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how to interpret an IR for polyester (phenolphthalein/terephthaloyl)?

how to interpret an IR for polyester (phenolphthalein/terephthaloyl)?
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Your polyester must have an structure like this:

You must observe the following main signals:

  • Aromatic C-H absorption between 3100-3000 cm-1 from aromatic rings of phenolphthalein and terephthaloyl
  • C=O stretch absorption at 1725 cm-1 from terephthaloyl
  • C=O stretch absorption at 1735 cm-1 from lactone ring of terephthaloyl

Maybe you can observe an O-H stretch at approx 3300 cm-1 for the -OH groups of phenolphthalein molecules that are placed at the end of the polyester chain (the molecules of phenolphthalein at the end of polyester chain will have one free -OH group)

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