Vibrational analysis of 1,4-diiodobutane

Infrared and Raman spectra were obtained for 1,4-diiodobutane, and normal-coordinate calculations were made using a transferred 48-parameter modified v force field. This compound sometimes crystallizes in the GG' conformation with C₂ symmetry and sometimes in the TG conformation. No evidence was obtained for the presence of the TT (C_2h symmetry) or GG (C_i) conformers, but one or two additional conformers are present that must have a nonplanar chain of carbon atoms.