| Wavenumber (cm−1) | Vibration | Suggested biomolecular assignment | Reference |
| 4000–3500 | O-H stretching | H2O | [14] | 3800–2600 | -OH stretching | Water molecules | [19] | 3615 | νs(OH) free | Water molecules | [19] | 3490 | νas(OH), HB | Water molecules | [19] | 3420, 3400 | νs(OH), HB | Water molecules | [19] | 3400 | O-H bond vibration | Sugar compound | [20] | 3400 | Free N-H stretching | Amide | [19] | 3392 | O-H stretching | | [21] | 3307 | -OH deformation mode | | [22] | ∼3300 | ν(NH), HB | Amide A, proteins | [19] | 3286–3284 | N-H stretching | Amide A of proteins | [23] | 3286–3284 | O-H stretching | Polysaccharides | [23] | 3286 | N-H stretching | Amide | [24] | 3280 | νs(OH), HB | Water molecules | [19] | 3280 | H-O-H stretching | | [25] | ∼3100 | ν(NH), HB | Amide B, proteins | [19] | 3077 | νCH | Alkane/alkene | [24] | 3030–2800 | | Lipids | [23] | 3020–3010 | ν(=CH) | Unsaturated fatty acids, cholesterol esters | [19] | 3008 | Olefinic HC=CH | Unsaturated lipids | [23] | 3000–2800 | -CH3 and -CH2 groups | Phospholipids and fatty acids | [19] | 2960–2955 | νas(CH3) | Protein side chains, phospholipids, ceramides, fatty acids | [19] | 2960 | CH3- stretching (asym) | Alkane/alkene | [24] | 2957 | Asymmetric CH3 stretching | | [25] | 2956 | CH3 antisymmetric stretching | Lipids, protein side chains | [23] | 2924–2915 | νas(CH2) | Mainly lipids: phospholipids, ceramides, and fatty acids | [19] | 2923, 2853 | CH2- stretching | | [21] | 2923 | CH2 antisymmetric stretching | Lipids (mainly) | [23] | 2920 | Asymmetric CH2 stretching | | [25] | 2900 | C-H bonds | Sugar compounds | [20] | 2875–2872 | νs(CH3) | Protein side chains, phospholipids, ceramides, fatty acids | [19] | 2872 | CH3- stretching (sym) | Alkane/alkene | [24] | 2872 | CH3 symmetric stretching | Proteins (mainly), lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids | [23] | 2855–2847 | νs(CH2) | Mainly lipids: phospholipids, ceramides, fatty acids | [19] | 2854 | CH2 symmetric stretching | Lipids (mainly) | [26] | 2844 | CH2- stretching | | [22] | 2700–2330 | NH+ stretching and overtones or combination bands in Fermi resonance | Tertiary amine hydrochloride salts | [9] | 2500–2000 | | Unsaturated hydrocarbons | [27] | 2442–2208 | O-C-O stretching | CO2 | [14] | 2400–2250 | | CO2 | [26] | 2360, 2340 | | CO2 | [26] | 1900 | The 2nd overtone of the CO bond | Caffeoylquinic acids | [28] | 1800–1650 | | Chlorogenic acid | [29] | 1800–900 | Fingerprint region | All molecules | [23] | 1742 | Carbonyl C=O stretching | Cholesterol esters | [23] | 1740 | | Triglycerides | [30] | 1740–1720 | ν(C=O) | Phospholipids, esters, glycerides | [19] | 1734, 1627, 1522, 1440, 1410, 1367, 1315, 1255 | | Chlorogenic acid, flavonoids | [22] | 1734 | C=O stretching | Polyphenol | [22] | 1720 | The asymmetric overtone of the C-H bond | Caffeoylquinic acids | [28] | 1700–1400 | | Fatty acids, lipids, proteins | [30] | 1690–1610 | ν(C=O) | Amide I (∼70–80% C=O stretch) | [19] | 1682, 1639, 1471, 1284, 1181, 1111, 1032, 982, 950, 822, 789 | | Organic acids, flavonoids | [22] | 1682 | C=O stretching | Chlorogenic acid | [22] | 1650 | C=O stretching | Amide I (proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates) | [24] | 1650 | The first C-H overtone | | [31] | 1644 | | Triterpenoid saponin | [32] | 1641 | C=O stretching ß-sheet structure | Amide I (protein) | [23] | 1636 | C=C vibrations (aromatic ring skeletal) | | [22] | 1635 | | The crystalline water of sugar compounds | [20] | 1627, 1522 | C=C vibrations (aromatic ring skeletal) | | [22] | 1600–1450 | | Secologanic acid, chlorogenic acid, galuteolin | [33] | 1590 | | Amino acids | [30] | 1560–1500 | δ(NH), ν(CN) | Amide II (∼40–60% N-H in-plane bend, ∼20–40% C-N stretch) | [19] | 1545, 1455, 1450, 1410, 880, 875 | | Carbonate | [26] | 1538 | N-H bend, C-N stretch a helical structure | Amide II (protein) | [23] | 1516 | | Tyrosine | [30] | 1491 | C=C aromatic ring stretching vibrations | | [9] | 1473–1468 | δ(CH2), δas(CH3) | Proteins, lipids | [19] | 1462 | δ(CH2), δas(CH3) | Proteins, lipids | [19] | 1454–1451 | CH2 bending | Lipids | [23] | 1454 | δ(CH2), δas(CH3) | Proteins, lipids | [19] | 1453 | CH2 scissoring | | [25] | 1440, 1410, 1376 | OH vibrational modes | Organic acid | [22] | 1428, 1407 | NCH3 bending | | [9] | 1420–1300 | The second overtone of the carbonyl group | Secologanic acid, chlorogenic acid, galuteolin | [33] | 1413 | C-H deformation vibration (CH3 and -CH2- groups) | | [28] | 1412 | O-C=O symmetric stretching | Glycine | [25] | 1400 | ν(C=O) + δs(CH3) | COO-: proteins, lipids, fatty acids | [19] | 1398 | CH3 bending | Proteins | [14] | 1398 | COO- stretching (sym) | Fatty acids, amino acids | [14] | 1397 | COO- symmetric stretching | Fatty acids | [23] | 1394 | C=O stretch of COO- | | [25] | 1393, 1358 | νCO/νCOO-, δCHx (x = 1, 2, 3), δNH vibrational modes | Proteins and lipids | [24] | 1350 | The second overtone of stretching O-H and C-H bonds | | [31] | 1343 | δ(CH2) | C-H wagging | [19] | 1333 | C-H2 wagging | Glycine | [25] | 1315, 1250 | C-O stretching | | [22] | 1243, 1240 | ν(CN), δ(NH) + νas() | Amide III (∼40% C-N stretch, 30% N-H in-plane bend, 20% methyl-C stretch) | [19] | 1242 | Asymmetric stretch | | [25] | 1241 | νas() | Nucleic acids, phospholipids | [30] | 1234 | antisymmetric stretching | Nucleic acids (mainly), phospholipids | [23] | 1200–1000 | C-O stretching | Polysaccharides, glycosides | [21] | 1200–1000 | | Nucleic acids, hydrocarbons, phosphates | [24] | 1200–900 | ν(CC), δ(COH) | Carbohydrates | [19] | 1190–976, 962, 660–520, 472 | | Phosphate ions | [26] | 1171 | Ester C-O asymmetric stretch | | [25] | 1170–1100 | The second overtone of C-H (-CH2) | Secologanic acid, chlorogenic acid, galuteolin | [33] | 1167 | C-H stretching (CH3 and -CH2- groups) | | [28] | 1166 | CO-O-C antisymmetric stretching | Ester bonds in cholesteryl esters, ribose ring formations: RNA | [23] | 1155 | C-O stretching | Oligosaccharides, triacylglycerols | [14] | 1152, 1080, 1022 | δ(CHO), ν(C-O) | Glycogen, glucose | [24] | 1150–850 | | Phosphate group | [26] | 1150, 1020 | -OH deformation modes | | [22] | 1141, 1079 | C-O glycosidic bonds | | [20] | 1124 | ν(C-O) | RNA | [30] | 1120 | C-O bonds | Ribose | [30] | 1118 | ν(C-O) | RNA, carbohydrates | [30] | 1117 | N-H3 rocking | Glycine | [25] | 1091 | p-Substituted aromatic vibrations | | [9] | 1090–1075 | νs() | Phospholipids | [19] | 1080 | C-O stretch | | [25] | 1074 | symmetric stretching | Nucleic acids, phospholipids, glycogen, polysaccharides, glycolipids | [23] | 1051 | C-O stretching | Starch | [14] | 1039 | C-N stretching | Glycine | [25] | 1034 | | Glycolytic components and nucleic acids | [24] | 1010 (1225–950) | Aromatic C-H in-plane bending | | [9] | 996 | | Nucleotides | [19] | 971 | C-N+-C stretching | RNA | [23] | 950–400 | | H2O | [24] | 919 | Ribose ring vibrations | RNA/DNA | [23] | 914–600 | O-C-O bending | CO2 | [14]1 | 914 | CH2 rocking | Glycine | [25] | 894 | The ß-configuration and α-configuration | | [20] | 877, 744 | | C-H deformation in proteins | [19] | 833, 822 | Aromatic C-H out-of-plane bending | | [9] | 771 | C-O-C symmetry vibration | D-Glucopyranosyl ring | [20] | 730–718 | ρ(CH2) | Lipids | [19] |
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