Anomalous Isotopic Frequency Ratio of the Stretching (N+H) Vibrations in Ion Pairs

Abstract

Earlier, when investigating H-complexes of the RO-H…BR₁ type in solutions ^1–3 and crystalline state ⁴, the isotopic shift for frequencies of the stretching vibrations (OH) at substitution of H for D was shown to systematically decrease with increased strength of the H-bond. In strong H-complexes, the (OH) and (OD) bands in the i.r. spectra have a complex structure: depending on the strength of the H-complex in a wide range of frequencies (3000–1000 cm^?1), several submaxima caused by a Fermi-resonance interaction of the fundamental tone of (OH) with combinations and overtones in the bending vibrations of R-O-H were observed ^1–5. Hence, the frequencies and intensities of the (OH) and (OD) bands in strong H-complexes should be considered as corresponding to the gravity centre (°) and overall intensity (A°) of all the