Vibrational Spectra of 4-Benzoylpiridine and the 18O Substituted Derivative

Abstract

Infrared and Raman spectra of 4-benzoylpiridine (4BP) and its ¹⁸O substituted derivative have been recorded in the solid and in the molten state. Polarized Raman spectra in the molten state have also been measured. The assignment of the vibrational bands is performed on the basis of isotopic shifts, group vibrational concept and polarization features of the normal modes. The previous assignment of the in- and out-of-plane deformations of the carbonyl group and the fundamentals below 700 cm^?1 are questioned and corrected.     

A reevaluation of the assignment of the vibrational fundamentals and the rotational analysis of bands in the high-resolution infrared spectra of trans- and cis-1,3,5-hexatriene

Assignments of the vibrational fundamentals of cis- and trans-1,3,5-hexatriene are reevaluated with new infrared and Raman spectra and with quantum chemical predictions of intensities and anharmonic frequencies. The rotational structure is analyzed in the high-resolution (0.0013-0.0018 cm⁻¹) infrared spectra of three C-type bands of the trans isomer and two C-type bands of the cis isomer. The bands for the trans isomer are at 1010.96 cm⁻¹ (ν₁₄), 900.908 cm⁻¹ (ν₁₆), and 683.46 cm⁻¹ (ν₁₇). Ground state (GS) rotational constants have been fitted to the combined ground state combination differences (GSCDs) for the three bands of the trans isomer. The bands for the cis isomer are at 907.70 cm⁻¹ (ν₃₃) and 587.89 cm⁻¹ (ν₃₅). GS rotational constants have been fitted to the combined GSCDs for the two bands of the cis isomer and compared with those obtained from microwave spectroscopy. Small inertial defects in the GSs confirm that both molecules are planar. Upper state rotational constants were fitted for all five bands.     

Effects of neutral and charged substituents on the infrared carbonyl stretching frequencies in phenyl and alkyl benzoates in DMSO

The carbonyl infrared stretching frequencies for 57 meta‐, para‐ and ortho‐substituted phenyl benzoates, C₆H₅CO₂C₆H₄‐X and alkylbenzoates, C₆H₅CO₂R, containing besides neutral substituents the charged substituents in phenoxy and alkoxy part in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) have been recorded. The carbonyl stretching frequencies, ν_CO, for meta‐ and para‐substituted phenyl esters of benzoic acids in the case of neutral substituents were found to correlate well with the substituent constants, σ°. The ν_CO values for ortho derivatives correlated with the inductive substituent constants, σ_I, only. The values of constants for charged substituents, σ°_±, calculated on the basis of the ν_CO and the ¹³C NMR chemical shifts, δ_CO, in DMSO agree well with the σ°_± values for the corresponding ion pairs reported by Hoefnagel and Wepster and those determined from the log k values of the alkaline hydrolysis in 4.4 M NaCl solution at 50 °C. Thus, the values of substituent constants for ion pairs of charged substituents estimated on the basis of aqueous data could be successfully used in non‐aqueous solution (DMSO) simultaneously with neutral substituents in case the charged substituents were not completely ionized and are in ion pair form. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Coherent population trapping and strong electromagnetically induced transparency resonances on the D<Subscript>1</Subscript> line of potassium

In this paper we report the first experimental observation of coherent population trapping (CPT) in thermal potassium vapor in a three levels Λ scheme. We demonstrate that K presents the advantage of a reduced modulation frequency with a large resonance contrast (up to 40%), in comparison to similar approaches with other alkalis. We report also the first evidence of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) resonances in K in the so called Hanle configuration. We tested different kinds of cells, demonstrating strong enhancement of the resonance contrast and amplitude for antirelaxation coated and buffered cells containing K vapor: resonance contrast up to 90% (for coated cells) and 65% (for buffered cells) is achieved with a linewidth of about 13 mG, while under similar conditions, the EIT resonance contrast in Cs vapor buffered by Ar gas is about 1%. Such relevant improvement is due to the reduced optical pumping in K, because of the overlapping of the hyperfine levels Doppler profiles, which does not occur in the case of Rb and Cs vapor. For this reason, K can be considered very promising for further CPT and EIT applications, especially for those where optical pumping losses represent a major limiting factor, such as light slowing and magnetometry.