4-Hydroxycoumarin/2-hydroxychromone tautomerism: Infrared spectra of 2-13c and 3-D labeled 4-hydroxycoumarin and its anion

Bands with primarily v (C=O) and v (C=O) character in the spectra of 4-hydroxycoumarin and its anion were identified by isotopic substitution with either ¹³C or deuterium. Two bands of each type were found for spectra of 4-hydroxycoumarin in solution in chloroform, dioxane, or dimethylsulfoxide, with v (C=O) at 1704–1733 cm^?1 and ～ 1567 cm^?1. Two bands, at 1618 and 1559 cm^?1, are associated with v (C=C) in the spectrum of crystalline 4-hydroxycoumarin monohydrate, but only a single v (C=O) band at ～ 1655 cm^?1 was observed. Anhydrous 4-hydroxycoumarin has v (C=O) bands at ～ 1700 cm^?1 and a shoulder at ～ 1670 cm^?1. The strong band at 1660 cm^?1 in the spectrum of 4-hydroxycommarin anion in dimethylsulfoxide solution is due to a delocalized v (O = C = O) vibration, whereas the band at 1555 cm^?1 has partial v (C=C) character and involves C(3) but not C(2), supporting a fully delocalized char structure for the anion. No evidence for the existence of the 2-hydroxychromone tautomer was found, except in the case of anhydrous 4-hydroxycoumarin in the solid state.     

Surface enhanced Raman spectra of nucleic acid components adsorbed at a silver electrode

High-resolution vibrational spectra of nucleic acid components adsorbed on a silver electrode were obtained using a spectroelectrochemical method based on the large-intensity enhancement for Raman scattering at electrode surfaces.The laser surface Raman spectra of purine, adenine, adenosine, deoxyadenosine, adenine mononucleotides, adenylyl-3′, 5′-adenosine and polyriboadenylic acid were recorded in the range of 150–3500 cm^?1. The intensities of the vibrational bands were highly dependent upon the electrochemical preparation of the electrode, the applied potential and the nature of the adsorbate species. High-intensity spectra in rather dilute bulk solutions were obtained.The phosphate derivatives of adenosine exhibited strongly enhanced Raman scattering. Spectral band frequencies corresponded closely with normal Raman spectra of these molecules in solution. The adenine ring breathing mode at 740 cm^?1 and the adenine ring skeletal vibration at 1335 cm^?1 produced prominent Raman scattering. A strong band at about 240 cm^?1 for the adenine mononucleotides was attributed to silver/adsorbed phosphate group vibrations.     

Further mass spectral studies of flavones

Further evidence supporting the structure of the [M ? 1]⁺ ion found in the mass spectrum of flavone as being the [dibenzo-β-tropolone ? H]⁺ species was obtained by comparison of linked scan measurements performed in flavone, 3-deuteroflavone, 5,6,7,8-tetradeuteroflavone, 2′,3′,4′,5′,6′-pentadeuteroflavone and dibenzo-β-tropolone. This fragmentation process has also been demonstrated in the case of 3-methoxyflavone by high-resolution measurements, deuterium labelling, metastable decompositions and evaluation of the subspectra of 9-methoxyfluorenol, fluorenone and biphenylene. The structure of the ion at m/z 181 in the spectrum of flavone was found to be the [2-phenylbenzoxetane ? 1]⁺ species.     

Hydrogen‐Bond Dynamics of C?H⋅⋅⋅O Interactions: The Chloroform⋅⋅⋅Acetone Case

Spectroscopic evidence for C? H ??? O hydrogen bonding in chloroform ??? acetone [Cl₃CH ??? O?C(CH₃)₂] mixtures was obtained from vibrational inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra. Comparison between the INS spectra of pure samples and their binary mixtures reveals the presence of new bands at about 82, 130 and 170 cm^?1. Assignment of the 82 cm^?1 band to the νO ??? H anti‐translational mode is considered and discussed. In addition, the βC? H mode of CHCl₃ at 1242 cm^?1 is split in the spectra of the mixtures, and the high‐wavenumber component is assigned to the hydrogen‐bonded complex. The plot of the integrated intensity of this component shows a maximum for x=0.5, in agreement with the 1:1 stoichiometry of the chloroform ??? acetone complex, with a calculated complexation constant of 0.15 dm³ mol^?1. Results also show that the complex behaves as an independent entity, that is, despite being weak, such interactions play a key role in supramolecular chemistry.     

Infrared spectroscopic analysis of poly(methyl acrylate-co-styrene)

Methyl acrylate–styrene copolymers of different copolymer compositions were free-radically prepared. The relative intensities of the carbonyl frequencies of the methyl acrylate units at v 1730 cm^?1 were correlated with the copolymer composition. The positions and shapes of the carbonyl bands in the infrared absorption spectra of the copolymers-dissolved in chloroform, were shown to depend on the composition of the copolymers and upon the presence of different proportions of methyl acrylate centered triads. The results obtained by infrared spectroscopy were compared with those obtained by ¹³C-NMR. Infrared spectra may be used to yield information about both the copolymer composition and the triad sequence distribution.     

Pigment-Protein Interactions in the Antenna-Reaction Center Complex of Heliobacillus mobilis

Membrane fragments of Heliobacillus (Hc.) mobilis were characterized using resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy in order to determine the configuration of the neurosporene carotenoid, the pigment-protein interactions of the bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) g molecules, and the Chl a-like chlorin pigments present in the antenna-reaction center complex constituting the photosynthetic apparatus. Using 363.8 nm excitation, the Raman contributions of the BChl g molecules were selectively resonantly enhanced over those of the carotenoid and the Chl a-like chlorin pigments. The RR spectrum of BChl g in these membranes excited at 363.8 nm exhibits bands at 1614 and 1688 cm^?1, which correspond to a C_aC_m methine bridge stretching mode and a keto carbonyl group stretching mode, respectively. Both of these bands are 16 cm^?1 wide (full width at half maximum, FWHM), indicating that a sole population of BChl g molecules is being enhanced at this excitation wavelength. The observed frequency of the C_aC_m stretching mode (1614 cm^?1) indicates that the bulk of BChl g molecules is pentacoordinated with only one axial ligand to the central Mg atom while that of the keto carbonyl stretching mode (1668 cm^?1) indicates that these groups are engaged in a hydrogen bond. This homogeneous population of BChl g molecules bound to the heliobacterial core polypeptides is in contrast to the heterogeneous population of Chl a molecules bound to the core polypeptides of the reaction center of photosystem I of Synechocystis 6803 as observed by the inhomogeneously broadened C₉ keto carbonyl band in its RR spectrum. The RR spectrum of the Chl a-like chlorin pigments in Hc. mobilis excited at 441.6 nm exhibits a broad keto carbonyl band (43 cm^?1 FWHM) with components at 1665, 1683 and 1695 cm^?1, indicating several populations of these pigments differing in their protein interactions at the level of the keto carbonyl group. Fourier transform (FT) pre-RR spectroscopic measurements of intact whole cells and membrane fragments at room temperature using 1064 nm excitation indicate that high quality vibrational spectra of the BChl g molecules can be obtained with no photodegradation. Low-temperature FT Raman spectra excited at 1064 nm reveals an inhomogeneously broadened 1665 cm^?1 band corresponding to the C₉ keto carbonyl stretching mode. Spectral deconvolution and second derivative analysis of this band reveal that it is comprised of components at 1665, 1682 and 1695 cm^?1, the latter two most likely arising from BChl g photoconversion products. Excitation using 885 nm to enhance the preresonance effect of the BChl g molecules yields an FT Raman spectrum where the keto carbonyl band at 1665 cm^?1 is narrow, as is the case in the Soret RR spectra, reflecting a sole population of BChl g molecules, which are engaged in an H bond. The RR spectrum of the neurosporene molecule in Hc. mobilis membranes excited at 496.5 nm is compared to that of 1,2-dihydroneurosporene bound in a cis configuration in reaction centers of Rhodopseudomona viridis and to that of the same carotenoid in its all-trans configuration extracted from these reaction centers in the presence of light. The similarity of this latter RR spectrum with that of neurosporene in the Hc. mobilis membranes indicates that it is bound in an all-trans configuration.     

Vibrational spectroscopy of the oxidation of polyethylene. I. Fourier self-deconvolution of the carbonyl absorption

Fourier self-deconvolution of the carbonyl peak present in the infrared spectrum of oxidized polyethylene has successfully resolved the peak into its components. Three strong bands at 1713, 1719, and 1723 cm^?1, together with a number of weaker features, are detected. In agreement with previous work, the 1719 and 1723 cm^?1 bands are assigned to saturated ketones and saturated carboxylic acids, respectively. A new band is also observed at 1697 cm^?1. The relative amounts of the components differ between high-density, linear low-density, and low-density polyethylene. The 1697 cm^?1 band is very dependent on the type of polyethylene; it is strong in high-density, weak in linear low-density, and very weak in low-density polyethylene.     

Announcement

Time-resolved resonance Raman spectra of the lowest state of N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (³TMPD) were observed in solution at room temperature. A new Raman band observed at 1530 cm^?1 was assigned to ³TMPD.     

Fourier transform far-infrared study of the νσ vibration in hydrogen-bonded complexes involving a CH group

The far-infrared spectra (200-20 cm⁻¹) of hydrogen-bonded complexes involving chloroform, 3-chloropropine, phenylacetylene and a number of dihalonitromethanes with dimethylsulphoxide and N,N-dimethylformamide have been investigated in carbon tetrachloride solution. In all cases, broad, low intensity bands near 100 cm⁻¹ have been observed and are assigned to the intermolecular stretching vibration ν_σ. The force constants K_σ have been calculated in diatomic approximation.     

4-Hydroxycoumarin/2-hydroxychromone tautomerism: Infrared spectra of 3-substituted-2-13c-4-hydroxycoumarins

By isotopic replacement of the carbonyl carbon with ¹³C, the C?O stretching frequency was identified as the highest frequency strongly absorbing band in the 1550–1750 cm^?1 region of the infrared spectra of several 3-substituted 4-hydroxycoumarins and 3-substituted 4-alkoxycoumarins. The compounds selected for study were either known to crystallize as the coumarin tautomeric form by x-ray diffraction studies or were congeners of such compounds. The carbonyl band varied from 1664 cm^?1 in inter- or intramolecularly hydrogen bonded derivatives to 1718 cm^?1.     

Syntheses and Electrical Conductivities of 9-Fluorenone-Iodine-Alkali Iodide Complexes

A new series of 9-fluorenone-iodine-alkali iodide complexes (FIMI, M=Na, K, Rb or Cs) has been prepared from chloroform. These complexes yield needle-like crystals with metallic luster along the needle axis. The longitudinal dc conductivities at room temperature are in the order of 10^?3 to 10^?5 S cm^?1. They all have semiconductive properties with activation energies of about 0.4 to 0.7 eV. A significant result is that the conductivity varies systematically with the cation size. A decrease in the cation size results in an increase in the conductivity. Resonance Raman spectra show that iodine is present as a linear chain of symmetric I^?₃ units in these complexes. Infrared spectra of these complexes are discussed with an attempt to estimate the interaction between the alkali cation and the carbonyl group of 9-fluorenone.     

Structure and molecular conformation of tussah silk fibroin films: Effect of methanol

Structural changes of tussah (Antheraea pernyi) silk fibroin films treated with different water-methanol solutions at 20°C were studied as a function of methanol concentration and immersion time. X-ray diffraction measurements showed that the α-helix structure, typical of untreated tussah films, did not change for short immersion times (2 min), regardless of methanol concentration. However, crystallization to β-sheet structure was observed following immersion of tussah films for 30 min in methanol solutions ranging from 20 to 60% (v/v). IR spectra of tussah films untreated and methanol treated for 2 min exhibited strong absorption bands at 1265, 892, and 622 cm^?1, typical of the α-helix conformation. The intensity of the bands assigned to the β-sheet conformation (1245, 965, and 698 cm^?1) increased for the sample treated with 40% methanol for 30 min. Raman spectra of tussah films with α-helix molecular conformation exhibited strong bands at 1657 (amide I), 1263 (amide III), 1106, 908, 530, and 376 cm^?1. Following α → β conformational transition, amide I and III bands shifted to 1668, and to 1241, 1230 cm^?1, respectively. The band at 1106 cm^?1 disappeared and new bands appeared at 1095 and 1073 cm^?1, whereas the intensity of the bands at 530 and 376 cm^?1 decreased significantly. ©1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Computer deconvolution applied to the parallel band, ν9 + ν10, of hexadeuteroethane

Computer deconvolution of spectra is discussed, and a close comparison made of deconvoluted spectra with those measured at higher resolution. It is shown that spectra at a resolution of ～0.012 cm^?1 can be obtained by the use of a relatively small grating spectrometer.The parallel band, ν₉ + ν₁₀, of C₂D₆ is examined at a resolution of 0.012 cm^?1 but no K-structure is observed, indicating that (A′?B′)?(A″?B″) is less than 1 × 10^?5 cm^?1. Rotational constants are given for the main band and two hot bands.     

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRAL STUDIES ON THE SCHIFF BASE MODE OF ALL-trans BACTERIORHODOPSIN and ITS PHOTOINTERMEDIATES,K and L*

Abstract– Difference Fourier transform infrared spectra were recorded for bacteriorhodopsin upon irradiation at 230, 170 or 77 K, which gave, respectively, the spectrum of the M, L or K intermediate minus unphotolyzed all-trans bacteriorhodopsin (denoted as BR). By replacement of the Schiff base nitrogen with ¹⁵N, or of either its hydrogen at N or C₁₅ with deuterium, the vibrational bands related to the Schiff base were identified and the isotope-shifts evaluated for BR, K and L. The 1348 cm^?l band of BR and K and the 1400 cm^?1 band of L were sensitive to each of these isotope substitutions. The 1254 cm^?1 band of BR, the 1245 cm^?1 band of K and the 1301 cm^?1 band of L were sensitive to either N- or C₁₅-deuteration but not to ¹⁵N-substitution. The N—D in-plane bending vibration of K and L appeared at 969 and 997 cm^?1, respectively, upon substitution with D₂O. All the results show that L is larger in frequencies related to the N—H in-plane bending vibration than K or BR and suggest that L has the strongest interaction with the protein. Among the bands containing an N—H bending vibration, the 1348 cm^?1 band of K was more intense than the corresponding band of L at 1400 cm^?1. The C₁₅-deuteration-induced upshift of the 1245 cm^?1 band of K was unobservable for the 1301 cm^?1 band of L. Such differences between L and K might be brought about by a distortion in the retinal moiety close to the protonated Schiff base of the 13-cis chromophore.     

Low-temperature reflection spectrum of K-TCNQ single crystal

Polarized reflection spectra of a K-TCNQ single crystal have been measured at 27,295 and 413 K. The absorption spectra were derived from the observed reflection spectra by Kramers-Kronig transformation. At 27 K, the near-infrared absorption band which is associated with the charged transfer between TCNQ^? ions, splits into a strong sharp peak at 8 × 10³ cm^?1 and a weak broad band at 11 × 10³ cm^?1. These bands were interpreted in terms of the strongly correlated extended Hubbard model including the nearest-neighbor Coulomb interaction.     

Spectral characteristics of the bands of NH groups and structure of 2-thioxobenzazolines in solvents with low polarities

The IR spectra of five 2-thioxo-benzazolines in carbon tetrachloride (2500–3500 cm^–1) and chloroform (3200–3500 cm^–1) are examined. Analysis of the spectral parameters of the absorption band of the unassociated NH groups showed that the high proton-donor capacity of the hydrogen atom of the thioamide group of 2-thioxobenzoxazoline is evidently associated with the high electronegativity of the oxygen atom. The existence of intermolecular hydrogen bonds with a degree of dissociation of 0.3 in carbon tetrachloride and 0.1 in chloroform was established by means of the concentration dependence of the spectra. A change with time in the integral coefficient of the absorption band of the unassociated NH groups was observed in solutions in carbon tetrachloride; this is explained by interaction of the 2-thioxobenzazolines with carbon tetrachloride. The IR spectra, a table of the spectral characteristics, the dependence of the relative integral intensity on the concentration, and the dependence of the optical density of the absorption band of free NH groups on time are presented.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 69–71, January, 1979.     

Some 1-substituted quaternary imidazolium compounds and related polymers: Qualitative and quantitative infrared analysis

It was found that 1-substituted quaternary imidazolium compounds show some characteristic infrared (IR) activity. On quarternization of 1-substituted imidazoles strong absorption bands appeared at about 1150 and 1550 cm^?1 in the IR spectra of these compounds. The band at 1150 cm^?1 was assigned to the position 2 C?H bending mode and the 1550 cm^?1 band was attributed to a ring vibration mode of the quaternary imidazolium compounds. The concentration of the quaternary imidazolium units in a polymer can be determined by measuring the intensity of the absorption bands at 1150 or 1550 cm^?1 in relation to another suitable absorption band of the spectrum.     

VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA AND STRUCTURE OF ALKOXY AND CHLOROALKOXY DERIVATIVES OF ANTIMONY(V)

Abstract

Vibrational spectra of (CH₃O) _n SbCl_5–n . n = 1: 1; n = 2: 2: n = 3: 3: n = 4: 4; n = 5: 5; have been recorded. According to ir and Raman data 1–5 are centrosymmetrical bridged dimers. The Raman spectra of 3–5 exhibit v(Sb–O) doublets of terminal CH₃O at 530–541 and 550–570 cm^?1; vibrations of the 4-membered Sb₂O₂ ring, observed in the 500–517 cm^?1 region of the ir spectra of 1–5, are absent. The v(C–O) bands of bridged and terminal CH₃O are shifted to higher wave numbers (60 and 31 cm^?1, respectively) in the series 1 → 5. The stability of the dimers increases in the series 1 < 2 < 3 < 4 ? 5. At 100–120°C and in CH₃CN solutions dimers of 1–3 dissociate to monomers (v(Sb–O) 537–540 cm^?1, ir data). The monochloride, 4, is partially dissociated in CH₃CN. On solution of the tetrachloride, 1, in benzene a dimer-monomer equilibrium has been observed, with the dimeric form being predominant.     

Ruthenium(III)-Phthalocyanine: Darstelllung und Eigenschaften von Di(halogeno)phthalocyaninato(1−)ruthenium(III), [Ru(X)2Pc] (X = Cl,Br, I)

Ruthenium(III) Phthalocyanines: Synthesis and Properties of Di(halo)phthalocyaninato(1?)ruthenium(III) Di(halo)phthalocyaninato(1?)ruthenium(III), [Ru(X)₂Pc^?] (X = Cl, Br, I) is prepared by oxidation of [Ru(X)₂Pc^2?]^? (Cl, Br, OH) with halogene in dichloromethane. The magnetic moment of [Ru(X)₂Pc^?] is 2,48 μ_B (X = Cl) resp. 2,56 μ_B (X = Br) in accordance with a systeme of two independent spins (low spin Ru^III and Pc^?: S = 1/2). The optical spectra of the red violet solution of [Ru(X)₂Pc^?] (Cl, Br) are typical for the Pc^? ligand with the “B” at 13.5 kK, “Q₁” at 19.3 kK and “Q₂ region” at 31.9 kK. Sytematic spectral changes within the iron group are discussed. The presence of the Pc^? ligand is confirmed by the vibrational spectra, too. Characteristic are the metal dependent bands in the m.i.r. spectra at 1 352 and 1 458 cm^?1 and the strong Raman line at 1 600 cm^?1. The antisymmetric Ru? X stretch (v_as(Ru? X)) is observed at 189 cm^?1 (X = I) resp. 234 cm^?1 (X = Br). There are two interdependent bands at 295 and 327 cm^?1 in the region expected for v_as(Ru? Cl) attributed to strong interaction of v_as(Ru? Cl) with an out-of-plane Pc^? tilting mode of the same irreducible representation. Only the symmetric Ru? Br stretch at 183 cm^?1 is selectively enhanced in the resonance-Raman(RR) spectra. The Raman line at 168 cm^?1 of the diiodo complex is assigned to loosely bound iodine. The broad band at 978 cm^?1 in the RR spectra of the dichloro complex is due to an intraconfigurational transition within the electronic ground state of low spin Ru^III split by spin orbit coupling.     

Infrared spectra of protiated and deuterated cobalt acetate dihydrate

The infrared spectra of cobalt acetate dihydrate provide a direct evidence for the existence of quite strong hydrogen bonds formed by the water protons. An intense band is, namely, found around 2750 cm^?1, several additional bands are present at lower frequencies and bands originating from water librations appear above 1000 cm^?1. The existence of a band around 3310 cm^?1 on the other hand, indicates that much weaker hydrogen bonds are also present. On deuteration the protons involved in stronger hydrogen bonds are apparently replaced by deuterons to a higher degree than those forming weaker H-bonds.