What absorbs at 577 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 577 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metal oxygen | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| Methacrylate | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Acetate | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Carboxyl (COOH) | 2 | 1 | 1.0 |
| C c single bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Methoxy (OCH3) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| C-O single bond | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Protein beta sheet | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Methyl | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alkyl C-H | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Phosphate (PO4) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Ketone | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Ester | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Carbonyl (C=O) | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Amide | 1 | 0 | 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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Phosphate (PO4) confidence 1.0
“874.1 P-O-P asymmetric stretching bond 792.0 P-O-P asymmetric stretching bond 577.1 (H-O-) P=O bond (strong absorption) acid phosphates 527.7 (H-O-) P=O bond (strong absorption) acid phosphates Table 2 FT-Raman wavenumbers and vibrations as”
Growth and characterization of calcium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate crystals from single diffusion gel technique DOI: 10.1002/crat.200900700 -
Alkyl C-H confidence 1.0
“LLM confirmed rule peak-group candidate”
Development of New Amphiphilic Catalytic Steam Additives for Hydrothermal Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques DOI: 10.3390/catal12080921 -
confidence 1.0
“cm-1 cm-1 two peaks at 577 and 709 are attributed to RESULTS AND DISCUSSION stretching and bending vibration modes of the Fe-O in Drug Response Study the Fe-O-Si bonds in (Figure 2).”
Attuluri 和 Darwin - 2022 - Drug Bioavailability, Stability and Anticancer Eff DOI: 10.5530/ijper.56.3s.152 -
confidence 1.0
“The FTIR peaks at 577 and 913 can be assigned 21-S-O”
Dhumal 等 - 2016 - Molecular Interactions of a Cu-Based Metal-Organic DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10123 -
Protein beta sheet confidence 1.0
“The DTA curve of SF also shows an d extraction59 β-sheet intense peak at 577 °C, originating from the amorphous sericin and the degummed fibroin”
A Hybrid {Silk@Zirconium MOF} Material as Highly Efficient AsIII-sponge DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66091-w -
Acetate confidence 1.0
“Inthisstudy, major bands at760 cm-1, cm-1 cm-1 1010, 1080 and 1150 which are associated with the and 577 and minor bands between 577 and 400 in C-O C-C coupled and stretching vibrations of the polysactheinfraredspectra(Fig.1)ofstarchandinul”
Pourfarzad 等 - 2015 - Serish inulin and wheat biopolymers interactions i DOI: 10.1007/s13197-015-1939-4 -
Metal oxygen confidence 0.9
“Text: '577 cm-1 ... Zn-O symmetric stretching vibration in ZnO4'”
Zaid 等 - 2016 - Fabrication and Crystallization of ZnO-SLS Glass D DOI: 10.1155/2016/8084301 -
confidence 0.8
“Text: 'peak of CDDP at 568 moved to 577'.”
Hu 等 - 2022 - Flotation Performance and Adsorption Mechanism of DOI: 10.3390/min12040441
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