Vibrational studies of polar aprotic molecule in aromatic chemical and isotropic solvents: experimental and quantum chemical investigations

Raman spectroscopic technique has been used to study the intermolecular interactions and dynamics of SO, C―H and CSC stretching modes of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in binary mixtures using methyl benzene (MBN) and deuterated methyl benzene (MBNd) aromatic solvents. The Raman band of SO stretching mode has been deconvoluted into four distinct bands for neat DMSO as well as in binary mixtures. Deconvoluted bands in neat DMSO were assigned as monomer, cyclic out‐of‐phase, cyclic in‐phase and chain dimers having peak wavenumbers 1069.10, 1056.60, 1041.50 and 1027.30 cm⁻¹ respectively. Peak wavenumber of SO stretching mode shows red shift, while peak wavenumbers of C―H and CSC stretching modes show blue shift with the increase in solvent concentration. The vibrational relaxation phenomena for all the stretching modes have been studied as a function of solvent concentration. Quantum‐chemical calculations have been carried out to gain more insight into the self‐association of DMSO and in interacting environment with the solvents using ab initio and density functional theory method. The ab initio basis set is HF/6‐31 + G (d, p) for the interacting system. The hydrogen bond complexes of DMSO with MBN and MBNd using IEF‐PCM model have been calculated using B3LYP functional and 6‐31 + G(d,p) basis sets. Theoretical calculations have been compared with the experimental findings and we obtained good coherence of the results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Density functional study on the structural conformations and intramolecular charge transfer from the vibrational spectra of the anticancer drug combretastatin‐A2

Combretastatin‐A2 (CA2), a potential anticancer drug in advanced preclinical development, is extracted from the medicinal plant C ombretum caffrum. The NIR‐FT Raman and FT‐IR spectral studies of the molecule were carried out and a b initio calculations performed at the B3LYP/6‐31G(d) level to derive the equilibrium geometry as well as the vibrational wavenumbers and intensities of the spectral bands. The vibrational analysis showed that the molecule has a similar geometry as that of c is‐stilbene, and has undergone steric repulsion resulting in twisting of the phenyl ring with respect to the ethylenic plane. Vibrational analysis was used to investigate the lowering of the stretching modes, and enhancement of infrared band intensities of the C–H stretching modes of Me2 may be attributed to the electronic effects caused by back‐donation and induction from the oxygen atom. Analysis of phenyl ring modes shows that the CA2 stretching mode 8 and the aromatic C–H in‐plane bending mode are equally active as strong bands in both IR and Raman spectra, which can be interpreted as the evidence of intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) between the OH and OCH₃groups via conjugated ring path and is responsible for bioactivity of the molecule. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

二甲基硅硼烷,o-(SiMe)_2B_(10)H_(10),振动光谱的理论研究

本文利用高斯 94从头计算程序在 6- 31 G基组下对二甲基硅硼烷 ,o- (Si Me) 2 B1 0 H1 0 ,进行几何优化及振动光谱的理论计算 ,并对主要谱带特性进行指认 ,结果与实验基本符合。振动模式分析表明 450 cm-1 以下的两个强带中 32 6cm-1 (计算值为 369cm-1 )似乎是两个 Si原子相对笼骨架中其余 B原子整体的伸缩振动 ,而 399cm-1 (计算值为 42 1 cm-1 )则为 Si- Si(及其联带的 C原子一起参与的 )对称伸缩振动。优化几何及振动光谱的研究表明重的杂原子硅占据二十面体硼笼骨架位置后使笼结构的刚性弱化     

Sr3TaGa3Si2O14(STGS)单晶的晶格振动

根据空间群理论,预测了Sr3TaGa3Si2O14(STGS)单晶的振动模式,并分别计算了非极性和极性振动模式的Raman散射强度。测量了STGS晶体的Raman光谱,并对其振动模式进行了指认。实验结果表明STGS晶体具有6个A1对称类特征振动模式:波数为126cm-1的振动峰可指认为SiO4团簇、Sr原子和TaO6团簇间的相对平动;245cm-1的振动峰是SiO4团簇的扭曲振动和Sr—TaO6—Sr伸缩振动耦合的结果;特征峰557和604cm-1分别来源于O—Ta—O和O—Ga—O的伸缩振动;896cm-1谱带对应着两个SiO4四面体的O—Si—O伸缩振动;991cm-1的谱带对应着两个SiO4四面体的Si—O伸缩振动。实验结果和理论计算结果均确证了STGS晶体的层状结构,其弱的各项异性和压电模量归因于十面体结构单元的微弱形变。     

β-DDB及其衍生物的结构与红外光谱特征

总结归属了肉豆寇醚酸甲酯、6－Br肉豆寇醚酸甲酯、β-DDB（6,6′－二甲氧基－4,5,4′,5′－二次甲二氧基－2,2′－二甲氧羰基联苯）及其5种衍生物的主要红外吸收谱带和特征,讨论了其红外吸收频率随化合物结构变化的规律。 结果表明分子中酯基的改变主要对羰基的伸缩振动频率有较大的影响,而对苯环的骨架振动影响较小;当苯环上H原子被其他取代基取代时,羟基及苯环的骨架吸收均发生显著变化。     

NIR‐FT Raman and FT‐IR spectral investigations of the nonlinear optical chromophore p‐bromoacetanilide

Vibrational spectral analysis of the hydrogen‐bonded nonlinear optical (NLO) material p‐bromo acetanilide (PBA) was carried out using NIR‐FT‐Raman and FT‐IR spectroscopy. Ab initio molecular orbital computations were performed at HF/6‐31G (d) level to derive equilibrium geometry, vibrational wavenumbers, intensities and first hyperpolarizability. The lowering of the imino stretching wavenumbers suggests the existence of strong intermolecular N H···O hydrogen bonding, which was substantiated by the natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. The vibrational spectra confirm that the charge‐transfer interaction between the  NHCOCH₃ group and—Br through phenyl ring is responsible for simultaneous strong IR and Raman activation of the ring mode 8a. Vibrational analysis indicates that the lowering of stretching wavenumbers of methyl group due to electronic effects simultaneously caused by induction and hyperconjugation is due to the presence of the oxygen atom. The presence of blue‐shifting H‐bonds of CH stretching wavenumbers, simultaneous activation of carbonyl stretching mode, the strong activity of low‐wavenumber H‐bond stretching vibrations and the role of intramolecular charge transfer in making the molecule NLO active have been analyzed on the basis of the vibrational spectral features. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Tracking molecular structure deformation of nitrobenzene and its torsion-vibration coupling by intense pumping CARS

The structural deformation induced by intense laser field of liquid nitrobenzene(NB) molecule,a typical molecule with restricting internal rotation,is tracked by time- and frequency-resolved coherent anti-Stokes.Raman spectroscopy(CARS) technique with an intense pump laser.The CARS spectra of liquid NB show that the NO_2 torsional mode couples with the NO_2 symmetric stretching mode,and the NB molecule undergoes ultrafast structural deformation with a relaxation time of 265 fs.The frequency of NO_2 torsional mode in liquid NB(42 cm~(-1)) at room temperature is found from the sum and difference combination bands involving the NO_2 symmetric stretching mode and torsional mode in time- and frequency-resolved CARS spectra.     

Differential Raman cross section of dimethyl sulfide

Biogenic sulfur compounds such as dimethyl sulfide (DMS) are important contributors to the global carbon cycle. The differential Raman cross section of DMS relative to the nitrogen fundamental, σ_DMS, has been measured at several excitation wavelengths in order to assess the applicability of Raman spectroscopy for the direct quantitative measurement of this compound. At 488 nm, σ_DMS for the ν₆ carbon–sulfur stretching mode was found to be 4.9 ± 1.6, while for the ν₂ carbon–hydrogen stretching mode it was 2.8 ± 0.9. Using, KrF laser excitation, values for σ_DMS could be measured simultaneously at two excitation wavelengths, 248.32 and 248.69 nm. The average values of σ_DMS for 248‐nm excitation based on measurements at these two excitation wavelengths were 3.5 ± 1.4 for the carbon–sulfur stretching mode and 4.6 ± 0.6 for the carbon–hydrogen stretching mode. The results indicate that no significant resonance enhancement of σ_DMS for either mode occurs, although they show some slight enhancement of the cross section for the ν₂ band (C H stretching mode). It was concluded that the measured values of σ_DMS are high enough to allow the quantitative detection of DMS at the millimolar level. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A computational study of N2···HHeF: comparison with N2···HArF and N2···HKrF

A weakly bound linear complex of N₂ and HHeF was found to be stable with respect to the constituent monomers by ab initio calculations at various levels of theory (MP2, MP3, MP4(SDQ) and QCISD) using a 6-311++G(2d,2p) basis set. The complex N₂···HHeF was found to have a zero-point vibrational energy corrected binding energy of 14.5?kJ mol^?1 (QCISD) and exhibits a large harmonic vibrational frequency blue shift of 375?cm^?1 for the He–H stretching vibration mode, with a diminished infrared intensity for this mode on formation of the complex. The frequency shift for this mode was also found to be very sensitive to the level of theory employed for the calculation, and is rationalized by considering intermolecular electrostatic and charge-transfer effects. The results for N₂···HHeF are compared with corresponding results for the related complexes N₂···HArF and N₂···HKrF, both of which contain the same proton acceptor molecule.     

Vibrational dynamics of the CN stretching mode of [Ru(CN)_6]~(4-) in D_2O studied by nonlinear infrared spectroscopy

We have studied vibrational dynamics of the T1u mode of the CN stretching mode of [Ru(CN)6 ]4- in D2O by infrared(IR) nonlinear spectroscopy such as an IR three-pulse photon echo experiment and polarization-sensitive IR pump-probe spectroscopy. The isotropic component of the pump-probe signal shows a bi-exponential decay with time constants of 0.8 ps and 20.8 ps. The fast and slow components correspond to the rapid equilibration between the T1u mode and the Raman active modes of the CN stretching mode and the vibrational population relaxation from the v=1 state of the T1u mode,respectively. Anisotropy of the pump-probe signal decays with a time constant of 3.1 ps,which is due to the time evolution of the superposition states of the triply degenerate T1u modes. Three pulse photon echo measurements showed that the time correlation function of the frequency fluctuation decays bi-exponentially with time constants of 80 fs and 1.4 ps. These time constants depend only on the solute and are independent of the solvent,whereas the amplitudes depend on both the solute and solvent.     

Calculation of dipole moment functions with density functional theory: application to vibrational band intensities

We have calculated fundamental and overtone XH stretching vibrational band intensities for H₂O, benzene, cyclohexane, 1,3-butadiene, and HCN. The band intensities were calculated with a simple harmonically coupled anharmonic oscillator local mode model and a series expanded dipole moment function. The dipole moment functions were obtained from local, non-local and hybrid density functional theory calculations with basis sets ranging from 6–31G(d) to 6–311++G(3df,3pd). The calculated band intensities have been compared with intensities calculated with conventional ab initio methods and with experimental results. Compared with conventional correlated ab initio methods, a carefully chosen density functional method and basis set seems to give better fundamental and overtone intensities with far less resources used. We have found that the density functional methods appear to be less sensitive to the choice of basis set, with little difference between the results obtained with a non-local or hybrid density functional method.     

异丙醇的O-H伸缩振动泛频光谱和分子构像

使用高灵敏的光腔衰范光谱（Ｃａｕｉｔｙ Ｒｉｎｇ Ｄｏｗｎ Ｓｐｅｃｔｒｏｓｃｏｐｙ）技术测出了异丙醇的Ｏ－Ｈ伸缩ｖ＝４、５振动泛频光谱,每个技动能级都有三个吸收峰,被归属为分子构像的Ｏ－Ｈ伸缩泛叔汲收,给出了光腔衰范光谱的振动泛频吸收的振动谱强度公式,并求得分子不同构在不同振动能级的Ｏ－Ｈ伸缩局域模振子的机械频率（Ｘ１）、非谐性（Ｘ２）以及解离能（Ｄ）,用浓度泛函（ＤＦＴ）Ｂ３ＬＹＰ／６－３１＋     

High‐pressure studies of the micro‐Raman spectra of iron cyanide complexes: Prussian blue (Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3), potassium ferricyanide (K3[Fe(CN)6]), and sodium nitroprusside (Na2[Fe(CN)5(NO)]·2H2O)

The pressure dependences of the peaks observed in the micro‐Raman spectra of Prussian blue (Fe₄[Fe(CN)₆]₃), potassium ferricyanide (K₃[Fe(CN)₆]), and sodium nitroprusside (Na₂[Fe(CN)₅(NO)]·2H₂O) have been measured up to 5.0 GPa. The vibrational modes of Prussian blue appearing at 201 and 365 cm⁻¹ show negative dν/dP values and Grüneisen parameters and are assigned to the transverse bending modes of the Fe C N Fe linkage which can contribute to a negative thermal expansion behavior. A phase transition occurring between 2.0 and 2.8 GPa in potassium ferricyanide is shown by changes in the spectral region 150–700 cm⁻¹. In the spectra of the nitroprusside ion, there are strong interactions between the FeN stretching mode and the FeNO bending and the axial CN stretching modes. The pressure dependence of the NO stretching vibration is positive, 5.6 cm⁻¹ GPa⁻¹, in contrast to the negative behavior in the iron(II)‐meso‐tetraphenyl porphyrinate complex. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Single-molecule reaction and characterization by vibrational excitation

Controlled chemical reaction of single trans-2-butene molecules on the Pd(110) surface was realized by dosing tunneling electrons from the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope at 4.7 K. The reaction product was identified as a 1,3-butadiene molecule by inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy. Threshold voltage for the reaction is approximately 365 mV, which coincides with the vibrational excitation of the C-H stretching mode. The reaction was ascertained to be caused by C-H bond dissociation by multiple vibrational excitations of the C-H stretching mode via inelastic electron tunneling process.     

饱和一元醇类分子拉曼光谱振动峰的归属研究

选用B3LYP/6-31G(d)优化并计算了31种饱和一元醇类分子的拉曼光谱,以甲醇为例,考察了理论计算结果的准确性,分析了碳原子数小于7的直链饱和一元醇拉曼光谱振动峰的归属。研究结果显示,B3LYP/6-31G(d)用于饱和一元醇类分子拉曼光谱振动的模拟计算较为准确,通过饱和一元醇拉曼光谱振动峰归属分析,确认C—O伸缩振动引起的振动峰可作为饱和一元醇类分子拉曼光谱的特征峰;进一步研究还发现,饱和一元醇类分子拉曼光谱的特征峰与其极化率、热力学、能量等主要参数具有显著的相关性(sig.为0.015),为同系物的拉曼光谱研究提供了一定的参考价值。     

Hydrogen induced structure changes of GaAs(1 0 0) surfaces

The interaction of hydrogen with GaAs(1 0 0) surfaces has been studied at room temperature by means of high-resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy (HREELS), low-energy electron-diffraction (LEED), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). Sample cleaning by Ne⁺ ion bombardment (500 eV) and annealing resulted (with increasing temperatures) in “1 × 1”, 1 × 6, 4 × 1, 4 × 6 and c(8 × 2) LEED structures. As a function of hydrogen exposure, the intensity ratio of the stretching vibrations (As-H/Ga-H) is shown to be characteristic for the specific reconstructed surface. In particular the arsenic hydride concentration gradually decreased in all cases. In addition, an initial weakening of the fractional order LEED spots occurred with increasing hydrogen exposures. Finally, a strong 1 × 2 structure was observed independent of the reconstruction we started with. Simultaneously, a shift of the energetic position of the Ga-H stretching vibration occurred.     

Raman spectroscopic study of the tellurite minerals: graemite CuTeO3·H2O and teineite CuTeO3·2H2O

Tellurites may be subdivided according to formula and structure. There are five groups based upon the formulae (a) A(XO₃), (b) A(XO₃)·xH₂O, (c) A₂(XO₃)₃·xH₂O, (d) A₂(X₂O₅) and (e) A(X₃O₈). Raman spectroscopy has been used to study the tellurite minerals teineite and graemite; both contain water as an essential element of their stability. The tellurite ion should show a maximum of six bands. The free tellurite ion will have C_3v symmetry and four modes, 2A₁ and 2 E. Raman bands for teineite at 739 and 778 cm⁻¹ and for graemite at 768 and 793 cm⁻¹ are assigned to the ν₁ (TeO₃)²⁻ symmetric stretching mode while bands at 667 and 701 cm⁻¹ for teineite and 676 and 708 cm⁻¹ for graemite are attributed to the ν₃ (TeO₃)²⁻ antisymmetric stretching mode. The intense Raman band at 509 cm⁻¹ for both teineite and graemite is assigned to the water librational mode. Raman bands for teineite at 318 and 347 cm⁻¹ are assigned to the (TeO₃)²⁻ν₂(A₁) bending mode and the two bands for teineite at 384 and 458 cm⁻¹ may be assigned to the (TeO₃)²⁻ν₄(E) bending mode. Prominent Raman bands, observed at 2286, 2854, 3040 and 3495 cm⁻¹, are attributed to OH stretching vibrations. The values for these OH stretching vibrations provide hydrogen bond distances of 2.550(6) Å (2341 cm⁻¹), 2.610(3) Å (2796 cm⁻¹) and 2.623(2) Å (2870 cm⁻¹) which are comparatively short for secondary minerals. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

FT‐IR and FT‐Raman spectra and ab initio calculations of 3‐{[(2‐hydroxyphenyl) methylene]amino}‐2‐phenylquinazolin‐4(3H)‐one

Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) and Fourier transform (FT) Raman spectra of 3‐{[(2‐hydroxyphenyl)methylene]amino}‐2‐phenylquinazolin‐4(3H)‐one were recorded and analyzed. The vibrational wavenumbers of the title compound were computed using HF/6‐31G* and 6‐311G* basis sets and compared with experimental data. The assignments of the normal modes are done by potential energy distribution (PED)calculations. The prepared compound was identified by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectra. Optimized geometrical parameters of the title compound are in agreement with reported structures. Shortening of CN bond lengths reveal the effect of resonance. The simultaneous IR and Raman activations of the CO stretching mode shows a charge transfer interaction through a π‐conjugated path. The first hyperpolarizability, infrared intensities and Raman activities are reported. The phenyl C C stretching modes are equally active as strong bands in both IR and Raman spectra, which are responsible for hyperpolarizability enhancement leading to nonlinear optical activity. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Luminescence of phenylisocyanide and perdeuterophenylisocyanide at 77° K in polycrystalline matrices

Vibrational analyses are presented for the phosphorescence and fluorescence spectra of C₆H₅NC and C₆D₅NC in polycrystalline methylcyclohexane matrices at 77° K. Polarization measurements indicate that the lowest triplet state is ³A₁. The longest progression found for phosphorescence is that of a totally symmetric C-C stretching mode, and is interpreted as indicative of a planar, non-regular-hexagon benzene ring geometry of the lowest triplet state. The fluorescence spectra show a weak 0-0 band and two strong false origins, both based on one quantum of non-totally symmetric b₂ vibrations. The main progressions here, in the ring breathing mode and C-X stretching mode, suggest a planar slightly expanded regular hexagon ring with a changed C-X bond length for the geometry of S₁.     

The adsorption of cyclic hydrocarbons on Ru(001): II. Cyclohexane

The adsorption of cyclohexane on Ru(001) at 90 K has been investigated by thermal desorption mass spectrometry, EELS, UV photoemission and LEED. Thermal desorption indicates the adsorption of the undissociated molecule first in a chemisorbed monolayer (T_d = 200 K) with subsequent formation of multilayers (T_d = 165 K) at higher exposures. The vibrational spectrum obtained by EELS is characterized by a frequency shift of the C-H stretching mode from 2920 cm^?1 (multilayer) to 2560 cm^?1 for the chemisorbed monolayer. Off-specular EELS data indicate two different electron scattering mechanisms for the C-H stretching mode. Whereas for the C-H stretching mode of the multilayer, large angle electron impact scattering is observed, the C-H soft-mode of the monolayer is largely due to small angle dipolar scattering. The He I photoelectron spectra of cyclohexane multilayers are characteristic of the undissociated molecule. A new assignment of C(2s) and the lowest C(2p) level, based on a comparison with benzene, shows that the chemisorbed monolayer is characterized by the absence of emission or broadening of the 2a_1u level. This is attributed to C_3v symmetry of the chemisorbed layer and to a possible interaction of the 2a_Iu orbital with the metal surface.