What absorbs at 3463 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 3463 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 7 cited sources
Possible functional-group assignments
| Functional group | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 4 | 4 | 1.0 |
| Water (H2O) | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| N h | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Secondary amine | 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 broad band that appear at 3463 corresponding to O-H stretching could be attributed to the 17 presence of moisture in the sample [9].”
Mohammed 等 - 2018 - Effect of heat-treatment on the magnetic and optic DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aad1e5 -
Water (H2O) confidence 1.0
“cm-1 Absorption peak centered at 3463 and 1636 are attributed to stretching and bending vibration of H 2O 40 caused by adsorbed water or humidity which shows that the surface of the samples contain active O-H groups 41 [39].”
Rekaby 等 - 2020 - Influence of cobalt addition and calcination tempe DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab65de -
Hydroxyl (O-H) confidence 1.0
“For the spectrum of PEG, the spectral band appeared at 3463 for cm-1 cm-1 O-H stretching vibrations, 2889 for C-H stretching vibrations, and 1469 and 1342 for C-H cm-1 bending vibrations.”
Green Synthesis and Characterization of Silver/Chitosan/Polyethylene Glycol Nanocomposites DOI: 10.3390/ijms12084872 -
Hydroxyl (O-H) confidence 1.0
“Alternatively, the environment around Thr118 in MB is similar cm-1, to rhodopsin because of a similar O-H vibrational frequency at 3463 which originates from Thr118 that is exhibited in the unphotolized state (Figure S7).”
Spectral Tuning Mechanism of Primate Blue-sensitive Visual Pigment Elucidated by FTIR Spectroscopy DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05177-4 -
confidence 1.0
“The bending vibration around 3463.08 1641 corresponds to N-H.”
Kawish 等 - 2020 - Enhancement in Oral Absorption of Ceftriaxone by H DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060492 -
Hydroxyl (O-H) confidence 1.0
“In the spectrum of chitosan (Figure cm-1 where is crystal size, k is constant (0.94), nm 3(b)), the broad peak at 3463 is due to the -OH/-NH 𝜆 = 0.154 𝐷 2 cm-1 represents the wavelength of X-ray radiation, β is the full width stretching vib”
Nhu Thanh Nguyen 等 - 2020 - In Situ Synthesis and Characterization of ZnOChit DOI: 10.1155/2020/3892694 -
Water (H2O) confidence 1.0
“The broad peak at 3463 cm-1 was the stretching stretching modes of OH/NH of the organic matrix or the adsorbed water molecules as modes of OH/NH of the organic matrix or the adsorbed water molecules as reported [56-”
Wilson 和 Pampadykandathil - 2023 - Novel Bone Void Filling Cement Compositions Based DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10070752
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