Table 1. Characteristic IR Absorption Peaks of Functional Groups Vibration Position (CM) Intensity Notes Alkanes Alkenes
Table 1. Characteristic IR Absorption Peaks of Functional Groups Vibration Position (CM) Intensity Notes Alkanes Alkenes
Table 1. Characteristic IR Absorption Peaks of Functional Groups Vibration Position (CM) Intensity Notes Alkanes Alkenes
Alkenes
=C-H stretch 3100 – 3000 m
C=C stretch 1680 – 1620 (sat.) w to m
1650 – 1600 (conj.)
=C-H bend 995 – 685 s See Table 2 for detail
Alkynes
≡C-H stretch 3310 – 3200 s
C≡C stretch 2250 – 2100 m to w
Aromatic Compounds
C-H stretch 3100 – 3000 m to w
C=C stretch 1625 – 1440 m to w Hidden in fingerprint region
C-H bend 900 – 680 s See Table 2 for detail
Alcohols**
O-H stretch 3550 – 3200 br, s Hydrogen bonded (typical)
Amines
N-H stretch 3550 – 3250 br, m Primary (two bands)
Secondary (one band)
Nitriles
C≡N stretch 2280 – 2200 s
Aldehydes
C-H stretch 2900 – 2800 & s H-C=O Fermi doublet
2800 – 2700
C=O stretch 1740 – 1720 (sat.) s
1715 – 1680 (conj.)
Ketones
C=O stretch 1750 – 1705 (sat.) s
1700 – 1665 (conj.)
Esters**
C=O stretch 1765 – 1735 (sat.) s
1730 – 1715 (conj.)
Carboxylic Acids**
O-H stretch 3200 – 2500 br, m to w
C=O stretch 1725 – 1700 (sat.) s
1715 – 1680 (conj.)
Amides
N-H stretch 3500 – 3150 m Primary (two bands)
Secondary (one band)
C=O stretch 1700 – 1630 s
IR Tables, UCSC
Table 1 cont’d
Vibration Position (cm-1) Intensity Notes
Anhydrides**
C=O stretch 1850 – 1800 & s
1790 – 1740
Acid Chlorides
C=O stretch 1815 – 1770 s
Nitro Compounds
NO2 stretch 1570 – 1490 & s
1390 – 1300
Thiols†
R-S-H stretch 2550 – 2600
*
Adapted from…Mohrig, J. R.; Hammond, C. N.; Schatz, P. F. “Infrared Spectroscopy” in Techniques in
Organic Chemistry. Freeman: New York, 2006.
†
Palleros, D. R. “Infrared Spectroscopy” in Experimental Organic Chemistry. Wiley: New York, 2000. p.
688.