INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY ABSORPTION TABLE

The following table lists infrared spectroscopy absorptions by frequency regions.

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 4000-3000 cm-1
3700- medium sharp O-H stretching alcohol free
3584
3550- strong broad O-H stretching alcohol intermolecular bonded
3200
3500 medium N-H stretching primary amine
3400
3400- medium N-H stretching aliphatic
3300 primary amine
3330-
3250
3350- medium N-H stretching secondary
3310 amine
3300- strong broad O-H stretching carboxylic acid usually centered on 3000
2500 cm-1
3200- weak broad O-H stretching alcohol intramolecular bonded
2700
3000- strong broad N-H stretching amine salt
2800

3000-2500 cm-1
3333- strong sharp C-H stretching alkyne
3267
3100- medium C-H stretching alkene
3000
3000- medium C-H stretching alkane
2840
2830- medium C-H stretching aldehyde doublet
2695
2600- weak S-H stretching thiol
2550

2400-2000 cm-1
2349 strong O=C=O stretching carbon dioxide
2275- strong broad N=C=O stretching isocyanate
2250
2260- weak CΞN stretching nitrile
2222
2260- weak CΞC stretching alkyne disubstituted
2190
2175- strong S-CΞN stretching thiocyanate
2140

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2160- strong N=N=N stretching azide
2120
2150 C=C=O stretching ketene
2145- strong N=C=N stretching carbodiimide
2120
2140- weak CΞC stretching alkyne monosubstituted
2100
2140- strong N=C=S stretching isothiocyanate
1990
2000- medium C=C=C stretching allene
1900
2000 C=C=N stretching ketenimine

2000-1650 cm-1
2000- weak C-H bending aromatic overtone
1650 compound

1870-1540 cm-1
1818 strong C=O stretching anhydride
1750
1815- strong C=O stretching acid halide
1785
1800- strong C=O stretching conjugated acid
1770 halide
1775 strong C=O stretching conjugated
1720 anhydride
1770- strong C=O stretching vinyl / phenyl
1780 ester
1760 strong C=O stretching carboxylic acid monomer
1750- strong C=O stretching esters 6-membered lactone
1735
1750- strong C=O stretching δ-lactone γ: 1770
1735
1745 strong C=O stretching cyclopentanone
1740- strong C=O stretching aldehyde
1720
1730- strong C=O stretching α,β-unsaturated or formates
1715 ester
1725- strong C=O stretching aliphatic ketone or cyclohexanone or
1705 cyclopentenone
1720- strong C=O stretching carboxylic acid dimer
1706

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1710- strong C=O stretching conjugated acid dimer
1680
1710- strong C=O stretching conjugated
1685 aldehyde
1690 strong C=O stretching primary amide free (associated: 1650)
1690- medium C=N stretching imine / oxime
1640
1685- strong C=O stretching conjugated
1666 ketone
1680 strong C=O stretching secondary free (associated: 1640)
amide
1680 strong C=O stretching tertiary amide free (associated: 1630)
1650 strong C=O stretching δ-lactam γ: 1750-1700 β: 1760-
1730

1670-1600 cm-1
1678- weak C=C stretching alkene disubstituted (trans)
1668
1675- weak C=C stretching alkene trisubstituted
1665
1675- weak C=C stretching alkene tetrasubstituted
1665
1662- medium C=C stretching alkene disubstituted (cis)
1626
1658- medium C=C stretching alkene vinylidene
1648
1650- medium C=C stretching conjugated
1600 alkene
1650- medium N-H bending amine
1580
1650- medium C=C stretching cyclic alkene
1566
1648- strong C=C stretching alkene monosubstituted
1638
1620- strong C=C stretching α,β-unsaturated
1610 ketone

1600-1300 cm-1
1550- strong N-O stretching nitro compound
1500
1372-
1290

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1465 medium C-H bending alkane methylene group
1450 medium C-H bending alkane methyl group
1375
1390- medium C-H bending aldehyde
1380
1385- medium C-H bending alkane gem dimethyl
1380
1370-
1365

1400-1000 cm-1
1440- medium O-H bending carboxylic acid
1395
1420- medium O-H bending alcohol
1330
1415- strong S=O stretching sulfate
1380
1200-
1185
1410- strong S=O stretching sulfonyl
1380 chloride
1204-
1177
1400- strong C-F stretching fluoro
1000 compound
1390- medium O-H bending phenol
1310
1372- strong S=O stretching sulfonate
1335
1195-
1168
1370- strong S=O stretching sulfonamide
1335
1170-
1155
1350- strong S=O stretching sulfonic acid anhydrous
1342 hydrate: 1230-1120
1165-
1150
1350- strong S=O stretching sulfone
1300
1160-
1120
1342- strong C-N stretching aromatic amine

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1266
1310- strong C-O stretching aromatic ester
1250
1275- strong C-O stretching alkyl aryl ether
1200
1075-
1020
1250- medium C-N stretching amine
1020
1225- strong C-O stretching vinyl ether
1200
1075-
1020
1210- strong C-O stretching ester
1163
1205- strong C-O stretching tertiary alcohol
1124
1150- strong C-O stretching aliphatic ether
1085
1124- strong C-O stretching secondary
1087 alcohol
1085- strong C-O stretching primary alcohol
1050
1070- strong S=O stretching sulfoxide
1030
1050- strong broad CO-O- stretching anhydride
1040 CO

1000-650 cm-1
995-985 strong C=C bending alkene monosubstituted
915-905
980-960 strong C=C bending alkene disubstituted (trans)
895-885 strong C=C bending alkene vinylidene
850-550 strong C-Cl stretching halo compound
840-790 medium C=C bending alkene trisubstituted
730-665 strong C=C bending alkene disubstituted (cis)
690-515 strong C-Br stretching halo compound
600-500 strong C-I stretching halo compound

900-700 cm-1
880 ± strong C-H bending 1,2,4-
20 trisubstituted

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810 ±
20
880 ± strong C-H bending 1,3-disubstituted
20
780 ±
20
(700 ±
20)
810 ± strong C-H bending 1,4-disubstituted
20 or
1,2,3,4-
tetrasubstituted
780 ± strong C-H bending 1,2,3-
20 trisubstituted
(700 ±
20)
755 ± strong C-H bending 1,2-disubstituted
20
750 ± strong C-H bending monosubstituted
20 benzene
700 ± derivative
20

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