Wavenumber

(cm−1)

Assignments

References

3333

OH stretching (cellulose)

[20]

2917

C-H stretching (cellulose-hemicellulose)

[16] [20] [21] [22]

1728

C=O stretching vibration (pectins, waxes et hemicellulose)

[7] [21] [23]

1605

Aromatic ring (lignin)

[16] [22]

1506

C=C aromatic symmetrical stretching (lignin)

[20] [21] [22]

1425

Vibration of the carboxyl bond characteristic of pectins

[16]

1315

CH wagging (cellulose and hemicellulose) C-O stretching vibration in ester

[24] [25]

1234

Acetyl groups (hemicellulose)

[16]

1031

C-O stretching ring (cellulose and hemicellulose)

[16]

662

C-OH out of plane bending (cellulose)

[20] [25]