This work provides information t o facili tate the in terpreta tio n of the st ru ct ures of carbohydrates in te rms of t heir infrared absorption sp ectra and additional knowledge of t he properties of alcohols as associated solven ts. The spectra of met ha nol, I-dodecanol, 2-meth yl-2-propanol (t-bu tyl a lco hol), 3-pen tanol, 3-methy l-3-pentanol, 2,2,4-t rimethy l-3-p en tanol, 2, 4-di methy 1-3-ethyl-3-penta no l, 2,2, 4-t ri methy 1-3-ethyl-3-pentanol , 2,2, 4-t rimethyl-3-isopropy l-3-pe ntanol, 2,2,4,4-tetra methy l-3-n-prop yl-3-pentanol, and 2,2,4,4-tet ram ethy l-3-isopropyl-3-penta nol ha ve bee n studied .Some of t he effects of dilu tion in nonpolar solve nts, and of s teric hindra nce by bran chin g, on t heir in te rmolecular associatio n t hrough t he formation of h ydrogen bridges ha ve bee n determined.E vidence is prese nted for t he exis tence of a s ingle-bridge type of dimer. The assignment of the ba nd a t 2.86 microns to dime r has been giv en stron g support. An isobestic poin t , at which t he molar abso rban cy index (28.6) is indepe ndent of the degree of dissociation, was found at 8.82 mi cron s in t he spectrum of 3-pe ntanol. Ot hers not so weil marked appear in t he spectra of some of t he other al cohols. Such poin ts fa cili tate t he qua nti tative d etermination of s uch al co hols in favorabl e circumst an ces.The abso rp t ions of t he mon omer a nd t he dimer, separately, a ppear to obey Beer's la w. Both the monomer and the sin gle-bridge dime r a ppear to contribu te to the free hydroxyl absorp t ion ; t heir re lat iv e co ntribu t io ns d epend upon the co nce nt ration of t he so lu tio ll.