3700-3500 sharp
3200-3600 broad (H-bonded)
Phenols & Alcohols
2800-3600 very broad
Acids
3300-3500, 2 bands
Amines & Amides - primary
3300-3500, 1 band
Amines & Amides - secondary
3200-3300
Alkyne
C≡C—H
3000-3200
Alkene
C=C—H
2900-3000
Alkane
C—C—H
2700-2800
Aldehyde
2100 (weak or absent if highly symmetrical)
Acetylenes
C≡C
2200
Nitriles
C≡N
2350
Carbon dioxide
O=C=O
1600-1670 weak unless conjugated
Alkenes
C=C
1600-1700
Imines
C=N
1350 and 1550
Nitro
—NO2
1800-1840, 2 bands
Anhydrides (carbonyl group)
1800
Acid Chlorides (carbonyl group)
1725-1750
Esters (carbonyl group)
1710
Acids (carbonyl group)
1650
Amides (carbonyl group)
1725
Aldehydes (carbonyl group)
1550-1610 and 1400
Carboxylate (carbonyl group)
1710 and 1715
Ketones