While the carbonyl stretching frequency for simple aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids is about 1710 cm^-1, the carbonyl stretching frequency for amides is about ________.

A) 1700 cm^-1
B) 1735 cm^-1
C) 1800 cm^-1
D) 1660 cm^-1
E) 2200 cm^-1

Carbonyl Stretching

A vibrational mode observed in infrared spectroscopy, indicative of the C=O group's stretching within a molecule.

Amides

Organic compounds characterized by a carbonyl group (C=O) attached to a nitrogen atom, forming part of the structure of proteins and other important molecules.

1710 cm^-1

This refers to the typical absorption band in infrared spectroscopy for carbonyl (C=O) stretching in aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids.