What absorbs at 467 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 467 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siloxane (Si-O-Si) | 3 | 3 | 0.9 |
| Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) | 2 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Metal oxygen | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
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
“Explicit assignment: 'characteristic absorption peak of the Zn-O bond was observed at 467 cm-1'”
Dhayalan 等 - 2021 - Eco friendly synthesis and characterization of zin DOI: 10.1515/nanofab-2020-0104 -
confidence 0.9
“Explicit assignment: 'peak at 467 corresponds M to A2u vibration for octahedral Fe(4+)-O'”
Ayub 等 - 2019 - Effect of rare earth and transition metal La-Mn su DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2018.08.005 -
Siloxane (Si-O-Si) confidence 0.9
“Explicit assignment: 'absorption peak of 467 cm-1 for ENR/PVC/SiO membrane and the presence of Si-O-Si asymmetric stretching'”
Nor 等 - 2013 - Gas Permeability of ENRPVC Membrane with the Addi DOI: 10.1063/1.4858770 -
Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) confidence 0.9
“Explicit assignment in text: 'AO bending peaks were identified at 520 and 467'.”
Babu 等 - 2016 - Antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and microbial barrier DOI: 10.1007/s13205-016-0559-7 -
confidence 0.9
“Explicit assignment: 'The peak at 467 is the characteristic = zinc oxide'”
Kalaiselvi 等 - 2020 - Sepiolite Enfolded SulfurZnO Binary Composite Cat DOI: 10.3389/fmats.2020.00109 -
Siloxane (Si-O-Si) confidence 0.9
“Text: 'peak at 467 cm-1 is the bending vibration'”
Liu 等 - 2016 - Organic-Inorganic Hydrophobic Nanocomposite Film w DOI: 10.3390/ma9121021 -
Siloxane (Si-O-Si) confidence 0.8
“Text: '467 Si-O-Si are present'”
Fei 等 - 2019 - Synthesis and characterization of a novel rutheniu DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05079e -
Metal oxygen confidence 0.8
“Text: 'cm-1Ni-O 467cm-1 NiO-MOF@AC 60'”
Hanif 等 - 2021 - Electrocatalytic study of NiO-MOF with activated c DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96794-7
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