The anharmonic vibrational IR and Raman spectra of the bicyclo[1.1.0]butane molecule have been calculated in the range of up to 4000 cm -1 using a numerical and analytical realization of the van Vleck second order operator perturbation theory. Cubic and quartic force constants in normal coordinates, as well as cubic surfaces of the dipole moment and polarizability, have been found by numerical differentiation of the corresponding first and second derivatives calculated by the MP2/cc pVTZ quantum mechanical method. In order to increase the prediction accuracy of vibrational transitions, corresponding harmonic frequencies have been obtained by the CCSD(T)/cc pVTZ high precision quantum mechanical method. The anhar monic intensities of the IR and Raman spectra have been calculated using canonical transformations of the operators of the dipole moment and polarizability expanded into a Taylor series around the equilibrium con figuration. The assignment of experimental vibrational bands in the IR and Raman spectra has been analyzed. It has been shown that the anharmonic calculation based on the above described procedure of combining more exact harmonic frequencies with the anharmonic force field obtained with a more economical method makes possible the reliable interpretation of the majority of spectral bands, including Fermi and DarlingDennison resonances.
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