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Table 5 Assignments of FTIR-ATR absorption bands for bagasse

From: Sugarcane bagasse pretreatment using three imidazolium-based ionic liquids; mass balances and enzyme kinetics

Band position (cm-1)

Assignment

1730

C = O stretching vibration in acetyl groups of hemicelluloses

1600

C = C stretching vibration in aromatic ring of lignin

1510

C = C stretching vibration in aromatic ring of lignin

1421

CH2 scissoring at C(6) in cellulose

1368

Symmetric C–H bending in cellulose

1236

C-O stretching vibration in lignin, xylan and ester groups

1100

O-H association band in cellulose and hemicelluloses (associated with crystalline cellulose)

1030

C-O stretching vibration in cellulose and hemicelluloses

974

C-O stretching vibration in arabinosyl side chains in hemicellulose

895

Glucose ring stretch, C1-H deformation

  1. [1720].