What absorbs at 1337 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 1337 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alkyl C-H | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| C-O single bond | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Methoxy (OCH3) | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Methacrylate | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Acetate | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Amide | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Phospholipid | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Nucleic acid | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Lipid | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| N h | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Methyl | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| C c single bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Ring structure | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Phosphate (PO4) | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Carbonate | 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
“The bands at 1337 1263, or 71311,26 cm(cid:1)1, a change of the conformation of CH 2OH at C-6 from all assigned as C-O-H bending, are also”
Oh 等 - 2005 - Crystalline structure analysis of cellulose treate DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2005.08.007 -
Amide confidence 1.0
“5) are attributed to the in amide I band, a 1337 band has been used to identify collagen glycosaminoglycan bands.”
Organic biopolymers of venus clams: Collagen-related matrix in the bivalve shells with crossed-lamellar ultrastructure DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.100939 -
Amide confidence 1.0
“Its presence interferes with the detection of the Amide III series of bands (1337, 1284, 1240 Methods).”
Orientation Matters: Polarization Dependent IR Spectroscopy of Collagen from Intact Tendon Down to the Single Fibril Level DOI: 10.3390/molecules25184295 -
C-O single bond confidence 1.0
“Therefore, the ratio 3 cm-1 cm-1 2995 cm-1 to those at 1337 cm-1 due to C-OH in-plane stretching can be used to quantify of the absorbance at 4000-2995 to those at 1337 due to C-OH in-plane stretch-”
Quantitative Measurements of DP in Cellulose Paper Based on Terahertz Spectroscopy DOI: 10.3390/polym15010247 -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“absorption bands at peaks of 1717.47 while the peaks of CH2 bending were observed at 1473.52 The peak of 1337.39 cm(cid:0) cm(cid:0) cm(cid:0) 1 1 1 C-O and 1393.87 observed attributed to the CH3 bend.”
Evaluation of microplastics isolated from sea cucumber A caudina molpadioides in Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16822 -
Ring structure confidence 1.0
“adenosine and guanosine internal ring vibration gives rise to a peak at 1484 and at 1337 cm-1 Finally, a small component at approximately 1250 can be assigned to adenine, guanine and cm-1 thymine internal ring vibrations combined with N-H b”
FTIR Spectroscopy to Reveal Lipid and Protein Changes Induced on Sperm by Capacitation: Bases for an Improvement of Sample Selection in ART DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228659 -
confidence 1.0
“with the first overtone of the band appearing at 1337 whereas in the remaining one, which was found mode.18 +N-H(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)O 1411.”
Rozenberg 等 - 2005 - A correlation between the proton stretching vibrat DOI: 10.1039/B503644E -
Lipid confidence 1.0
“cm-1 cm-1) The fingerprint spectral region (1800 to 850 showed that the absorbance spectra of the malignant and benign tissues were significantly distinct from each other, specifically at 1452cm-1/1452 cm-1, cm-1/1401 cm-1, cm-1/1337 cm-1,”
Detection of breast cancer by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy using artificial neural networks DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262489
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