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Why is the fingerprint region hard to assign band by band?

  • A.Its bands are too weak to measure accurately
  • B.The instrument's resolution is poorest there
  • C.The bands overlap with the solvent's absorption
  • D.Its bands involve the whole molecular skeleton

Answer: D

Bending and skeletal vibrations involve many atoms moving together, so a band belongs to the molecule as a whole rather than to one bond and shifts unpredictably with any structural change. The bands are often strong, resolution is adequate, and solvent absorption is a separate problem. That the very complexity which prevents assignment is what makes the region diagnostic is the point worth grasping. Reading the definition literally, rather than recalling a formula, is the reliable route through questions of this shape.

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