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How is the IR spectrum of methyl benzoate determined?
Can you explain how FTIR works?
Sure. FTIR works by passing infrared radiation through a beam splitter, which splits the beam into two components, one of which is directed through a reference sample and the other through the sample being analyzed. The two beams are then recombined and detected by a detector, which generates a signal that is Fourier transformed to generate the IR spectrum of the sample.