Assignment:
Q1. How do you determine if a molecule will be IR-Active?
Q2. Why is CO2 IR active and N2 not? Is O2 IR-Active?
Q3. Would the IR spectrum of polymer polystyrene have sharp or broad signals? Explain.
Q4. Why are some compounds colored and others white?
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.