Application of vibronic spectroscopy to conformational analysis. Investigations of molecules of carbonyl compounds

Application of vibronic spectroscopy to the conformational analysis of molecules in the ground and excited electronic states is reviewed. The basic concepts of the method as well as its methodological and technical aspects are discussed. The abilities of vibronic spectroscopy are exemplified by the results obtained for molecules of carbonyl compounds.The review is based on a report at the Vibrational Spectroscopy Conference dedicated to the 80th birthday of B. I. Stepanov (Minsk, Belarus', October 3–5, 1993).Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 783–791, May, 1994.This work was performed with the partial financial support of the Russian.Universities State Program.