Abstract
When infrared light is passed through a sample of an organic compound, some of the frequencies are absorbed, while other frequencies are transmitted through the sample without being absorbed. If we plot absorbance or transmittance against frequency, the result is an infrared spectrum.
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Main Texts
Bellamy, L. J., The Infrared Spectra of Complex Molecules, Methuen, London (Vol. 1, 3rd edn, 1975; Vol. 2, 1980). These two texts are undoubtedly the standard works for organic applications of infrared spectroscopy. Vol. 2 was formerly published under the title Advances in Infrared Group Frequencies (1968).
Cross, A. D. and Jones, R. A., Introduction to Practical Infrared Spectroscopy, Butterworths, London (3rd edn, 1969).
van der Maas, J. H., Basic Infrared Spectroscopy, Heyden, London (2nd edn, 1972).
George, B. and McIntyre, P., Infrared Spectroscopy, Wiley, Chichester (1987). ACOL text.
Miller, R. G. J. and Stace, B. C., Laboratory Methods in Infrared Spectroscopy, Heyden, London (1972).
Spectra Catalogs
Pouchert, Charles J., Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra, Aldrich Chemical Co. Inc., Milwaukee, 3rd edn (1984). Over 12 000 dispersive spectra.
Pouchert, Charles J., Aldrich Library of FTIR Spectra, Aldrich Chemical Co. Inc. 3 volumes (Vol. 3 consists of 6600 vapor phase spectra), also available in digital form from Nicolet Instruments Inc.
Kelly, R. K. (Ed.), Sigma Library of FTIR Spectra, Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis. 2 volumes containing 10 400 FTIR spectra of biochemicals. Also associated with an IBM-PC compatible aid to searching through the library, by input of absorption wavenumbers of unknown compounds.
Merck, E. and Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Merck FTIR Atlas, VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, Germany (1987).
Sadtler Digital FTIR Libraries, Sadtler, Pennsylvania, and Heyden, London (1989). Over 100 000 digitized spectra in IBM-PC compatible form, subdivided into subsets such as polymers, pharmaceuticals, adhesives, solvents, flavors, Georgia State Crime Laboratory Library, etc.
Sadtler Handbook of Infrared Spectra, Sadtler, Pennsylvania, and Heyden, London (1978). 3000 dispersive spectra.
Supplementary Texts
Freeman, S. K., Applications of Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Wiley, London (1973).
Tobin, M. C., Laser Raman Spectrosocopy, Wiley-Interscience, Chichester (1971).
Grasseli, J. G. and Snavely, M. K., Chemical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy, Wiley, London (1981).
Griffiths, P. R. and de Haseth, J. A., Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry, Wiley, Chichester (2nd edn, 1986).
Haris, P. I. and Chapman, D., FTIR in Biochemistry and Medicine, Chemistry in Britain, 5, 1015 (1988).
Long, D. A., Raman Spectroscopy, McGraw-Hill, London (1977).
Baranska, H., Labudzinska, A. and Terpinski, J., Laser Raman Spectrometry, Ellis Horwood, New York (1987).
Harrick, N. J., Internal Reflectance Spectrometry, Wiley, New York (1967).
Several authors, introduction by Long, D. A., The Renaissance of Raman Spectroscopy, Chemistry in Britain, 6, 589 (1989).
Bist, H. D. (Ed.), Raman Spectroscopy: Sixty Years On, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1989).
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Kemp, W. (1991). Infrared Spectroscopy. In: Organic Spectroscopy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15203-2_2
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