Question

Determine the class of the compound, which contains only carbon and hydrogen, and exhibits the infrared spectrum below. Possible compound classes are alkane, alkene, alkyne, aromatic, alcohol, amine, aldehyde ketone, carboxylic acid, acid chloride, ester, amide The compound is an) (Use your cursor to read the IR frequency scale.) Flash Installation and Troubleshooting Infrared spectra provided courtesy of Thermo Electron Corp 110% Transmittance Wavenumber. 0% 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 Wavenumber(cm) 1500 1000 Submit Answer Retry Entire Group 1 more group attempt remaining

Answer 1

Alkane, alkene, alkyne and aromatic compounds contain only carbon & hydrogen. Among four classes of compounds, the IR spectrum is indicative of an Aromatic compound.

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