Review Article

Electrosynthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Poly(o-Aminophenol) Film Electrodes

Table 3

Vibrational bands in Raman spectra ( 𝜆 𝑜 = 6 4 7 . 1  nm) for a POAP film in a 0.5 M H2SO4  solution [19].

Wavenumber/cm−1Description

1645C=N stretching of quinonimine units
1598C=C stretching of quinoid units
1522C=C stretching in the aromatic ring
1472C=N stretching of quinoid units
1402C–N•+ stretching of radical semiquinone
1330C–N•+ stretching
1170C–H bending in plane
982 and 1050Sulfate modes
578Ring deformation of benzeniod units