Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-28-2015
Abstract
The rotational spectrum of the cyclopropanecarboxylic acid-formic acid doubly hydrogen bonded dimer has been measured in the 4-11 GHz region using a Flygare-Balle type pulsed-beam Fourier transform microwave spectrometer. Rotational transitions were measured for the parent, four unique singly substituted 13C isotopologues, and a singly deuterated isotopologue. Splittings due to a possible concerted double proton tunneling motion were not observed. Rotational constants (A, B, and C) and centrifugal distortion constants (DJ and DJK) were determined from the measured transitions for the dimer. The values of the rotational (in MHz) and centrifugal distortion constants (in kHz) for the parent isotopologue are A = 4045.4193(16), B = 740.583 80(14), C = 658.567 60(23), DJ = 0.0499(16), and DJK = 0.108(14). A partial gas phase structure of the dimer was derived from the rotational constants of the measured isotopologues, previous structural work on each monomer units and results of the calculations.
Recommended Citation
Pejlovas, A. M., Lin, W., & Kukolich, S. G. (2015). Microwave spectra and structure of the cyclopropanecarboxylic acid-formic acid dimer. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 143(12), 124311. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931923
Publication Title
Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI
10.1063/1.4931923
Comments
© 2015 the authors. Original published version available at http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931923