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Raman and IR Spectroelectrochemical Methods as Tools to Analyze Conjugated Organic Compounds
Published on: October 12, 2018
Infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies of l-valine l-valinium perchlorate monohydrate
S Pandiarajan1, M Umadevi, R K Rajaram
1Laser Laboratory, Department of Microprocessor and Computer, School of Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625021, India. sprapk@yahoo.com
Abstract:
FT-IR and FT-Raman spectra were recorded and analyzed for l-valine l-valinium perchlorate monohydrate crystals. The wave number assignments have been made for the functional groups, viz. COOH, COO(-), --[NH(3)](+), C--(CH(3))(2), C--C--N and C--H. One of the two amino acid residues remains in the zwitterionic form while the other residue exists in the cationic form. The symmetry of the ClO(4)(-) anion has been found to be lowered corresponding to ClO(2) group. The hydrogen bonds that prevail between amino acid residues, perchlorate anion and water molecule influence the wave numbers of several stretching and deformation modes to deviate from the expected values.
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