The assignment of the Raman frequencies from 200 to 1800 cm-' has been made taking into account the values calculated by Brandmuller et al. for a planar molecule since only the H atoms of NHz are out of the plane. In the crystal the vkOz line is unusually weak and the 1276-1284 cmbroad band is extremely strong: its complexity is explained by a Fermi resonance whose development can be followed with temperature variations. On the other hand the line of the deuterated pNA is always sharp because the resonant combination is related to a N H z vibration. The observation of this Fermi resonance confirms the non-planar structure of the molecule in the crystal.Resume. L'attribution des frequences Raman entre 200 et 1800 cm-l a ete faite en tenant compte des valeurs calculees par Brandmuller et roll. pour une molecule plane car seuls les hydrogenes de NHz sont hors du plan. Dans le cristal la raie vhoz est anormalement faible alors que la bande large a 1276-1284 cm-1 est extrtmement intense: sa complexit6 est expliquke par une resonance de Fermi dont on peut suivre I'evolution en fonction de la temperature. Au contraire la raie de la pNA deuteriee est toujours fine car la combinaison qui entre en resonance fait intervenir une vibration de NHz.L'observation de cette resonance de Fermi confirme la structure gauche de la molecule dans le cristal.
Journal ofRaman Speriroscopy 4 (1975) 53-73. All Rights Reserved Copyright 0 1975 by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrechr-Holland 54 M. HARRANDThe orientation and arrangement of the molecules are such that they form nearly planar independent layers ; there are hydrogen bonds between molecules of one layer but none between adjoining layers: this explains the very perfect cleavage parallel to these layers.The site group being C,, whatever the symmetry of the molecule may be, each molecular vibration gives four crystal frequencies (cf [2]) :A, and B,, Raman active, A, and B,, infrared active.Where the A,-B, splittings were observed with the low frequency lines, one can expect that the splittings of internal vibrations will not be very important because of the weakness of the coupling.The edges of the parallelepiped were distinguished in the following manner: z is parallel to the two-fold helicoidal axis,x is normal to the cleavage plane, y , normal to the two-fold axis, is in the cleavage plane.The Raman lines of A, species are thus characterized by the polarizations xx, y y , zz, xy and the lines of B, species by xz and y z .