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2. The IR Spectroscopic Process
◦ As a covalent bond oscillates – due to the oscillation of the dipole of the
molecule – a varying electromagnetic field is produced
◦ The greater the dipole moment change through the vibration, the more
intense the EM field that is generated
3. The IR Spectroscopic Process
8. When a wave of infrared light encounters this oscillating EM field generated by the
oscillating dipole of the same frequency, the two waves couple, and IR light is absorbed
9. The coupled wave now vibrates with twice the amplitude
IR beam from spectrometer
EM oscillating wave
from bond vibration
“coupled” wave
4. Types of Molecular Vibrations (called modes of vibration).
• Stretching
– change in bond length
– Symmetric / asymmetric
• bending
– change in bond angle
– symmetric scissoring
– asymmetric wagging
– rocking
– twisting/torsion
5. The IR Spectroscopic Process
5. There are two types of bond vibration:
• Stretch – Vibration or oscillation along the line of the bond
• Bend – Vibration or oscillation not along the line of the bond
H
H
C
H
H
C
scissor
asymmetric
H
H
CC
H
H
CC
H
H
CC
H
H
CC
symmetric
rock
twist wag
in plane out of plane
6. Fewer and more experimental peaks than calculated
Fewer peaks
◦ Symmetry of the molecule (inactive)
◦ degenracy
◦ Energies of two or more vibrations are identical
◦ Or nearly identical
◦ Undetectable low absorption intensity
◦ Out of the instrumental detection range
More peaks
◦ Overtone
◦ Combination bands
7. Infrared radiation
λ = 2.5 to 17 μm
υ = 4000 to 600 cm-1
These frequencies match the frequencies of covalent bond stretching
and bending vibrations. Infrared spectroscopy can be used to find out
about covalent bonds in molecules.
IR is used to tell:
1. what type of bonds are present
2. some structural information
34. Carbonyls
Carbonyl stretches are generally strong:
◦ Aldehyde ~1710 cm-1
◦ Ketone ~1710 cm-1
◦ Carboxylic acid ~1710 cm-1
◦ Ester ~1730 - 1740 cm-1
◦ Amide ~1640-1680 cm-1
Conjugation shifts all carbonyls to lower frequencies.
Ring strain shifts carbonyls to higher frequencies.
O
H3C
1745 cm
-1
35. NH Bend
A broad, round peak may be observed around 1600 cm-1 for the N –
H bend, especially with primary amines.
NH2
stretch
N-H
bendN-H bend has
a different
shape than an
aromatic ring
or C=C
36. Esters
◦ C=O stretch at ~ 1730-1740 cm-1
and
◦ C-O stretch at 1000-1300 cm-1 (broad)
(Note: other functional groups may have peaks in the 1000-1300 cm-1
region too!)
1743 1245
strong
O
O
37. Amides
C=O stretch at 1640-1680 cm-1 (sometimes a double peak)
N-H stretch (if 1o or 2o) around 3300 cm-1
38. Nitriles
C N absorbs just above 2200 cm-1 (med – strong)
The alkyne C C signal is much weaker and is just below 2200
cm-1