IR Exercise: 1-Butanol Acetophenone
IR Exercise: 1-Butanol Acetophenone
IR Exercise: 1-Butanol Acetophenone
Match the following 10 compounds with the 10 spectra on the following pages. Label the major diagnostic
peaks on each spectrum to receive full credit.
O
C
1-butanol HOCH2CH2CH2CH3 acetophenone CH3
O
benzyl alcohol CH2OH ethyl acetate C CH2CH3
H 3C O
O O
2-pentanone H3C C CH2CH2CH3 butyraldehyde H3CH2CH2C C
H
Reference
1750-1665 cm-1 C=O (see discussion on back) 1300-1050 cm-1 C–O (alcohols, esters)
Carbonyl Stretching Frequencies
The exact position of the carbonyl band in the 1760-1665 cm-1 range is determined by the constituents
neighboring the carbonyl group. Some examples are:
Another way of looking at the correlation between wavenumber and functional group stretch:
H (or R) C C
O
N
C C
increasing band intensity
H
H
C
H
C
}
O
H H (or R)
O
C C
H (or R) C N
O
}
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1
3
4
A
7
A
10