In a student-conducted saponification of glycerol tristearate using NaOH, an IR of the compound was taken. A broad peak at around 3300 cm^-1 was observed. What could this peak correspond to?

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In a student-conducted saponification of glycerol tristearate using NaOH, an IR of the compound was taken. A broad peak at around 3300 cm^-1 was observed. What could this peak correspond to?

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