Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3030 Heverlee, Belgium
Abstract:
In previous publications [1–3], we have been concerned with the influence of hydrogen bond formation on the Raman intensity of the carbonyl stretching vibration. It has been shown that hydrogen bond association of simple carbonyl bases (cyclohexanone, acetone, acetophenone) with proton donors such as phenol derivatives, hydrochlorid or hydrobromic acid brings about an intensity increase of the νCO Raman band; moreover, the intensity enhancement is linearly related to the enthalpy of complex formation. In the present work, these measurements are extended to the complexes formed between methyl acetate (MeAc) and phenol derivatives.