What absorbs at 1582 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 1582 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aromatic ring | 6 | 6 | 1.0 |
| Amide | 4 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Alkyl C-H | 4 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Ring structure | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| C c single bond | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Carbonyl (C=O) | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| N h | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Carboxyl (COOH) | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Lignin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alkene (C=C) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Urea | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| N-O bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| C=n | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Carbonate | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
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
“Gavira and coworkers observed a medium band at 1616 and a 2 cm-1 very weak peak at 1582 in the FTIR spectrum of cytidine 3'-monophosphate (3'-CMP) and assigned them to be the ribose C-H vibrations and in-plane base vibrations, respectively.”
Peng 等 - 2011 - Anharmonic Vibrational Modes of Nucleic Acid Bases DOI: 10.1021/ja205636h -
confidence 1.0
“1649 C-N stretching and N-H bending vibration - - - 1582 1547 1542 of amide II”
Sukprasert 等 - 2020 - Synchrotron FTIR Light Reveals Signal Changes of B DOI: 10.1155/2020/6149713 -
Aromatic ring confidence 1.0
“In addition, weak peaks at 1582 and 1601 in spectrum (d) are indicative of aromatic components' ring stretching.”
Evaluation of the Composition, Thermal and Mechanical Behavior, and Color Changes of Artificially and Naturally Aged Polymers for the Conservation of Stained Glass Windows DOI: 10.3390/polym15122595 -
Aromatic ring confidence 1.0
“vibration aromatic ring 1582 (vw) 1585 (vw) skeletal [41] vibration δas (C-”
De Sa 等 - 2021 - Tracing Poly(Vinyl Acetate) Emulsions by Infrared DOI: 10.3390/polym13213609 -
Carbonyl (C=O) confidence 1.0
“The carbonyl and benzene ring stretching vibrations are exhibited at 1660 cm-1 and 1582 cm-1, respectively.”
Regularities of Encapsulation of Tolfenamic Acid and Some Other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Metal-Organic Framework Based on -Cyclodextrin DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15010071 -
confidence 1.0
“The band at 1582 attributed to the bending vibration of N-H group has been confirmed in the investigation.”
Haniffa 等 - 2019 - Synergistic effect of (3-Aminopropyl)Trimethoxysil DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2018.11.009 -
C c single bond confidence 1.0
“FTIR: stretching, 1582.21 and 1506.57 for for 2 cm-1 cm-1 C- -C-H -NO stretching, 1334.50 stretching, 3093.43 for aromatic stretching, for aromatic stretching, 2”
Manjare 等 - 2023 - Microwave-Assisted Rapid and Green Synthesis of Sc DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05187 -
Alkyl C-H confidence 1.0
“Also, the peak at 1582 corresponding to bending vibrations of C-H, faded away, indicating that the N-H bonds on cotton-g-PSMA were converted to N-Cl bonds during chlorination .”
Peng 等 - 2021 - Grafted antimicrobial cotton fabrics with N-halami DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-261084/v1
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