Communication: Helium nanodroplet isolation and rovibrational spectroscopy of hydroxymethylene

Hydroxymethylene (HCOH) and its d{sub 1}-isotopologue (HCOD) are isolated in low temperature helium nanodroplets following pyrolysis of glyoxylic acid. Transitions identified in the infrared spectrum are assigned exclusively to the trans-conformation based on previously reported anharmonic frequency...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2014-05, Vol.140 (17)
Main Authors: Leavitt, Christopher M., Moradi, Christopher P., Douberly, Gary E., Stanton, John F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CALCULATION METHODS
DIPOLE MOMENTS
GLYOXYLIC ACID
HELIUM
INFRARED SPECTRA
INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
INTERACTIONS
PYROLYSIS
SPECTROSCOPY
VIBRATIONAL STATES
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Summary:Hydroxymethylene (HCOH) and its d{sub 1}-isotopologue (HCOD) are isolated in low temperature helium nanodroplets following pyrolysis of glyoxylic acid. Transitions identified in the infrared spectrum are assigned exclusively to the trans-conformation based on previously reported anharmonic frequency computations [P. R. Schreiner, H. P. Reisenauer, F. C. Pickard, A. C. Simmonett, W. D. Allen, E. Mátyus, and A. G. Császár, Nature 453, 906 (2008); L. Koziol, Y. M. Wang, B. J. Braams, J. M. Bowman, and A. I. Krylov, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 204310 (2008)]. For the OH(D) and CH stretches, a- and b-type transitions are observed, and when taken in conjunction with CCSD(T)/cc-pVTZ computations, lower limits to the vibrational band origins are determined. The relative intensities of the a- and b-type transitions provide the orientation of the transition dipole moment in the inertial frame. The He nanodroplet data are in excellent agreement with anharmonic frequency computations reported here and elsewhere, confirming an appreciable Ar-matrix shift of the OH and OD stretches and strong anharmonic resonance interactions in the high-frequency stretch regions of the mid-infrared.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.4874850