“…All spectra presented bands close to 2900 cm −1 (at 2972, 2902, and 2836 cm −1 , more specifically) attributed to the axial deformation of the CeH bonds in aliphatic chains (Sakata & Yamaguchi, 2011), that is, to eCH 3 arising from the substitution of hydroxyl groups by methoxyl and hydroxypropyl ones. Absorptions related to the axial deformation of CeOeC bonds, typical in cellulose ethers, may be observed from 900 to 1300 cm −1 (Anuar, Wui, Ghodgaonkar, & Taib, 2007;Zaccaron, Oliveira, Guiotoku, Pires, & Soldi, 2005). Bands at wavenumbers ranging from 1250 to 1460 cm −1 (herein observed at 1315, 1374, 1410, and 1452 cm −1 ) are assigned to the angular deformation of CeH bonds within e(CH 2 ) n e chains (Sakata & Yamaguchi, 2011).…”