Research Article

Spectroscopic Analysis of Heterogeneous Biocatalysts for Biodiesel Production from Expired Sunflower Cooking Oil

Table 1

FTIR spectra represented as wave numbers for untreated sucrose (A), carbonized sucrose (B), and carbonized + sulphonated sucrose (C).

Wave numbers
A
Group attributedWave numbers
B
Group attributedWave numbers
C
Group attributed

3325 O–H3333O–H2965C–H
2900 C–H1707C=O1769C=O
1490 C–C 1590C=C1758C=O
1430 C–O1420C=C1456C=C
1320 C–O1239C–O1376O=S
1066 C–OH 986C–O 1245–SO3H
1055 C–OH 1057S=O