aldehyde/carboxylic acid protons at 10.

Answer 2

delta shift values can be easily calculated for the various groups so you can figure out what goes where.