“…It is a well-known principle that where there is a large separation in force constant or vibration frequencies, the modes of motion are fairly independent (Wilson, Decius, et al, 1955). A case similar to this one is the agreement between alkoxide spectra and free alcohol spectra that has been found for the infrared spectra of Al and Ti alkoxides (Bell, Heisler, et al, 1953;Guertin, Wiberley, et al, 1956;Kriegsmann and Licht, 1958;Wilhoit, Burton, et al, 1962).…”