What absorbs at 2368 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 2368 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 5 cited sources
Possible functional-group assignments
| Functional group | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methoxy (OCH3) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Methacrylate | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| C-O single bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Acetate | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| C c single bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Hydrogen bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 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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Hydroxyl (O-H) confidence 1.0
“The peak at 1544 corresponds to the bending vibrations of N-H bond and 41 cm-1 the existence of peak at 2368 recognizes to asymmetric stretching vibrations of O-H bonds in free OH groups.”
Kaur 等 - 2019 - Expanding horizon green synthesis of TiO2 nanopar DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab2ec5 -
C c single bond confidence 1.0
“peak at 2368 indicates the presence of C (cid:7) Figure 5 shows the XRD spectrum corresponding to the N or C C stretching vibration.”
Green synthesis of bimetallic Pt@Cu nanostructures for catalytic oxidative desulfurization of model oil DOI: 10.1007/s40097-017-0223-8 -
confidence 1.0
“2368.44cm-1 2323.25cm-1 that appeared at and indicate the made a significant alteration due to aggregation of GV presence of nitrogen linkage, which is present in the molecules on the surface of sorbent, which might reduce the structure of”
Akram 等 - 2021 - Kinetic and Isothermal Investigations of Cost-Effe DOI: 10.1155/2021/5549536 -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“oC, cm-1, spectrum of the sample sintered at 950 a small peak was observed at ~2368 which is commonly assigned to the vibration band of C-O [36], probably originated from atmospheric CO 2 adsorbed by the sample during its preparation.”
Sembiring 等 - 2014 - Synthesis and characterisation of gel-derived mull DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.12.038 -
confidence 0.9
“Explicit assignment: 'peak at 2368 as the amine group (N-H) of the protein'”
Khoironi 等 - 2023 - Impact of disposable mask microplastics pollution DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27651-5
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