The Raman spectrum of pyrrolidine liquid at several temperatures and the infrared spectra of pyrrolidine in the vapor, liquid, and solid states, in the 320–3500 cm—1 region and over the temperature range +150°C to —120°C have been recorded. Similar but less extensive studies were made on pyrrolidine N–D. Evidence for the presence of several configurational isomers in the liquid and solid states was obtained. A vibrational assignment, complete except for one degree of freedom, has been made and used to calculate the entropy of the ideal vapor. Comparison with the measured entropy has shown that pyrrolidine in the vapor is a free or an almost free pseudorotator.
The measurement and analysis of the velocity distribution of the recoiling chlorine atoms from the laser induced photodissociation of Ch at 3471 A using a time-of-flight technique is described. The expected velocity distribution is numerically calculated from the experimental geometry by appropriate centerof-mass (c.m.)-laboratory (LAB) coordinate transformations. By making the measurements at moderate densities in the interaction zone, the elastic scattering of Cl atoms by Cb molecules is observed. Since scattering angles in c.m. correspond to velocity changes in LAB coordinates, the direct recoil signal must be corrected for the effects of multiple elastic scattering. Careful comparison of expected and observed velocity profiles enables one to deduce directly the energy state of the products, the bond dissociation energy Do o , and the rainbow scattering angle. The analysis on Ch yields Doo (Cl-Cl) =57.0.±0.2 kcal/mole, which is in excellent agreement with the JANAF value of 57.04±0.06 kcal/mole and the precise value of 57.1743 kcal/mole [R. J. LeRoy and R. B. Bernstein, J. Chern. Phys. 52, 3869 (1970)]. Using a Lennard-Jones (12-6) potential, the rainbow scattering angle for Cl-Cb collisions corresponds to a Cia well depth (E) of 2±0.5 kcal/mole.
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