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A spectrum shows a broad band at 3300 and a strong one at 1710. What is indicated?

  • A.A primary alcohol only
  • B.An aromatic hydrocarbon
  • C.A carboxylic acid
  • D.A simple ketone

Answer: C

A very broad hydroxyl stretch together with a carbonyl is the signature of a carboxylic acid, whose hydrogen-bonded dimer gives an exceptionally wide band from about 3300 down to 2500. A ketone would show the carbonyl alone, an alcohol the hydroxyl alone, and an aromatic hydrocarbon neither. Reading two bands together rather than one at a time is what distinguishes a functional group from a mere pair of features. Naming the cost of a choice alongside its benefit is what turns a fact into a design decision.

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