Group-theoretical investigation of the tunneling splitting patterns of enolic acetylacetone |
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Authors: | Yung-Ching Chou |
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Institution: | Department of Natural Science, Taipei Municipal University of Education, No.1, Ai-Guo West Road, Taipei 10048, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Extensive experimental and theoretical studies for enolic acetylacetone have been presented in the literature, but studies of the tunneling splitting patterns are still lacking. In this work we adopt the Cs symmetry equilibrium structure and apply a group-theoretical formalism to study the tunneling splitting pattern of the ground vibrational level of enolic acetylacetone. Enolic acetylacetone has three large-amplitude motions, one intramolecular hydrogen transfer and two methyl torsions. Therefore, the Cs structure of enolic acetylacetone has 18 (3 × 3 × 2) equivalent equilibrium molecular frameworks, nine (3 × 3) of them are from the two methyl torsions, and two are from the intramolecular hydrogen transfer. Tunneling motions among the 18 equivalent molecular frameworks split the ground vibrational level into eight sublevels: A1, A4, E1, E2, E3, E4, G(1) and G(2). In enolic acetylacetone the intramolecular hydrogen transfer induces a rearrangement of the CC, CO single and double bonds, and then triggers two additional 60° internal rotations, one in each of the two methyl groups attached to the hydrogen-bonded malonaldehyde ring. This interaction further complicates the tunneling splitting patterns and increases the difficulty of spectral analysis. In this work the influence of the intramolecular hydrogen transfer on the energy order of the eight sublevels is determined by a group-theoretical formalism. |
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Keywords: | Enolic acetylacetone Tunneling splitting Vibrational structure Intramolecular hydrogen transfer Methyl torsion Large-amplitude motion |
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