On the normal vibrations of nonrigid molecule B(CH3)3

Treating the symmetry operations as transformations in higher dimensional space, it is shown that Wigner’s method can be straightaway extended to study the vibrations of nonrigid molecules exhibiting free or nearly free internal rotations. The molecule B(CH₃)₃ is illustrated.     

Study of the vibrational spectra of (CH3)3GeCl from experimental and DFT calculations

New infrared (for gas and liquid phase) and Raman (for liquid) spectra were measured for the chlorotrimethylgermane to obtain a complete assignment of its fundamental modes. The measurement of the low‐temperature infrared spectrum together with the application of Fourier self‐deconvolution to the Raman spectra resolves the C H vibrational modes into their components. The Rauhut and Pulay scaled quantum mechanical (SQM) force field methodology and the wavenumber‐linear scaling (WLS) method were used to predict the vibrational spectra as a guide to the assignment of the fundamental bands. A quantum mechanical analysis was carried out to obtain the harmonic force field. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Photodissociation of the molecules SiCl3I and SiF3I

The parameters of lasing based on the transition of atomic iodine and occurring upon photodissociation of the molecules SiCl₃I and SiF₃I are experimentally investigated. The light source employed was a coaxial xenon-filled flash lamp of original construction. The main chemical reactions that accompany the photolysis of the molecules SiCl₃l and SiF₃I and determine the energy characteristics of the f~enerated radiation are analyzed.     

Mechanistic study of the reaction of methyl peroxy radical (CH3O2) with formaldehyde (CH2O)

ABSTRACT

A direct dynamic study on the reactions of CH₃O₂?+?CH₂O was carried out over the temperature range of 300–1500?K. All stationary points were calculated with the M06-2X/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory and identified for local minimum. The energetic parameters were refined at QCISD (T)/cc-pVTZ and CCSD (T)/cc-pVTZ levels of theory. Three channels were explored and a reaction of hydrogen abstraction from CH₂O by CH₃O₂ was identified as dominant channel which involves the formation of a prereactive complex in the entrance channel. The rate coefficient of the dominant channel was calculated with TST and TST/Eck and the Eckart tunnelling effect is only important over the lower temperature region. The calculated rate coefficient of the dominant channel has positive temperature dependence and agrees reasonably with the available literature data.     

CH(CH3)3 的耦合CH伸缩和弯曲振动的纠缠

以不同的多极量子数和初态,我们用约化的线性熵研究CH(CH3)3 的耦合CH伸缩和弯曲振动的动力学纠缠,结果表明：在多极量子数大于等于３时,态|0,2N>的最大纠缠能在较短的时间内得到;态|N,0>的纠缠振荡频率比态|0,2N>的要小,而振荡的幅度要大．     

丙酮分子团簇(CH3COCH3)n(n=6,7)的稳定构型

用密度泛函(DFT)理论方法研究了丙酮分子团簇(CH3COCH3)n(n=6,7)的稳定构型及与各构型相应的能量。根据稳定构型的稳定性顺序推测了丙酮分子团簇结构的增长趋势。     

The microwave spectrum of the SiCl radical

The microwave spectrum of ²⁸Si³⁵Cl, the most abundant isotopic species of the silicon monochloride radical, was observed in both the ${}^2\text{Π}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ and ${}^2\text{Π}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>3</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ spin states of the ground vibronic state. The SiCl radical was produced in a flow cell by a dc discharge in SiCl₄. The observed transitions were $\text{J =}\text{7}\text{2}\text{←}\text{5}\text{2}\text{up to}\text{21}\text{2}\text{←}\text{19}\text{2}$ for both the spin states, and the observed frequencies were subjected to the least-squares analysis to yield accurate molecular constants as follows: B₀ = 7652.3048(23), D₀ = 0.007017(14), A_J = ?0.8392(16), p₀ + 2q₀ = 138.660(98), q₀ = 0.20(17), $\text{a + (b + c)}\text{2}\text{= 37.50(28)}$, $\text{a ? (b + c)}\text{2}\text{= 49.84(73)}$, b = 9(12), d = 46.40(94), and eQq₁ = ?23.13(96), all in MHz with 3σ in parentheses. The positive sign of the Λ-doubling constant, p₀, indicates that the contributions of ²Σ^? states dominate over those of ²Σ⁺ states. The spin and orbital averages of the unpaired-electron distribution were calculated from the observed hyperfine coupling constants and were discussed in terms of the electronic structure of the molecule.     

Dipole properties of PH3, PF3, PF5, PCl3, SiCl4, GeCl4, and SnCl4

Experimental and theoretical photoabsorption cross sections combined with constraints provided by the Kuhn–Reiche–Thomas sum rule, the high-energy behaviour of the dipole oscillator strength density, static dipole polarisabilities, and molar refractivity data when available are used to construct dipole oscillator strength distributions for PH₃, PF₃, PF₅, PCl₃, SiCl₄, GeCl₄, and SnCl₄. The distributions are used to predict dipole sum rules S(k), mean excitation energies I(k), and van der Waals C₆ coefficients.     

Rotational tunneling and proton nuclear magnetic resonance of the methyl group in the CH3SiCl3 crystal

Through tunneling-assisted relaxation, the NMR field-cycling techique gave two tunneling frequencies, 34.6 ± 0.5 MHz and 40.4 ± 0.5 MHz, of the methyl group in the CH₃SiCl₃ crystal in the low-temperature limit. The second moment at the narrowing condition due to methyl rotation (5.6 G² at 84 K) indicates that the methyl group is considerably isolated in the crystal. Therefore two tunneling frequencies correspond to the different methyl groups in the crystal. Nonexponential magnetization recovery and its dependence on the method of measurement were observed. The behavior of the spin relaxation was explained essentially in terms of the symmetry restricted spin-diffusion theory (SRSD). The temperature dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation rates was analyzed and gave for the activation energy hindering methyl rotation a value of 5.8 kJ mol⁻¹. The temperature variation of the correlation time of the fluctuation of the dipole interaction due to methyl rotation was obtained as a function of temperature.     

Torsional Splitting in the nu(5) Fundamental Infrared Band of CH(3)CD(3) and (13)CH(3)CD(3)

The nu(5) fundamental (C-C stretching) of CH(3)CD(3) shows a resolved torsional structure, caused by perturbations due mainly to the linear dependence of the torsional potential barrier on the normal coordinate Q(5). We were able to analyze this structure and to assign vibration-rotation transition wavenumbers for all five torsional components, classified according to the symmetry species of the G(18)((3)) extended molecular group. The torsional splitting pattern is qualitatively similar to that of a nondegenerate vibrational state with an even number of excited torsional quanta v(6). Explorative calculations show that the main perturber system should consist of the torsional components of the vibrational ground state correlating with v(6)=4 in the high barrier limit. The strength of the perturbation on the E(r0) torsional components of nu(5) increases rapidly with r, the E(40) component being the most affected. The observed transition wavenumbers can be reasonably fitted by a simplified model containing independent effective vibration-rotation parameters for the five different torsional components of nu(5), for both CH(3)CD(3) and (13)CH(3)CD(3). The trend of the determined values of the effective vibrational wavenumbers and rotational parameters over the torsional components supports the proposed vibration-torsion interaction mechanism, responsible for the observed torsional splittings. A strong anomaly observed in the rotational intensity distribution of nu(5) is discussed. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Barriers to internal rotation and tunnelling splittings of the torsional states in the HO(CH2)OH,DO(CH2)OH and DO(CH2)OD molecules

Torsional states caused by vibrations of hydroxyl groups in the methanediol molecule and its two deuterated analogues – DO(CH₂)OH and DO(CH₂)OD were analysed at MP2/cc-pVTZ and CCSD(T)/cc-pVQZ levels of theory. In the first case, 2D PES and 2D surfaces of kinematic coefficients were calculated with geometry optimisation for all other geometric parameters, and in the second case, only the energy of optimised configurations at the MP2/cc-pVTZ level of theory was determined. Then 2D PES was recounted to the complete basis set (CBS) limit by extrapolating the results of calculations at the MP2/cc-pVTZ and MP2/cc-pVQZ levels of theory The calculated values were then averaged over four equivalent points on the coordinate plane. Hamiltonian matrices were constructed using DVR and Fourier methods. After their subsequent diagonalization, the energies of the stationary torsional states were computed. Their classification by C_2V(M) and C_S(M) molecular symmetry groups has been performed. The splitting values due to the tunnelling of the thirty most deeply located torsional states in the three studied molecules were also determined. The torsional states, internal rotation barriers, and tunnelling frequencies in the molecules of methanediol and hydrogen trioxide were compared.     

Calculation of the normal modes of CH3OP(s)Cl2 and (CH3O)2P(S)Cl

Frequency and form are deduced for the normal modes. The calculated and observed deformation frequencies of the CH₃O group agree only if the force field of that group has C_S symmetry. The C-O, P-O, P=S, and P-Cl modes are examined for characteristic behavior. The integral intensities of the corresponding bands are reported for trichlorothiophosphate, methyldichlorothiophosphate, dimethylchlorothiophosphate, and trimethylthiophospate.The behavior of the integral intensity of the P=S band is discussed.