What absorbs at 3590 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 3590 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 2 cited sources
Possible functional-group assignments
| Functional group | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carboxyl (COOH) | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Methacrylate | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Ketone | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Ester | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Carbonyl (C=O) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Amide | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Acetate | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Silanol (Si-OH) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Bronsted acid site | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Bromine | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Silicon (Si) | 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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Silicon (Si) confidence 1.0
“In the hierarchical catalysts Upon CO interaction at low temperature, the band due to cm-1 (80H and 30H), the band at 3590 is less evident due to the cm-1) Si(OH)Al Brønsted acid sites (3615 present in all catalysts”
Erigoni 等 - 2016 - Creating Accessible Active Sites in Hierarchical M DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9633. -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“The carbonyl groups to C-O-C bending, while C-OH bending is observed at 1403 cm-1, cm-1is and the broad peak at 3590 attributed C=O stretching are also shown at 1726 to O-H stretching vibration of the C-OH groups in GO-phase (Abdelhamid et”
Investigation of morphological, structural and electronic transformation of PVDF and ZnO/rGO/PVDF hybrid membranes DOI: 10.1007/s11082-023-04663-6
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