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IR Spect:Extra Practice
15. Analytical Techniques:IR, NMR, Mass Spect / IR Spect:Extra Practice / Problem 4

When positioned correctly, substituents can transmit electronic data through the benzene ring. This idea can be discovered and used in IR spectroscopy.
Sort the following derivatives of benzaldehyde according to the frequency of carbonyl stretching (1 being the highest and 3 being the lowest).


Structures of 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4-fluorobenzaldehyde, and 4-nitrobenzaldehyde for IR spectroscopy practice.

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