ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
The vibrational spectra of oligomers of thiophene are treated theoretically with the main purpose of deriving information for the interpretation of the infrared and Raman spectra of the polymer and isotopic derivatives. We report the results of a series of semiempirical MNDO calculations on the structure and vibrational properties of oligothiophenes, and we compare the calculated MNDO Pulay scaled force field of the monomer with an empirical harmonic force field that we have obtained by least squares refinement on nine isotopic derivatives. The scaling factors obtained were transferred from thiophene for the computation of the vibrational spectrum and the phonon dispersion curves of the polymer. © 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540150405
