What absorbs at 1753 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 1753 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonyl (C=O) | 5 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Carboxyl (COOH) | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Amide | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Methacrylate | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Ketone | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Ester | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Acetate | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Secondary amine | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| N h | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| C n single bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Hydrogen bond | 1 | 1 | 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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confidence 1.0
“cm-1 cm-1, cocrystal compared with the corresponding peaks of 5-FU at 3220.24 and 1662 There was a shift of the amino and carbonyl peaks to 3311 cm-1 and 1753 cm-1 in this cm-1.”
Synthesis, Characterization, Theoretical and Experimental Anticancer Evaluation of Novel Cocrystals of 5-Fluorouracil and Schiff Bases against SW480 Colorectal Carcinoma DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15071929 -
N h confidence 1.0
“The first is a symmetrical peak/ cm-1 cm-1 (1753/1742 if the dark minus from polypeptide CN stretching and NH bending modes, trough at 1752/1740 CdC dark spectrum is subtracted) that is similar to the feature aromatic amino acids, and heme”
Rich 和 Breton - 2001 - FTIR studies of the CO and cyanide adducts of full DOI: 10.1021/bi0027332 -
Hydrogen bond confidence 1.0
“This indicates that the M formation ac7b) In the case of we observed a positive R-helix cm-1 cm-1 companies a weakened hydrogen bond of the in band at 1753 in H 2O, which shifts to 1742 in”
Suzuki 等 - 2008 - Structural Changes of Salinibacter Sensory Rhodops DOI: 10.1021/bi801358b -
confidence 1.0
“The other peaks are observed at 1753, 1550, 1150, cm-1 cm-1 1389, 1050, 750, 650, and 500 due to Al-I linkage.”
The Effect of AlI3 Nanoadditive on the Thermal Behavior of PMMA Subjected to Thermoanalytical Py-GC-MS Technique DOI: 10.3390/ma14227036 -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“the formic acid that appears cm-1 at 1753 exhibits very weak C=O stretching vibrations [30,41].”
The Activity of Ultrafine Cu Clusters Encapsulated in Nano-Zeolite for Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol DOI: 10.3390/catal12111296 -
Amide confidence 1.0
“and 1164 displaying C-N stretching The FTIR ester groups at the wave numbers of 1753 cm-1, respectively.”
Gunawan 等 - 2018 - Optimization of Alkyldiethanolamides Synthesis fro DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess18042 -
Carboxyl (COOH) confidence 1.0
“P 20L 5DA macromonomer also show the same diad absorptions at similar wavenumbers, but the P 20L 2.5DA macromonomer contains only short lactate cm-1, sequences, and reveals just one lactate absorption peak centred at 1753 in cm-1.”
Wang 等 - 2013 - FT-IR Characterization and Hydrolysis of PLA-PEG-P DOI: 10.1002/pola.26930 -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“FTIR Spectroscopy For A LPEI, the most significant changes appearing with metal sorption are identified in the regions (Figure 8, Tables S7 and S8): cm-1-the ~1753 C=O stretching band disappears after La (III) and Tb (III) sorption;”
Synthesis of a New Phosphonate-Based Sorbent and Characterization of Its Interactions with Lanthanum (III) and Terbium (III) DOI: 10.3390/polym13091513
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