What absorbs at 477 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 477 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 6 cited sources
Possible functional-group assignments
| Functional group | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal oxygen | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Carbohydrate | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alkyl C-H | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Nucleic acid | 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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Metal oxygen confidence 1.0
“The first band band position is due to the difference in the discm-1 at 477.25 represents the vibration due to metal-oxygen tances for the octahedral and tetrahedral complexes.”
Influence of cobalt substitution on structural, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of nanosized lithium ferrite DOI: 10.1007/s10854-018-9744-2 -
confidence 1.0
“The cm-1 cm-1 peak observed at 477 and 620 can be assigned Experimental Fish and Acclimatization: The work was to Ni-O and Ni-O-H bond, respectively.”
Aziz 等 - 2021 - Effect of Engineered Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles on DOI: 10.29261/pakvetj/2021.044 -
Nucleic acid confidence 1.0
“The Raman spectrum of DNA TFs exhibited 6 O TiO 2] in the DNA and DNA-CT TFs increased due to the characteristic Raman bands centered at around 477, 678, 732, cto physical interactions between them.”
Dugasani 等 - 2019 - Optoelectronic properties of DNA thin films implan DOI: 10.1063/1.5063446 -
confidence 1.0
“SiO 2-NPs were suspended in saline solution, spectral bands detected were 477 for Si-O out of cm-1 cm-1 cm-1 plane deformation, 801 for Si-O bending, 970 for Si-OH stretching, 1097 for Si-O-Si asymmetric stretching (Figure 1b).”
Astrocytes Are More Vulnerable than Neurons to Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticle Toxicity in Vitro DOI: 10.3390/toxics8030051 -
Alkyl C-H confidence 1.0
“bending vibration bands were recognized at 601 and 477cm-1 The stretching mode energy responds to variations in unit [35], the bending of C-H was observed at 875 cm-1 cell volume via two mechanisms: shifts in bond length and [36].”
Ismail 等 - 2023 - The role of nanoparticles inclusion in monitoring DOI: 10.1007/s41779-023-00836-4 -
Carbohydrate confidence 1.0
“LLM confirmed rule peak-group candidate”
Vibrational and fluorescence spectroscopy to study gluten and zein interactions in complex dough systems DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2022.02.009
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