Hydrogen bonds vibrational state

Color from Vibrations and Rotations. Vibrational excitation states occur in H2O molecules in water. The three fundamental frequencies occur in the infrared at more than 2500 nm, but combinations and overtones of these extend with very weak intensities just into the red end of the visible and cause the blue color of water and of ice when viewed in bulk (any green component present derives from algae, etc). This phenomenon is normally seen only in H2O, where the lightest atom H and very strong hydrogen bonding combine to move the fundamental vibrations closer to the visible than in any other material. 

In the solid state the CH tautomer (78a) is always readily identified, but the OH and NH tautomers (that, in some cases, coexist in the crystal (73CSC469)) are difficult to differentiate due to the strong hydrogen bonds that shift the u(CO) band to the region of pyrazole vibrations. This source of complications is not present in the fixed forms that can always be identified by their IR spectra, both in solution and in the solid state. 

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