Fingerprint region: It is not possible for any two different

compound to have exactly the same IR spectrum

Therefore, the IR spectrum of a compound called its Fingerprint region The region between I500-667 cm-1 is

called

Fingerprint region because every compound has unique

absorption pattern in this region.

The Fingerprint region contain many absorption bands

caused by bending vibrations as well as adsorption band

caused by C-C, C-O and C-N stretching vibrations

Since the number of bending vibrations ((2n-5, 2n-4)) in a

molecule is much greater than its stretching vibrations (n-

1). The fingerprint region is rich in absorption bands and

shoulder.

Thus the superimposabiity of lR band of the spectra of

any two different compounds become impossible in this

region. However similar compounds may show very similar spectra above 1500 cm-1