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?
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?
For each molecule, indicate where you would expect to see distinctive
vibrations in the 4000-1400 cm-1 region of the infrared
spectrum: