Vibrational spectrum, dipole moment function, and potential energy surface of the CH chromophore in CHX3 molecules

Quantum chemical study and infrared spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded CHCl3–NH3 in the gas phase

Molecular association of chloroform with ammonia is studied by high-level quantum chemical calculations including correlated MP2 and CCSD(T) calculations with basis sets up to6-311++G(d,p) and counterpoise corrected energies, geometries, and frequencies. The calculations predict an eclipsed hydrogen-bonded complex of C(3v) symmetry (DeltaE(0)=-15.07 kJ mol(-1)) with 225.4 pm intermolecular CHcdots, three dots, centeredN distance. Intermolecular interactions are analysed by Kitaura-Morokuma [Int. J. Quantum Chem. 10, 325 (1976)] interaction energy decomposition. Compared to the monomer, the C-H bond is elongated, and the CH-stretching fundamental shifts to lower wave numbers and has a marked approximately 340-fold increase of its intensity. Based on these predictions, the complex is observed by infrared spectroscopy in the gas phase at room temperature. A subtraction procedure isolates its spectrum, and a dilution series confirms the presence of a 1:1 complex. The CHCl(3)cdots, three dots, centeredNH(3) complex has an experimental -17.5 cm(-1) shift of its CH-stretching vibration, and CDCl(3)cdots, three dots, centeredNH(3) a -12.5 cm(-1) shift of the CD-stretching vibration. After a deperturbation of the CH-stretching/bending mode Fermi resonance system, this indicates a "redshifting" or more appropriately, a "C-H elongating" hydrogen bond in agreement with the ab initio calculations. An estimate of the complex concentration gives the equilibrium constant K(p)=0.024 (p(theta)=10(5) Pa) at 295 K for the dimerization, providing one of the few examples where a hydrogen-bonded gas phase complex at room temperature could be quantitatively studied by infrared spectroscopy.

Comparing reactions of H and Cl with C–H stretch-excited CHD3

We report the methyl radical product state distributions for the reactions of H and Cl with CHD3(nu1 = 1,2) at collision energies of 1.53 and 0.18 eV, respectively. Both reactions demonstrate mode selectivity. The resulting state distributions from the H+CHD3(nu1 = 1,2) reactions are well described by a spectator model. The reactions Cl + CHD3(nu1 = 1,2) exhibit similar behavior, but in some aspects the spectator model breaks down. We attribute this breakdown to enhanced intramolecular vibrational redistribution in the Cl + CHD3(nu1 = 1,2) reactions compared to the H + CHD3(nu1 = 1,2) reactions, caused by the interaction of the slower Cl atom with the vibrationally excited CHD3, which is promoted either by its longer collision duration, its stronger coupling, or both.

A Cryosolution Infrared Study of the Complexes of Fluoroform with Ammonia and Pyridine: Evidence for a C−H···N Pseudo Blue-Shifting Hydrogen Bond

Mid-infrared spectra of mixed solutions in liquid xenon containing fluoroform and either ammonia or pyridine have been investigated at temperatures between 173 and 213 K. For both Lewis bases, a new band is found in the CH stretching region at a frequency approximately 5 cm(-1) higher than that of monomer fluoroform, which is assigned to a complex between fluoroform and the Lewis base. A detailed analysis of the nu1/2nu(4) Fermi resonance in the proton donor shows that the blue shifts observed for the complexes are not caused by a strengthening of the CH bond during the complexation, but are due to the changes in the Fermi resonance interactions. Information on the nu1/2nu(4) Fermi resonance was also obtained for the complexes of fluoroform with dimethyl ether and trimethyl amine.

High-Resolution Infrared Spectra in the C-H Region of CH2F2: The nu6 and 2nu2 Bands

High-resolution, infrared absorption spectra of the nu6 (asymmetric C-H stretch) and 2nu2 (H-C-H symmetric bend overtone) bands of jet-cooled CH2F2 are reported with a sub-Doppler resolution of approximately 0.002 cm-1. More than 600 transitions were observed in the range of 3002-3036 cm-1, of which 268 were assigned the nu6 fundamental and 184 were assigned to the 2nu2 overtone. A fit of the nu6 band to the A-reduced Watson Hamiltonian yielded eight effective constants including nu0 = 3014.0503(1), A' = 1.62868(4), B' = 0.354165(5), and C' = 0.308852(3) cm-1. Similarly, the weaker 2nu2 band was fit to seven parameters including nu0 = 3026.2297(2), and A' = 1.63396(6), B' = 0.35367(1), and C' = 0.31183(1) cm-1. Numbers in parentheses are two standard deviations in units of the last digit. Anomalous values of the A rotational constant and the DeltaK centrifugal distortion constant are attributed to an a-axis Coriolis interaction between the 2nu2 and nu6 bands. The relative intensity of the 2nu2 band is used to estimate the stretch-bend anharmonic interaction with nu1. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.

Rotational Spectra of the Isotopic Species of Chloroform: Experimental and Ab Initio Structures

The millimeter-wave spectra of three different samples of chloroform (CHCl3, CDCl3, and 13CHCl3) have been measured between 145 and 470 GHz which corresponds to J values between 22 and 70. We report accurate rotational and centrifugal distortion constants for the ground vibrational states of 11 isotopic species. The experimental ro, rs, rIepsilon, rrho<INF POS="STACK">m, and rz structures have been determined using the determined rotational constants. The structure has also been calculated ab initio at the SCF, MP2, RQCISD, and B3LYP levels using triple zeta polarized basis sets. The experimental results are found in excellent agreement with the ab initio predictions. An approximate equilibrium structure has been obtained by combining the experimental results and the ab initio calculations: re(C-H) = 1.080 (2) Å, re(C-Cl) = 1.760 (2) Å, and anglee(HCCl) = 108.23 (2) degrees. Copyright 1998 Academic Press.

The role of quantum intramolecular dynamics in unimolecular reactions

The dynamics of unimolecular reactions can be modelled by classical mechanics for the motion of nuclei on Born-Oppenheimer or other effective potential surfaces, by the corresponding quantum mechanical equations of motion and, perhaps, by quantum statistical treatments. In this paper I provide a synopsis of fundamental, qualitatively important effects arising from the quantum nature of intramolecular dynamics, as opposed to classical mechanics, and illustrate these with theoretical predictions and experimental examples from the work of my group in Zurich. These include quantum nonlinearity in infrared (IR) multiphoton excitation and reaction, non-classical wavepacket spreading in the Fermi resonance coupled modes in CHX3 molecules, effects of zero point energy and angular momentum in unimolecular reactions, nuclear spin symmetry conservation and inter con version and the hypothetical effects arising from the violation of parity and time reversal symmetry in unimolecular reactions. Specific applications to experiments include IR laser chemistry of CF3I and CF3Br, IR spectroscopy and dynamics of CHF3 and predissociation spectra and dynamics of II