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Infrared spectroscopy absorption table
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The following table lists infrared spectroscopy absorptions by frequency regions.

4000­3000 cm­1
3700­
medium sharp O­H stretching alcohol free
3584
3550­ intermolecular
strong broad O­H stretching alcohol
3200 bonded
3500
medium N­H stretching primary amine
3400
3400­
3300 aliphatic
medium N­H stretching
3330­ primary amine
3250
3350­ secondary
medium N­H stretching
3310 amine
3300­ usually centered
strong broad O­H stretching carboxylic acid
2500 on 3000 cm­1
3200­ intramolecular
weak broad O­H stretching alcohol
2700 bonded
3000­
strong broad N­H stretching amine salt
2800

3000­2500 cm­1
3333­
strong sharp C­H stretching alkyne
3267
3100­
medium C­H stretching alkene
3000
3000­
medium C­H stretching alkane
2840
2830­
medium C­H stretching aldehyde doublet
2695
2600­
weak S­H stretching thiol
2550

2400­2000 cm­1
2349 strong O=C=O stretching carbon dioxide
2275­
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2250 strong broad N=C=O stretching isocyanate

2260­
weak CΞN stretching nitrile
2222
2260­
weak CΞC stretching alkyne disubstituted
2190
2175­
strong S­CΞN stretching thiocyanate
2140
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

2000­1650 cm­1
2000­ aromatic
weak C­H bending overtone
1650 compound

1870­1540 cm­1
1818
strong C=O stretching anhydride
1750
1815­
strong C=O stretching acid halide
1785
1800­ conjugated acid
strong C=O stretching
1770 halide
1775 conjugated
strong C=O stretching
1720 anhydride
1770­ vinyl / phenyl
strong C=O stretching
1780 ester
1760 strong C=O stretching carboxylic acid monomer
1750­ 6­membered
strong C=O stretching esters
1735 lactone
1750­
strong C=O stretching δ­lactone γ: 1770
1735
1745 strong C=O stretching cyclopentanone

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1740­
strong C=O stretching aldehyde
1720

1730­ α,β­unsaturated
strong C=O stretching or formates
1715 ester
or
1725­ cyclohexanone
strong C=O stretching aliphatic ketone
1705 or
cyclopentenone
1720­
strong C=O stretching carboxylic acid dimer
1706
1710­
strong C=O stretching conjugated acid dimer
1680
1710­ conjugated
strong C=O stretching
1685 aldehyde
free (associated:
1690 strong C=O stretching primary amide
1650)
1690­
medium C=N stretching imine / oxime
1640
1685­ conjugated
strong C=O stretching
1666 ketone
secondary free (associated:
1680 strong C=O stretching
amide 1640)
free (associated:
1680 strong C=O stretching tertiary amide
1630)
γ: 1750­1700 β:
1650 strong C=O stretching δ­lactam
1760­1730

1670­1600 cm­1
1678­ disubstituted
weak C=C stretching alkene
1668 (trans)
1675­
weak C=C stretching alkene trisubstituted
1665
1675­
weak C=C stretching alkene tetrasubstituted
1665
1662­ disubstituted
medium C=C stretching alkene
1626 (cis)
1658­
medium C=C stretching alkene vinylidene
1648
1650­ conjugated
medium C=C stretching
1600 alkene
1650­
medium N­H bending amine
1580

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1650­ medium C=C stretching cyclic alkene

1566
1648­ strong C=C stretching alkene monosubstituted
1638
1620­ α,β­unsaturated
strong C=C stretching
1610 ketone

1600­1300 cm­1
1550­
1500
strong N­O stretching nitro compound
1372­
1290
methylene
1465 medium C­H bending alkane
group
1450
medium C­H bending alkane methyl group
1375
1390­
medium C­H bending aldehyde
1380
1385­
1380
medium C­H bending alkane gem dimethyl
1370­
1365

1400­1000 cm­1
1440­
medium O­H bending carboxylic acid
1395
1420­
medium O­H bending alcohol
1330
1415­
1380
strong S=O stretching sulfate
1200­
1185
1410­
1380 sulfonyl
strong S=O stretching
1204­ chloride
1177
1400­ fluoro
strong C­F stretching
1000 compound
1390­
medium O­H bending phenol
1310
1372­
1335
strong S=O stretching sulfonate
1195­
1168
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1370­
1335
strong S=O stretching sulfonamide
1170­
1155
1350­
anhydrous
1342
strong S=O stretching sulfonic acid hydrate: 1230­
1165­
1120
1150
1350­
1300
strong S=O stretching sulfone
1160­
1120
1342­
strong C­N stretching aromatic amine
1266
1310­
strong C­O stretching aromatic ester
1250
1275­
1200
strong C­O stretching alkyl aryl ether
1075­
1020
1250­
medium C­N stretching amine
1020
1225­
1200
strong C­O stretching vinyl ether
1075­
1020
1210­
strong C­O stretching ester
1163
1205­
strong C­O stretching tertiary alcohol
1124
1150­
strong C­O stretching aliphatic ether
1085
1124­ secondary
strong C­O stretching
1087 alcohol
1085­
strong C­O stretching primary alcohol
1050
1070­
strong S=O stretching sulfoxide
1030
1050­ CO­O­
strong broad stretching anhydride
1040 CO

1000­650 cm­1

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995­
985
strong C=C bending alkene monosubstituted
915­
905

980­ disubstituted
strong C=C bending alkene
960 (trans)
895­
strong C=C bending alkene vinylidene
885
850­
strong C­Cl stretching halo compound
550
840­
medium C=C bending alkene trisubstituted
790
730­ disubstituted
strong C=C bending alkene
665 (cis)
690­
strong C­Br stretching halo compound
515
600­
strong C­I stretching halo compound
500

900­700 cm­1
880 ±
20 1,2,4­
strong C­H bending
810 ± trisubstituted
20
880 ±
20
780 ± 1,3­
strong C­H bending
20 disubstituted
(700
± 20)
1,4­
810 ± disubstituted or
strong C­H bending
20 1,2,3,4­
tetrasubstituted
780 ±
20 1,2,3­
strong C­H bending
(700 trisubstituted
± 20)
755 ± 1,2­
strong C­H bending
20 disubstituted
750 ±
monosubstituted
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20 strong C­H bending benzene

700 ± derivative
20

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