An infrared study of the stretching modes of the water molecules in ZnF2·4H2O

The IR spectra of ZnF₂·4H₂O and its deuterated analogues are reported at ambient and liquid-nitrogen temperatures. The OH and OD stretching and bending vibrations of the water molecules are analysed in detail. The two types of water molecules give rise to different absorption peaks in the OH and OD stretching regions in samples that contain isotopically dilute HDO groups. The strongly hydrogen-bonded water molecules H₂O(1) and H₂O(4) show four broad OH and OD stretching modes at lower frequencies, while the weaker hydrogen-bonded ones H₂O(2) and H₂O(3) give rise to four narrow bands at higher frequencies. The ν_OD frequencies of isotopically dilute HDO groups correlate very well with the known R(H---F) and R(H---O) distances in the crystals and the assignment of these modes was done on this basis. It was also found that the ratio ν_OH/ν_OD decreases with decreasing values of R(H---O) or R(H---F) in ZnF₂·4H₂O.     

Vibrational spectroscopic study of hydrated uranyl oxide: Curite

Raman and infrared spectra of the uranyl oxyhydroxide hydrate: curite is reported. Observed bands are attributed to the (UO₂)²⁺ stretching and bending vibrations, U–OH bending vibrations, H₂O and (OH)⁻ stretching, bending and librational modes. U–O bond lengths in uranyls and O–H…O bond lengths are calculated from the wavenumbers assigned to the stretching vibrations. These bond lengths are close to the values inferred and/or predicted from the X-ray single crystal structure. The complex hydrogen-bonding network arrangement was proved in the structures of the curite minerals. This hydrogen bonding contributes to the stability of these uranyl minerals.     

Second-order spectrum of water in the K4Fe(CN)6.3H2O crystal

Second-order infrared spectra of the crystal K₄Fe(CN)₆.3H₂O are obtained in the region of 3700–7200 cm^?1 at 90 K. The bands corresponding to overtones and combinations of the stretching and bending modes of the different water molecules are discussed and interpreted. The anharmonicity constants are estimated using the observed frequencies.     

Stretching vibrations of CH bonds in spectra of dicarbaclosododecaboranes (p-, m-, and o-carboranes)

Parameters of bands corresponding to stretching vibrations of C-H bonds in spectra of o-, m-, and p-isomers of the icosahedral carborane B₁₀H₁₀C₂H₂ have been measured with high accuracy. The stretching vibrations of C-H bonds in spectra of o- and m-carborane (12), molecules which have C_2v point group symmetry, are demonstrated to appear the same as in the spectrum of the p-isomer with D_5d symmetry. The frequencies of Raman and IR lines practically coincide. This indicates the absence of interaction of the stretching vibrations of the two C-H bonds even in the o-carborane molecule.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2263–2267, October, 1989.     

Infrared spectra of the dihydrates of calcium selenate and yttrium phosphate - comparison with the spectrum of gypsum

The infrared spectra of protiated and deuterated CaSeO₄·2H₂O and YPO₄·2H₂O were compared with the spectrum of gypsum (CaSO₄·2H₂O) with which the two investigated compounds are almost certainly iso- structural. From the position of the bands in the OD stretching region of the spectra of partly deuterated compounds having low deuterium content, one may conclude that the strength of the hydrogen bonds which water molecules form with the anions increases in the order sulfate, selenate, phosphate. While studying the spectra of mixed crystals, particular attention was payed to the bands originating from the stretching vibrations of the tetrahedral anions.     

The structure of the mineral leogangite Cu10(OH)6(SO4)(AsO4)4·8H2O--implications for arsenic accumulation and removal

The objective of this research is to determine the molecular structure of the mineral leogangite. The formation of the types of arsenosulphate minerals offers a mechanism for arsenate removal from soils and mine dumps. Raman and infrared spectroscopy have been used to characterise the mineral. Observed bands are assigned to the stretching and bending vibrations of (SO₄)²⁻ and (AsO₄)³⁻ units, stretching and bending vibrations of hydrogen bonded (OH)⁻ ions and Cu²⁺-(O,OH) units. The approximate range of O–H?O hydrogen bond lengths is inferred from the Raman spectra. Raman spectra of leogangite from different origins differ in that some spectra are more complex, where bands are sharp and the degenerate bands of (SO₄)²⁻ and (AsO₄)³⁻ are split and more intense. Lower wavenumbers of δ H₂O bending vibration in the spectrum may indicate the presence of weaker hydrogen bonds compared with those in different leogangite samples. The formation of leogangite offers a mechanism for the removal of arsenic from the environment.     

Planar and out-of-plane normal vibrations of nitro- and aminobenzenes

The normal vibrations of halogenobenzenes with a polyatomic para substituent (NO₂, NH₂ ) are reported.The specific vibrations of NO₂ and NH₂ groups and of the CN and CX bonds (X is F, Cl, Br, I) have been assigned using the G.F. method of Wilson. The potential energy distribution shows that the inplane and outofplane vibrations of CN bonds exhibit different behaviour in nitro and aminobenzenes. Indeed, the CN stretching and planar bending are vibrational modes coupled respectively with the symmetric deformation and rocking of NO₂ whereas in the case of the amino molecules they are coupled with the skeletal modes only. Consequently the CN planar bending vibrations have frequencies lower than the CX ones in the nitro compounds. In contrast, the CN bending frequencies are higher in the amino molecules. For the outofplane bending of amino and nitro molecules the γ(CN) frequencies are always higher than γ(CX) frequencies because there is no coupling with the wagging of the polyatomic substituent. Our experimental results by Raman spectroscopy are in good agreement with the theoretical calculations we have performed. They also agree with the spectra published by other authors. We have recorded the splitting of some NO₂ bands in pdinitrobenzene, which is probably due to isomeric positions of the two NO₂ groups relative to the plane of the skeleton.     

Bending modes of the water molecules and the MO stretching modes in the series MF2 · 4H2O (M = Fe,Co, Ni,Zn)

The infrared spectra of the series MF₂·4X₂O (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Zn; X = H, D) are reported in the frequency ranges of the bending vibrations of the water molecules (ν₂) at 296 and ∼100 K and the MO lattice vibrations (ν_MO) at 296 K. Four ν_MO vibrations consisting of two doublets are identified using deuterium substitution. The various ν_ZnO vibrations correlate well with the metal-oxygen distances R(ZnO), and this correlation is further used to calculate R(MO)'s of the remainder of the series and to refine R(ZnO). Four ν₂(H₂O, HDO, D₂O) vibrations, consisting of two sharp overlapping bands flanked by two broad shoulders, are identified. The number of ν₂(H₂O) components, the sequence of ν₂ in the series and the correlation with R(MO) suggest that the ν₂ frequencies are mainly determined by R(MO). Using this assignment the two types of ν₂ bands are assigned to the two types of crystallographically distinct water molecules found in the MF₂·4H₂O structure.     

Phosphate ion vibrations in dihydrogen phosphate salts of the type M(H2PO4)2·2H2O (M = Mg,Mn, Co,Ni, Zn,Cd): Spectra–structure correlations

The infrared, far-infrared and Raman spectra of acid phosphate salts of the type M(H₂PO₄)₂·2H₂O (M = Mg, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn, Cd) in both protiated and deuterated forms have been recorded at ambient and liquid nitrogen temperature. The vibrational spectra have been interpreted with respect to the vibrations of the H₂PO₄⁻ ions. Strong vibrational couplings are established between the PO₄ stretching modes and POH bending modes as well as between the PO₄ bending modes and the water librations. The magnitude of the correlation field splittings A–B and g–u of the vibrational modes have been estimated. The influence of the metal ions on the frequencies of the stretching vibrations of the PO bonds has been discussed and some trends regarding the frequency variation within the M(H₂PO₄)₂·2H₂O series have been found. It has been established that the extent of the energetic distortions of H₂PO₄⁻ with respect to the PO bond lengths revealed by the spectroscopic data correlates with the extent of the geometric distortion shown by the structural data.     

Infrared spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded 2-fluoropyridine-water clusters in supersonic jets

The hydrogen-bonded clusters of 2-fluoropyridine with water were studied experimentally in a supersonic free jet and analyzed with molecular orbital calculations. The IR spectra of 2-fluoropyridine-(H2O)(n) (n = 1 to 3) clusters were observed with a fluorescence detected infrared depletion (FDIR) technique in the OH and CH stretching vibrational regions. The frequencies of OH stretching vibrations show that water molecules bond to the nitrogen atom of 2-fluoropyridine in the clusters. The hydrogen-bond formation between aromatic CH and O was evidenced in the 1:2 and 1:3 clusters from the experimental and calculated results. The overtone vibrations of the OH bending mode in hydrogen-bonded water molecules appear in the IR spectra, and these frequencies become higher with the increase of the number of water molecules in the clusters. The band structure of the IR spectra in the CH stretching region changes depending on the number of coordinating water molecules.     

Proton solvation in methanol solutions of HCl

The MFTIR IR spectra of solutions of HCl in methanol were obtained in the 900–4000 cm^–1 frequency range. It was found that each proton binds two molecules of methanol. The spectra exhibit intense, continuous absorption (CA) with an intensity coefficient at 2000 cm^–1 of 174±10 liter/(mole·cm), which is in agreement with the corresponding coefficient for H₅O ₂ ⁺ . The optical densities of CA are linear functions of the concentration of HCl at 900–1600 cm^–1; there is no linearity at higher frequencies for C_HCl>4 M, and there are less than two molecules of MeOH for each (MeOH)₂H⁺ ion. The results obtained are in agreement with the model in which CA arises in solutions of strong acids because of the interaction of proton vibrations in a strong symmetric H bond with the vibrations of other groups of the proton disolvate.N. N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117977 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2261–2268, October, 1992.     

Spectroscopic and theoretical study of vibrational spectra of hydrogen‐bonded tropolone

Theoretical simulation of the bandshape and fine structure of the ν_s stretching band is presented for tropolone‐H and tropolone‐D taking into account an adiabatic coupling between the high‐frequency O–H(D) stretching and the low‐frequency intra‐ and intermolecular OO stretching modes, and linear and quadratic distortions of the potential energies for the low‐frequency vibrations in the excited state of the O–H(D) stretching vibration. In order to determine the low‐frequency vibrations, the experimental spectra of the polycrystalline tropolone in the far‐infrared and the low‐frequency Raman range have been recorded for the first time. The experimental frequencies in the low‐frequency region are compared with the results of the HF/6‐31G** and Becke3LYP/6‐31G** calculations carried out for the tropolone dimer. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 73: 275–282, 1999     

IR spectra of complexes of Na,K and Cs with H2O in solid argon

One-to-one complexes between Na, K and Cs atoms and H₂O have been studied by using matrix IR spectroscopy. Perturbed water submolecule vibrations were observed in the bending and stretching regions for each complex. The perturbed stretching vibration is assigned to the totally symmetric stretching mode (v₁) of the H₂O submolecule in the complex based on isotopic shifts. In both regions, the shift is largest for the Li complex, and the shift decreases for the Na and K complexes but increases again for the Cs complex. The perturbed stretching mode is substantially intensified when compared to the perturbed bending mode. Intensification of the v₁ mode steadily increases down the alkali series and is explained by charge-transfer considerations.     

Theoretical study on structures and vibrational spectra of M+(H2O)Ar (M = Cu,Ag, Au)

A theoretical study on the structures and vibrational spectra of M⁺(H₂O)Ar_0‐1 (M = Cu, Ag, Au) complexes was performed using ab initio method. Geometrical structures, binding energies (BEs), OH stretching vibrational frequencies, and infrared (IR) absorption intensities are investigated in detail for various isomers with Ar atom bound to different binding sites of M⁺(H₂O). CCSD(T) calculations predict that BEs are 14.5, 7.5, and 14.4 kcal/mol for Ar atom bound to the noble metal ion in M⁺(H₂O)Ar (M = Cu, Ag, Au) complexes, respectively, and the corresponding values have been computed to be 1.5, 1.3, and 2.1 kcal/mol when Ar atom attaches to a H atom of water molecule. The former structure is predicted to be more stable than the latter structure. Moreover, when compared with the M⁺(H₂O) species, tagging Ar atom to metal cation yields a minor perturbation on the IR spectra, whereas binding Ar atom to an OH site leads to a large redshift in OH stretching vibrations. The relationships between isomers and vibrational spectra are discussed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2011     

IR, 1H NMR, mass, XRD and TGA/DTA investigations on the ciprofloxacin/iodine charge-transfer complex

Raman and infrared spectra of two polymorphous minerals with the chemical formula Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O, monoclinic butlerite and orthorhombic parabutlerite, are studied and the spectra assigned. Observed bands are attributed to the (SO4)2- stretching and bending vibrations, hydrogen bonded water molecules, stretching and bending vibrations of hydroxyl ions, water librational modes, Fe-O and Fe-OH stretching vibrations, Fe-OH bending vibrations and lattice vibrations. The O-H?O hydrogen bond lengths in the structures of both minerals are calculated from the wavenumbers of the stretching vibrations. One symmetrically distinct (SO4)2- unit in the structure of butlerite and two symmetrically distinct (SO4)2- units in the structure of parabutlerite are inferred from the Raman and infrared spectra. This conclusion agrees with the published crystal structures of both mineral phases.     

The vibrational spectra and normal coordinate analysis of tetracyclopropyllead

All the fundamental frequencies observed in IR and Raman spectra have been assigned to the normal modes of the molecule (C₃H₅)₄Pb (C₃H₅ = cyclopropyl). The calculated force field is compared to that of (C₃H₅)₂Hg and the Cmetal stretching force constants are discussed along with those of Me₄Pb and Me₂Hg; The similarity of the spectra of cyclopropyllead and cyclopropyl-mercury proves that the vibrations of cyclopropyl structural units are isolated in both molecules.     

Vibrational Predissociation Spectra of C2N− and C3N−: Bending and Stretching Vibrations

We present infrared predissociation spectra of C₂N⁻(H₂) and C ₃N⁻(H₂) in the 300–1850 cm⁻¹ range. Measurements were performed using the FELion cryogenic ion trap end user station at the Free Electron Lasers for Infrared eXperiments (FELIX) laboratory. For C₂N⁻(H₂), we detected the CCN bending and CC−N stretching vibrations. For the C₃N⁻(H₂) system, we detected the CCN bending, the CC−CN stretching, and multiple overtones and/or combination bands. The assignment and interpretation of the presented experimental spectra is validated by calculations of anharmonic spectra within the vibrational configuration interaction (VCI) approach, based on potential energy surfaces calculated at explicitly correlated coupled cluster theory (CCSD(T)-F12/cc-pVTZ−F12). The H₂ tag acts as an innocent spectator, not significantly affecting the C_2,3N⁻ bending and stretching mode positions. The recorded infrared predissociation spectra can thus be used as a proxy for the vibrational spectra of the bare anions.     

Vibrational spectra of Cs2CaCl4·2H2O

The Fourier transform infrared spectra of Cs₂CaCl₄·2H₂O as well as those of a series of its partially deuterated analogues were recorded at room and at liquid-nitrogen temperature (RT and LNT, respectively). The RT Raman spectra of the protiated form and of its almost completely deuterated analogue were also studied. The combined results from the analysis of the spectra were used to assign the observed bands. The mechanical anharmonicity of the OH(D) stretching and bending motions were further analyzed by computing the corresponding anharmonicity constants by several algorithms. The obtained trends in the series of structurally similar compounds were discussed.     

H+ and OH− ions in aqueous solutions vibrational spectra of hydrates

The ions (H₂O ... H ... OH₂)⁺ and (HO ... H ... OH)^? are the simplest stable H⁺ and OH^? hydrates in aqueous acid and base solutions, respectively. Using the attenuated total reflection method, the IR spectra of aqueous HCl and KOH solutions are obtained and the assignment of the H₅O₂⁺ and H₃O₂^? vibrational frequencies is performed. The absorption spectrum of the OHO fragment is separated from the spectra of the solutions investigated. This spectrum exhibits a broad continuous band and two rather narrow bands at its background which are assigned to the antisymmetrical stretching vibration and to the bending vibrations of the fragment. A theoretical model is suggested which explains the origin of the continuum by a strong proton-phonon coupling. The model takes into account the large number of low-frequency vibrational modes of the system; the frequency dispersion for these modes is assumed to be sufficiently large. The continuous absorption bandshape is calculated in the Condon approximation. The theoretical absorption curve is in good agreement with experiment at reasonable values of the parameters involved.     

Mechanochemical destruction of crystalline hydrates of cobalt and zinc acetylenedicarboxylates during dehydration

Upon the dehydration in vacuo, crystals of cobalt and zinc acetylenedicarboxylates (CoADC?2H₂O and ZnADC?2H₂O) remain stable only to a certain minimum content of coordination water. Once this content is reached, gaseous decomposition products are abruptly released giving rise to chemically reactive moieties that can initiate the solid-phase polymerization of metal-containing monomers. During the dehydration, stretching and bending bands of carboxyl groups become broader and are shifted, which is indicative of the appearance of a mechanical strain in the crystals. Besides, the removal of one water molecule from the coordination sphere of Zn²⁺ leads to a strong shift of the Zn—O stretching band to lower frequencies. At the moment of an extensive release of gaseous products (CO₂ and H₂O), the deformation gradients increase so that narrow reflections of the crystalline phase are absent in the X-ray powder diffraction pattern. The development of strains in the crystals is facilitated also by the accumulation of free CO₂ molecules in the solid phase, as evidenced by the appearance of the bands at 2338 and 655 cm^–1 in the IR spectra. The energy of dehydration of crystalline hydrates estimated by quantum chemical calculations (DFT) is 150—200 kJ mol^–1. This high energy can lead to mechanochemical activation of the destruction of the crystal and coordination structures of CoADC?2H₂O and ZnADC?2H₂O upon their dehydration.