“…The peaks at 1709 cm -1 and 1717 cm -1 correspond to the C=O ester 19 and carboxylic acid 20, respectively. Interestingly, the N─H stretching frequencies are not observed at regions close to 3300 cm -1 , due to the N─H•••O intermolecular hydrogen bonding 36,37 in the BA. The C=O stretching modes of BA are observed at around 1615 -1669 cm -1 , as expected from previous reports.…”