What absorbs at 3535 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 3535 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 4 cited sources
Possible functional-group assignments
| Functional group | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Fatty acid | 2 | 2 | 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 mixture was titrated spectra of blending oil, cottonseed oil and CCl cm-1 was related to the O-H funcsorption band at 3535 with 0.01 M of potassium hydroxide and shaken vigorously tional groups present in oils, revealing the characteris”
Hu 等 - 2019 - Rapid Determination of Acid Value of Edible Oils v DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess18156 -
Fatty acid confidence 1.0
“3690cm(cid:1)1, the other two peaks, at 3618 and Notably, the use of the quartz cuvette can not only provide an are almost cm(cid:1)1 accurate and long optical path length for measuring the FTIR specunchanged, indicating that the band at 35”
Determination of the acid values of edible oils via FTIR spectroscopy based on the OH stretching band DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.06.035 -
Hydroxyl (O-H) confidence 1.0
“The baseline points were optimized for each band: The oxidative stability of the fresh samples was determined by cm(cid:0) cm(cid:0) 1) 1, the alcohol band (3535 was measured using 4600 the hyRancimat (Oil Stability Index, OSI).”
A study of the dynamic changes of stability taking place during virgin olive oil storage period examined by mesh cell-FTIR spectroscopy DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2022.114160 -
Fatty acid confidence 1.0
“could be an indication that the production of free fatty acids and their ageing, as well as the intensity of the CO Moreover,theadditionalpresenceofthebandat3535cm-1suggested conversion into lead carboxylates did not occur at the same rate.”
Sotiropoulou 等 - 2018 - Advanced analytical investigation on degradation m DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2018.03.007
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