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IR Mentor Pro:2.0 appears to be the ultimate reference source for infrared spectroscopy of organic molecules. This on-line database contains more than six hundred IR band assignments arising from over two hundred functional groups. Alcohols, for instance, are subdivided into primary, secondary, tertiary, benzylic, and phenols, while ketones have twenty variations that affect the carbonyl frequency. This large database was compiled from several reference works such as Infrared Characteristics Group Frequencies, 2nd edition, by G. Socrates; The Infrared Spectra of Complex Molecules by L. J. Bellamy, and Introduction to Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy by N. B. Colthrup, L. H. Daly, and S. E. Wiberley. The program runs on both Windows 3.x and Windows 95.
IR Mentor Pro may be used in a number...