Preparation
Dynamics: Infrared Spectroscopy

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Problems

  1. A carbon-oxygen double bond vibrates with an energy of about 1720 cm-1. With what energy would you expect a carbon-sulfur double bond to vibrate?
  2. Calculate the reduced mass, m, for an O-H bond; for an N-H bond; for a C-H bond. What is primarily responsible for the differences in frequency of vibration of these 3 bond types?
  3. For each molecule, indicate where you would expect to see distinctive vibrations in the 4000-1400 cm-1 region of the infrared spectrum:

    (CH3)2NH
    (CH3)2CH(OH)
    H2N-CH(CH3)-COOH