What absorbs at 1291 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 1291 cm⁻¹ can point to several functional groups. Below are the most likely assignments, ranked by how much published evidence supports each — every one traceable to literature (DOI) and cross-validated against our 130,000+ reference spectra and knowledge graph.
Backed by 8 cited sources
Possible functional-group assignments
| Functional group | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methoxy (OCH3) | 5 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Methacrylate | 5 | 5 | 1.0 |
| C-O single bond | 5 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Acetate | 5 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Amide | 4 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Secondary amine | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| C n single bond | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alkene (C=C) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Carboxyl (COOH) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Fluorine (C-F) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alkyl C-H | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
Ranking reflects accumulated literature evidence, not a single authoritative rule. Always confirm against your sample context.
Literature behind these assignments
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Acetate confidence 1.0
“Additional bands corresponding to C-O-H bending appeared at 1291 cm-1.”
Can 等 - 2023 - Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent-Treat DOI: 10.3390/f14030569 -
Amide confidence 1.0
“Peak at 1291 which also confirms the self-doped structure of the copolycm-1 indicate C N stretching and C H and at 3214 mer as proposed in reaction 1.”
Dey Sadhu 等 - 2020 - Preparation and characterization of polyanilinea DOI: 10.1002/pc.25738 -
Amide confidence 1.0
“The peak at 1291 was due to C-N stretching vibration and this confirmed the presence of the amine group in pure in the memcm-1 brane matrix.”
Experimental and DFT studies on the structural and optical properties of chitosan/polyvinyl pyrrolidone/ZnS nanocomposites DOI: 10.1007/s00289-023-04700-0 -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“In addition, a of thermogram which had two melting shifting of the C-O vibration of BA at 1291.40 points at 157.0 and 188.8 °C, respectively, cm-1 to 1379.16 was proof of deprotonation in corresponding to the DES and SA melting”
Ainurofiq 等 - 2018 - Synthesis, characterization, and stability study o DOI: 10.1080/10837450 -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“In BA, the neutral carboxylic group (-COOH) had a strong carbonyl (C=O) with stretching at a peak of 1686.82 cm-1 and a weak carbonyl (C-O) stretching at 1291.40 cm-1.”
A Novel Desloratadine-Benzoic Acid Co-Amorphous Solid: Preparation, Characterization, and Stability Evaluation DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics10030085 -
Fluorine (C-F) confidence 1.0
“O nline 1300 1300 CF symmetric stretching and rocking 1291 [19] α PVDF 2 L ibrary”
Chipara 等 - 2020 - Spectroscopic investigations on PVDF-Fe2O3 nanocom DOI: 10.1002/app.48907 -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“The peaks at 1585-1500 cm-1 resulted from the C=C stretching vibrations of the aromatic ring cm-1 C=C at 1585-1500 resulted from the stretching vibrations of the aromatic ring while the peak at while the peak at 1291 cm-1 can be assigned to”
Kowalczuk - 2020 - FTIR Characterization of the Development of Antimi DOI: 10.3390/coatings10090818 -
Alkene (C=C) confidence 1.0
“The porphyrin peaks at 1494 cm-1 and 1291 cm-1 due to their C=C and C-N stretching can also be seen in the GO@AuNRs-TMePyP spectrum.”
Graphene Oxide-Gold Nanorods Nanocomposite-Porphyrin Conjugate as Promising Tool for Cancer Phototherapy Performance DOI: 10.3390/ph14121295
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