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The only characteristic feature of ethers by which they can be identified from their infra-red spectra is the very intense absorption arising from the single bond C—O— stretching vibration. It has been seen that in alcohols this occurs near 1050 cm−1 in structures containing the CH2OH group, but that this frequency is very sensitive to environmental changes, so that even chain branching, as in secondary alcohols, causes a shift towards 1100 cm−1. In the case of ethers, therefore, it is not to be expected that this band position will be constant, particularly as in this case interactions will occur between the C—O— and O—R vibrations, so that the nature of the substituents on either side of the link will be liable to alter the frequency. However, correlations are possible for limited types of structure, as in the case of the alcohols, and the group CH2—O—CH2, for example, can be expected to absorb within a considerably narrower range than the 1150–1000 cm−1 which was originally given by Lecomte [1] for saturated ethers as a whole. However, although the band arising from this structure can usually be recognised from its very high intensity, this correlation cannot be used to give more than a possible indication of the presence of this group. This is due to the influence of structural changes on the frequency.
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Bellamy, L.J. (1975). Ethers, Peroxides and Ozonides. In: The Infra-red Spectra of Complex Molecules. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6017-9_7
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