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Table 1 Assignment of functional groups FTIR bands in lignocellulosic biomass samples

From: Scale up and efficient bioethanol production involving recombinant cellulase (Glycoside hydrolase family 5) from Clostridium thermocellum

Name of characteristic group

Wavenumber (cm-1)

OH

3426

Aliphatic C-H stretch

2967, 2900

Aromatic ring stretch of lignin

1628

Aromatic skeletal vibration plus C = O stretch

1596

CH2-wagging vibrations in cellulose and hemicellulose

1318

Anti-symmetric bridge stretching of C–O–C groups in cellulose and hemicellulose

1160

C-H (Crystalline cellulose)

1430

C - O stretch vibration of Glucose

1033