What absorbs at 1342 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 1342 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.
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Possible functional-group assignments
Ranking reflects accumulated literature evidence, not a single authoritative rule. Always confirm against your sample context.
Literature behind these assignments
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Alkyl C-H confidence 1.0
“ofelectrochemicalpolarisationat0.65V-intheethanoloxidation to the CH wagging of adsorbed ethanol via the O atom [21] 2 1338/1342cm-1).”
In situ spectroelectrochemical measurements during the electro-oxidation of ethanol on WC-supported Pt-black, based on sum-frequency generation spectroscopy DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.01.017 -
Borate confidence 1.0
“C-O For instance, the stretching mode from the sixcm-1 member glucose ring is observed at 1107 after the PBAmonolayerwasexposedtoglucose,suggestiveofthe presenceofglucose.Also,shiftsandchangesinpeakprofile B-O cm-1, occur in the stretching”
Brewer 等 - 2004 - Infrared detection of a phenylboronic acid termina DOI: 10.1021/la035037m -
Alkyl C-H confidence 1.0
“The 1342 band corresponding to CH wagging of trans conformation of 2 crystalline phase show a sharpe linear decrease as the fast neutrons fluence goes up.”
Polyethylene terephthalate degradation under reactor neutron irradiation DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.10.002 -
Alkyl C-H confidence 1.0
“Among the more intense bands, we observe in the IR SE spectra the characteristic bands corresponding to the vibration modes of the trans C-O stretch (~976 cm-1), the ester C-C, C-O stretch (~1024 cm-1), the ethylene glycol CH2 wagging mode”
Laskarakis 等 - 2004 - A Spectroscopic Ellipsometry study of PET membrane DOI: 10.1002/masy.200450109 -
Alkyl C-H confidence 1.0
“The weak peak at 1342 is correTwelve lated with CH bending (Nakanishi & Solomon, 1977) bands are shown at 1745-1744, 1683-1672, 1557-1553, C.S.”
Pappas 等 - 2008 - Identification and differentiation of goat and she DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.07.034
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