Resources for IR tables for inorganic chemical bonds

[Mayhem]

I recently had to do some IR specs of some inorganic compounds (technically organometallic), and I found the literature for inorganic bonds lacking, like the wavenumber of metal-oxygen, metal-carbon bonds etc. Is there a data book on this?

 

[Tom.G]

I just tried a Google search for FeO2 and got many hits:
https://www.google.com/search?&q=infrared+spectrum+of+FeO2

https://www.google.com/search?&q=ir+spectra+of+organometallics
also got many hits.

Variations on these approaches may meet your needs.

Also I vaguely recall that the US Government has published many spectra; that was many years ago so I don't recall any details.

Good Luck! and pleasae let us know what (if any) search worked.

Cheers,
Tom

 

[DrJohn]

If you are looking at a particular set of organometallic compounds, searching for papers on their original synthesis will give you examples to work from.
That's what we did when I was younger. Often you will find a review of a topic area with a lot of data available.