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How do you interpret infrared spectroscopy graph ?

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Original post by hujikolp
No


Can't help then. All I remember is you look at where the black lines are and what they match up with. It may help if you post the actuall question.
Original post by hujikolp
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There's not a lot you can do with IR.

You can try and match large absorptions with a table of typical absorpton wavelengths to identify possible functional groups. Hydrogen bonding is normally a very broad -OH absorbance in alcohols and carboxylic acids. Carbonyl is fairly obvious.

If you suspect the identity of a compound you can compare it's IR with the sample (fingerprinting)
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Original post by charco
There's not a lot you can do with IR.

You can try and match large absorptions with a table of typical absorpton wavelengths to identify possible functional groups. Hydrogen bonding is normally a very broad -OH absorbance in alcohols and carboxylic acids. Carbonyl is fairly obvious.

If you suspect the identity of a compound you can compare it's IR with the sample (fingerprinting)


What can I say for propanal
Original post by hujikolp
What can I say for propanal


There will be a strong absorption due to the carbonyl group C=O stretching at about 1670 - 1820 cm-1.
There will be also be a C-H stretch at about 3000 cm -1 and C-H bends at about 1400 cm-1

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