Reaction dynamics and vibrational spectroscopy of CH3D molecules with both C-H and C-D stretches excited

State-resolved reactions of CH3D molecules containing both C-H and C-D stretching excitation with Cl atoms provide new vibrational spectroscopy and probe the consumption and disposal of vibrational energy in the reactions. The vibrational action spectra have three different components, the combination of the C-H symmetric stretch and the C-D stretch (nu1 + nu2), the combination of the C-D stretch and the C-H antisymmetric stretch (nu2 + nu4), and the combination of the C-D stretch and the first overtone of the CH3 bend (nu2 + 2nu5). The simulation for the previously unanalyzed (nu2 + nu4) state yields a band center of nu0 = 5215.3 cm(-1), rotational constants of A = 5.223 cm(-1) and B = 3.803 cm(-1), and a Coriolis coupling constant of zeta = 0.084. The reaction dynamics largely follow a spectator picture in which the surviving bond retains its initial vibrational excitation. In at least 80% of the reactive encounters of vibrationally excited CH3D with Cl, cleavage of the C-H bond produces CH2D radicals with an excited C-D stretch, and cleavage of the C-D bond produces CH3 radicals with an excited C-H stretch. Deviations from the spectator picture seem to reflect mixing in the initially prepared eigenstates and, possibly, collisional coupling during the reaction.     

The overtone oh stretching raman spectrum of liquid water

The very weak Raman spectrum of liquid water has been measured in the overtone OH stretching region. The similarity of tlie observed spectrum to the overtone infrared spectrum, and the weak spectral dependence of the depolarization ratio is in sharp contrast to the fundamental spectra.     

Calculation of the O-H stretching vibrational overtone spectrum of the water dimer

The O-H stretching vibrational overtone spectrum of the water dimer has been calculated with the dimer modeled as two individually vibrating monomer units. Vibrational term values and absorption intensities have been obtained variationally with a computed dipole moment surface and an internal coordinate Hamiltonian, which consists of exact kinetic energy operators within the Born-Oppenheimer approximation of the monomer units. Three-dimensional ab initio potential energy and dipole moment surfaces have been calculated using the internal coordinates of the monomer units using the coupled cluster method including single, double, and perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)] with the augmented correlation consistent valence triple zeta basis set (aug-cc-pVTZ). The augmented correlation consistent valence quadruple zeta basis set (aug-cc-pVQZ), counterpoise correction, basis set extrapolation to the complete basis set limit, relativistic corrections, and core and valence electron correlations effects have been included in one-dimensional potential energy surface cuts. The aim is both to investigate the level of ab initio and vibrational calculations necessary to produce accurate results when compared with experiment and to aid the detection of the water dimer under atmospheric conditions.     

Reaction of lithium adduct of benzene with t-C4H9Cl and n-C4H9Cl

Summary The monobutyl- and dibutyldihydrobenzenes were obtained through the intermediate 11 lithium-benzene adduct.Deceased.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 537–538, March, 1965     

Simulation of inversion motion and N-H stretching overtone spectra of aniline

A curvilinear internal coordinate Hamiltonian is used to simulate the N-H stretching overtone spectra and the associated inversion splittings in aniline. A simple local mode type model is applied to the N-H stretching and H-N-H bending modes. Geometric algebra is employed to derive the kinetic energy operator for the large amplitude inversion motion. Electronic structure calculations at the Moller-Plesset second order perturbation theory and correlation consistent aug-cc-pVTZ basis set level are used to obtain model parameters, some of which have been optimized with the least-squares method using experimental vibrational term values as data. The observed N-H stretching overtone vibrational levels and the inversional tunneling splittings are well reproduced with our approach.     

CH stretching vibrational overtone spectra of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene and 1,1,1-trichloroethane

Local mode frequencies, omega, and anharmonicities, omegax, are obtained from the delta upsilon(CH) = 2-7 spectral regions of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene (COT) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane. In 1,1,1-trichloroethane omega and omega x are used in conjunction with ab initio potential energy surfaces to calculate local mode anharmonicity-torsion coupling terms, delta(omega x), and frequency-torsion coupling terms, delta(omega). Blue-shifting of sterically hindered CH oscillators in 1,1,1-trichloroethane indicates nonbonded, through-space intramolecular interactions with Cl. Multiple, complex Fermi resonances are observed in 1,1,1-trichloroethane and in COT between local mode states and local mode/normal mode combination states. Intensities of vibrational overtone transitions are calculated in the range delta upsilon(CH) = 3-9 using ab initio dipole moment functions and the harmonically coupled anharmonic oscillator (HCAO) model. HCAO intensities are compared to experimental intensities at delta upsilon(CH) = 3.     

2D IR spectroscopy of the C-D stretching vibration of the deuterated formic acid dimer

We report transient grating and 2D IR spectra of the C-D stretching vibration of deuterated formic acid dimer. The C-D stretching transition is perturbed by an accidental Fermi resonance interaction that gives rise to a second transition. The transient grating results show that the population lifetime of these states, which are in rapid equilibrium, is 11 ps. 2D IR spectroscopy reveals the energies of the eigenstates in the regions of one quantum and two quanta of C-D stretching excitation. Using these eigenstate energies, we construct a simplified model for the zeroth-order states that we then use to simulate the 2D IR spectrum. The results of this simulation suggest that the model captures the essential features of the vibrational spectroscopy in the region of the C-D stretching transition and compares well with previous gas-phase spectroscopy of the C-D stretch of deuterated formic acid dimer.     

Reaction dynamics of excited ketoprofen with triethylamine

The reaction dynamics of ketoprofen (KP) with and without triethylamine (TEA) in methanol both in the ground and the excited states was studied by laser flash photolysis and the pump-probe emission spectroscopy. After the excitation, triplet KP abstracted a hydrogen atom from methanol to form KP ketyl radical (KPH). In the presence of TEA, the acid-base equilibrium state was found to be KP + TEA right arrow over left arrow KP- + TEAH+ in the ground state. The equilibrium constant was determined to be 32 +/- 7. Excited KP- rapidly underwent decarboxylation to form a carbanion resonant with the 3-ethylbenzophenone ketyl biradical anion (3-EBP-), followed by a proton-transfer reaction with TEAH+ to produce the 3-ethylbenzophenone ketyl biradical (3-EBPH). Furthermore, 3-EBPH was found to make a complex with TEA, whose equilibrium constant was obtained to be 18 +/- 2 M(-1). The complex formation ability of 3-EBPH was discussed compared with benzophenone ketyl radical (BPH).     

The fourth overtone of the free O-H stretching vibrations of alcohols and their solvent effect

The fourth overtones of the free O-H stretch of C_nH_2n+1OH (n = 2,3,4,6,10,14) in the neat liquid slate have been observed by a thermal-lens technique. Those frequencies in the CCl₄ solution were red-shifted with increasing dilution, and this is ascribed to the formation of a weak hydrogen bond O-H·Cl.     

CH stretching vibrational overtone spectra of tert-butylbenzene, tert-butyl chloride, and tert-butyl iodide

The vapor phase CH stretching vibrational overtone spectra of tert-butylbenzene and tert-butyl chloride are measured in the Delta upsilon(CH) = 2-7 region, while the spectrum of tert-butyl iodide is recorded in the Delta upsilon(CH) = 2-6 region. The overtone spectrum of tert-butylbenzene is too complex to make detailed spectral assignments. Local mode frequencies, omega, and anharmonicities, omegax, are obtained for tert-butyl chloride and tert-butyl iodide. The torsional dependencies of the local mode frequency, delta(omega), and anharmonicity, delta(omega)(x), are calculated for the tert-butyl halides. Nonbonded, through-space intramolecular interactions are observed in the blue-shifting of sterically hindered CH oscillators. Scaling factors are presented for relating ab initio calculated local mode parameters to experimental values for alkyl CH oscillators. Fermi resonances are observed between local mode states and local mode/normal mode combination states in tert-butyl chloride and tert-butyl iodide. Vibrational overtone transition intensities are calculated in the range Delta upsilon(CH) = 3-9 using the harmonically coupled anharmonic oscillator (HCAO) model and ab initio dipole moment functions. The resultant HCAO intensities are compared to experimental intensities at Delta upsilon(CH) = 3.     

Reaction of CH2Cl with O2

The elementary reaction of CH2Cl+O2 in gas phase was investigated by time-resolved FTIR emission spectroscopy. Vibrationally excited products CO (v·4), and CO2 (o3, v·7) were observed. The yield ratio of CO/CO2(o3) was 72.2§7. The reaction pathways were studied theoretically at QCISD//UB3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level. In the beginning of the reaction, CH2Cl radical associated with O2 to form CH2ClOO, followed by removal of the Cl atom to yield another intermediate dioxirane CH2OO. Subsequently, a series of isomerization and decomposition of the CH2OO took place, yielding the ˉnal products of CO and CO2. The calculated result was in consistent with the experimental observation.     

Effective one-dimensional dipole moment function for the OH stretching overtone spectra of simple acids and alcohols

To gain insight on the absorption intensities, as well as the direction of the transition moment for the OH stretching vibration in alcohols and acids, we performed detailed analyses for nitric acid, acetic acid, methanol, tert-butyl alcohol, water, and OH radical. We obtained both the potential energy surface and the dipole moment function (DMF) by the B3LYP method and performed quantum mechanical vibrational calculation using the grid variational method based on the local mode model. In this work, we employed the sum rule of the absorption intensities for the one-dimensional (1-D) vibrational Hamiltonian to construct an effective 1-D DMF, which is responsible for the total sum of the overtone intensities. The direction of this effective DMF was found to be tilted away from the OH bond by about 30 degrees for the polyatomic molecules. The nonlinearity of the DMFs in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the OH bond is discussed to rationalize the tilting. Furthermore, we analyzed the effective 1-D DMFs with the vibrational wave function expansion method and derived the effective portion of the 1-D DMF that is responsible for the overtone transition moment.     

HNCS与Cl原子的反应机理及电子密度拓扑分析

在QCISD(T)/6-311++G(d,p)和B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p)级别上研究了HNCS与Cl原子的反应机理. 并应用经典过渡态理论和正则变分过渡态理论结合小曲率隧道效应, 计算了200-2500 K温度范围内各反应通道的速率常数. 结果表明, HNCS与Cl原子反应存在3个反应通道. 当温度低于294 K时, 生成HCl+NCS的夺氢反应(a)是优势通道, 温度高于294 K时, 生成HNC(Cl)S的加成反应(c)为主反应通道, Cl进攻N的反应通道(b)因能垒较高而难以进行.     

Intra- and intermolecular electronic relaxation of the second excited singlet and the lowest excited triplet states of 1,3-dimethyl-4-thiouracil in solution

Intramolecular processes of deactivation of 1,3-dimethyl-4-thiouracil (DMTU) from the second excited singlet (S2) (pi, pi*) and the lowest excited triplet (T1) (pi, pi*) states have been studied using perfluoro-1,3-dimethylcyclohexane (PFDMCH) as a solvent. The spectral and photophysical (PP) properties of DMTU in CCl4, hexane and water have also been described. For the first time, the fluorescence from S2 state DMTU has been observed. The picosecond lifetime of DMTU in the S2 state (tau(S2)) in PFDMCH has been proposed to be determined by a very fast intramolecular reversible process of hydrogen abstraction from the ortho methyl group by the thiocarbonyl group. The shortening of tau(S2) in CCl4 is interpreted to be caused by the intermolecular interactions between DMTU (S2) and the solvent. Results of the phosphorescence decay as a function of DMTU concentration were analyzed using the Stern-Volmer formalism, which enabled determination of the intrinsic lifetime of the T1 state (tau0(T1)) and rate constants of self-quenching (k(sq)). The lifetimes, tau0(T1), of DMTU in PFDMCH and CCl4 are much longer than the values hitherto obtained in more reactive solvents. The PP properties of DMTU both in the S2 and T1 states have been shown to be determined by the thiocarbonyl group.     

Vibrational relaxation of C-D stretching vibrations in CDCl3, CDBr3, and CDI3

We present time-resolved transient grating measurements of the vibrational relaxation rates of the C-D stretching vibrations of deuterated haloforms in benzene and acetone. We compare our results with previous measurements of excited C-H stretches in the same solvents to obtain insight into the solvent effect on the vibrational relaxation. In deuterated molecules, there are more low-order-coupled states and the states are closer in energy to the C-D stretch than in the unlabeled isotopologs. Therefore, the relaxation is faster for the deuterated molecules. The relaxation also shows a significant solvent dependence. Bromoform and iodoform form charge-transfer complexes with both benzene and acetone which enhance the relaxation rate. For chloroform, hydrogen bonding to acetone is expected to be a more favorable interaction. Surprisingly, however, the vibrational relaxation of CDCl(3) is slower in acetone than in benzene.     

CH2Cl与OH自由基反应机理的理论研究

The reaction mechanism of CH2Cl radical with OH radical to produce HCCl+H2O,HCOCl+H2 and H2CO+HCl has been studied by using quantum chemistry ab initio calculations. The optimized geometrical parameters,and vibrational frequencies of all species were obtained at the UMP2（FC）level of theory in conjunction with 6-311++G* basis set. Besides,the zero-point energies（ZPE）,relative energies and total energies of all species were calculated using Gaussian-3（G3）model. The results of theoretical study indicate that the activated intermediate CH2ClOH is first formed through a barrierless process,followed by atoms migration,radical groups rotation and bonds fission to produce HCCl+H2O,HCOCl+H2 and H2CO+HCl,respectively. And all channels are exothermic by 72.81,338.54 and 354.08 kJ/mol. The reaction heat of reactants to H2CO+HCl is 281.27 kJ/mol more than that of reactants to HCCl+H2O. This result accords with that of experiments.