Abstract
The infrared spectra of a number of secondary bases and of their salts have been examined. The spectra of the salts differ from those of the corresponding bases in containing several absorption bands that are absent from the latter. Those of the new bands occurring in the region 1620 to 1560 cm.−1, which are due to NH2+ deformation vibrations, are characteristic of secondary amine salts, and can be used to detect the presence of a secondary amino group in the original molecule. With aromatic bases the spectra are complicated because the ring absorption occurs in the same region, but in many cases the assignment can still be made, although with less certainty. In zwitterionic substances such as the secondary aliphatic amino acids, the function is more difficult to detect.
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