The radiofrequency and microwave spectra of the K=0 states of (HF)2, (DF)2, and HFDF have been studied by the molecular beam electric resonance method. A unique hydrogen tunnelling motion involving the breaking and reforming of the hydrogen bond causes a splitting of rotational energy levels for (HF)2 and (DF)2, but not for HFDF. The electric dipole selection rules and nuclear spin statistics for the tunnelling molecules have been derived from a consideration of an extended permutation-inversion group. Rotational constants, tunneling doublings, electric dipole moments, and deuterium quadrupole coupling constants have been determined from the observed spectra of the K=0 states. (HF)2(DF)2HFDF(B+C)/2 (MHz)6504.8±2.06252.194±0.0026500.1±0.1ν (MHz)19 776±121579.877 ±0.004μa (D)2.987±0.0032.9919±0.00063.029±0.003(eqQ)Da (KHz)···110±8270±30These results are interpreted with a semirigid, nonlinear model of the dimer geometry. The F—F distance is 2.79 ± 0.05 Å, and the end hydrogen fluoride unit is bent from 60 to 70° from the F—F axis. Large amplitude motion of the hydrogen and deuterium atoms occurs. Higher hydrogen fluoride polymers have been studied by mass spectroscopy and electric deflection methods. All were observed to be nonpolar which is interpreted to imply cyclic structures.
The molecular beam spectrum of the hydrogen fluoride dimer has been investigated in detail. Microwave and radiofrequency transitions of (HF)2, HFDF, and (DF)2 are reported for both the Ka =0 and Ka =1 rotational levels. The results provide information on the structure of the dimers and on the nature of the intermolecular potential energy surface. The average F–F distance is shown to be approximately 2.78 Å but with a probably significantly shorter equilibrium distance. The nonhydrogen bonded hydrogen atom is bent 63°±6° from the F–F axis. In addition, analysis of the perpendicular electric dipole moment indicates a nonlinear hydrogen bond. The large centrifugal distortion effects and the unusual quantum mechanical tunneling provide a crude model for the potential surface associated with the hydrogen bond; the effective bond stretching force constant is (1.36±0.03)×104 dyn cm−1.
The rotational spectra of the complexes between one trifluoroacetic acid molecule and up to three water molecules have been recorded using a pulsed nozzle Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The unambiguous assignments of them are made on the basis of the agreement between the experimentally determined rotational constants and the theoretical predictions from ab initio calculations using MP2/6-311++G(2df,2pd). All the complexes exhibit hydrogen-bonded ring structures. The fine splittings observed in some of the a-type transitions of the trifluoroacetic acid-H2O dimer were analyzed in terms of the likely tunneling motions of the hydrogens in the H2O molecule. Further calculations of the equilibrium constants for these three hydrated complexes of trifluoroacetic acid were also made to evaluate their fractions against the trifluoroacetic acid monomer in the atmosphere.
We present the first recording of the high-resolution spectrum of an induced chiral dimer. Three conformers of the induced chiral dimers of ethanol have been observed using a pulsed molecular-beam Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. The rotational constants of the normal isotopomers of the three species have been determined to be (a) A=5113.826(5), B=1329.7214(4), and C=1257.5151(3) MHz, (b) A=5086.459(5), B=1316.6508(4), and C=1243.6329(4) MHz, and (c) A=4851.608(5), B=1369.7558(6), and C=1243.4184(4) MHz. The observed species have been assigned to calculated structures via Kraitchman double substitution analyses and ab initio calculations. The Kraitchman analyses and the fitted centrifugal distortion parameters suggest that the deuterium bond is significantly stronger than the hydrogen bond in the dimers of ethanol.
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