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📅 NSB MS 2012🎓 MS🔄 Round 16#️⃣ Question 15🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Infrared spectroscopy is used to help identify various chemical compounds. Each functional group is identified by a peak at a particular wavelength. If a scientist synthesizes a fatty acid in the lab, which of the following peaks would indicate that impurities were present?

W) A peak indicating an amino group
X) A peak indicating a carboxylic acid –OH stretch
Y) A peak indicating a carbon-carbon double bond
Z) A peak indicating sp²-hybridized carbon-hydrogen bonds
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