Vibrational analysis of phenol/(methanol)1

Ab initio calculations at the Hartree-Fock 4-31G* level were performed in order to calculate binding energies and vibrational frequencies of the phenol/CH₃OH-cluster and two deuterated isotopomers (d-phenol/CH₃OD,d-phenol-CD₃OD). The minimum energy structure is trans-linear, as for the phenol/H₂O-cluster. The calculated frequencies of phenol and methanol as well as the intramolecular frequencies of the phenol/CH₃OH-cluster are assigned to experimental values. The calculated intermolecular frequencies of the phenol/CH₃OH-cluster are compared with the available experimental frequencies of theS ₀ (andS ₁)-state of the phenol/methanol-cluster and the similarp-cresol/methanol-cluster. Assignments are suggested for the σ andp ₁-mode. In order to clarify the assignment of the low frequency vibration at 22 cm^?1 anharmonic corrections for the β₂-mode of the phenol/CH₃OH-cluster are calculated. These calculations show only slight anharmonicity compared with the β₂-mode calculations carried out for the phenol/H₂O-cluster.