Answer Page Infrared Spectroscopy Chem212
1a: 2-butanone: C=O 1750-1680 cm -1 2-methoxypropene: alkene C-H 3100-3020 cm -1
1b: alcohol: broad peak 2650-3400 cm -1 aldehyde: C=O and aldehyde C-H
1c: ethylamine: NH2 3500-3300 cm -1 acetonitrile: C_N at 2260-2210 cm -1
1d: benzene: aryl C-H 3030 cm -1 cyclohexane: alkyl C-H 2960-2850 cm -1
1e: 1-butyne: alkyne _C-H 3300 cm -1 and C_C butadiene: alkene C-H 3100-3020 cm -1 2-butyne: only C_C
1f: HC_CCH2NH2: alkyne and amine stretches CH3CH2C_N: nitrile stretch
1g: acetone: C=O
propanal: C=O and aldehyde C-H
2a: identical 2b: different
3: _C-H 3300 cm -1;
alkyl C-H 2960-2850; C_C 2260-2100;
alkyl C-C fingerprint
4 top: hexanol bottom: nonane
5 top: tert-butyl ethyl ether bottom: 2-methyl-1-butanol
6 top: butanal bottom: 2-butanone
7 top: hexanoic acid bottom: benzoic acid
8 top: cyclohexene bottom: cyclohexane
9 left: octanoic acid right: 2-octanol
bottom: 2-octanone
10 top: 1-phenyl-2-butanone bottom: 1-phenyl-2-butanone
(conjugated)
11 top: 5-hexen-2-one bottom: 2-cyclohexen-1-one (conjugated)
12 compound A has bands at 3090 cm-1 (=C-H)
and 1650 cm-1: alkene
compound B has bands at 3300 cm-1 (_C-H)
and 2100 cm-1 (C_C):
alkyne
compound C has bands at 3330 cm-1 (-O-H)
and 1060 cm-1 (C-O): alcohol
compound D has bands at 3080 cm-1 (=C-H)
and 1640 cm-1 (C=C): alkene
13 compound I: 1740 cm-1 (C=O) and
1240, 1050 cm-1 (C-O): ester
compound J: 3325 cm-1 (=C-H) and 1060 (cm-1
C-O): no carbonyl; alcohol
compound K: 3100 cm-1 (=C-H) and 1640 cm-1
(C=C): alkene
compound L: 2720 cm-1 (O=C-H) and 1730 cm-1
(C=O): aldehyde
14 a. peaks above 3000 cm-1 suggests
alkene C-H; also C=C
b. bands at 3300, 2150 indicate R-C_C-H:
terminal alkyne
c. broad band at 3350 cm-1 shows -OH: alcohol
d. bands at 3080 and, 1640 cm-1: alkene
e. broad band at 3400 cm-1 shows -OH, band
at 1020 cm-1 (C-O stretch), sharp band at
2120 cm-1 show C_C
thus 2 functional groups, alcohol and alkyne
f. stong band at 1720 cm-1 (C=O) could be
an aldehyde or ketone
BUT the absence of bands at 2720 and 2820 cm-1
(C-H) shows it is not an aldehyde: therefore a ketone
g. strong band at 1725 cm-1 (C=O) and bands
at 2720 and 2820 cm-1 (C-H): aldehyde
15 compound Q: 3335 (broad) (-O-H); 3080 (C=C-H); 1650
(C=O); 1048 (C-O): alcohol and alkene
compound R: 2200 (C_C); 1675 (C=O);
no band at 3300; not a terminal alkyne; low value for carbonyl
suggest conjugation with double/triple bond; absence of band at
2700 indicates a conjugated ketone, not aldehyde: alkyne and ketone
compound S: 3460 (broad) (-O-H); 1710 (C=O); no band at 2700,
not aldehyde: ketone and alcohol
compound T: 3100 (C=C-H); 1740 (C=O); 1640 (C=C); 1240, 1040
(C-O): ester and alkene
16 spectrum 1: methyl pentanoate spectrum 2: 10-undecenal
spectrum 3: 3-methylcyclohexanone spectrum 4: 1-octanol
spectrum 5: 3-butenoic acid spectrum 6: octanoic acid
17 spectrum 1: dipropyl ether spectrum 2: 1,5-hexadiene
spectrum 3: cyclohexane spectrum 4: 1-hexen-3-ol
spectrum 5: 1-methyl-1-cyclopentene
not present: 3-hexanol, trans-4-octene
18 E: no units of unsaturation; 3325 (O-H); 1040 (C-O):
an alcohol; possibly 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol,
t-butanol
F: one unit of unsaturation; 3325 (O-H); 1060 (C-O); an alcohol;
no alkene stretch, must be cyclic; possible structures are cyclohexanol,
isomeric methylcyclopentanols, cyclopentylmethanol, isomeric
ethylcyclobutanols, isomeric ethylmethylcyclopropanols
G: one unit of unsaturation; 1700 (C=O), carbonyl accounts for
unsaturation: no ring; no sign of aldehyde C-H, must be a ketone;
possible structures: isomeric hexanones, isomeric methylpentanones
H: one unit of unsaturation; 2700 (H-C=O), 1740 (C=O), an aldehyde;
possible structures: butanal, methylpropanal
M: 2 units of unsaturation; 3300 (_C-H);
2130 (C_C); triple bond, a terminal
alkyne: only one possible structure: H-C_C-CH2Cl
N: one unit of unsaturation; 1715 (C=O); carbonyl accounts for
unsaturation; no ring; probably an aldehyde such as pentanal
O: one unit unsaturation; carbonyl accounts; broad peak around
3000 suggest carboxylic acid; possible structures: pentanoic acid,
methylbutanoic acids
P: 5 units of unsaturation; probably benzene ring plus carbonyl;
need 2 oxygens, an ester?; possibly methyl benzoate