Alcohols vs. Ethers
This one is a gimme - the O-H peak is characteristic of alcohols and is easy to spot. A possible complication for ethers is an impure sample - if it’s wet, the O-H peak from water may show up.
The compounds used in this exercise are 1-butanol and methyl tertbutyl ether. See if you can figure out which one is which.
Compound A
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| 4000 - 3200 cm-1 | 3200 - 2700 cm-1 | 2700 - 2000 cm-1 | 2000 - 1660 cm-1 | 1656 - 1400 cm-1 | 1400 - 900 cm-1 | 900 - 600 cm-1 |
| Get the molecular formula of this compound. | Get the name of this compound. | Get the structure of this compound. | Go to the IR data tables. | Get an unknown. | Go back to the IR exercise homepage. | |
Compound B
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| 4000 - 3200 cm-1 | 3200 - 2700 cm-1 | 2700 - 2000 cm-1 | 2000 - 1660 cm-1 | 1660 - 1400 cm-1 | 1400 - 900 cm-1 | 900 - 600 cm-1 |
| Get the molecular formula of this compound. | Get the name of this compound. | Get the structure of this compound. | Go to the IR data tables. | Get an unknown. | Go back to the IR exercise homepage. | |