ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
New microwave measurements on s-cis methyl vinyl ether and a study of the interactions among skeletal and methyl torsions and COC bending are reported. Using pulsed microwave Fourier transform spectroscopy, the small methyl torsional A–E splitting (0.16 MHz) in the vibrational ground state has been resolved for the first time. Large splittings are observed in the first excited states of skeletal torsion and COC bending. Ab initio results on the torsional coupling, allowing for structural relaxation, are reported and used to specify, in part, a flexible model for the torsional and bending motions. The spectroscopic properties of this three-dimensional model sytem, as estimated from the results for the one-dimensional and two-dimensional subsystems, explain the relevant experimental data. The gearing type torsional interaction predicted ab initio is confirmed by this treatment. The adjusted potential function as well as the structural relaxations upon torsion suggest repulsive interaction between the methyl hydrogen atoms and the methylenic hydrogen atom next to the methyl group.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.452741
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