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Effect of matrix on IR frequencies of acetylene and acetylene-methanol complex: infrared matrix isolation and ab
K V Jovan Jose1, Shridhar R Gadre, K Sundararajan
1Department of Chemistry, University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007, India.
Abstract:
Effect of nitrogen and argon matrices on the C-H asymmetric stretching and bending infrared frequencies of the acetylene molecule, C(2)H(2), has been studied by matrix isolation experiments as well as by calculations at MP2 level of theory. The complexes of C(2)H(2) in nitrogen and argon matrices, viz., C(2)H(2)(N(2))(m) (with m=2-8) and C(2)H(2)(Ar)(n) (with n=2-10) are theoretically explored. The computed acetylenic C-H asymmetric stretch in C(2)H(2)-nitrogen complexes shows a redshift of 3.0 to 11.9 cm(-1) compared with the frequencies of the free acetylene molecule, and a corresponding blueshift of 7.4 to 26.2 cm(-1) when C(2)H(2) is complexed with argon atoms. The trends in the computed shifts are in good agreement with the experiments. The molecular electrostatic potential minimum of C(2)H(2) becomes more negative when complexed with nitrogen than on complexation with argon. This observation implies a greater basic character for C(2)H(2) in the nitrogen matrix, favoring the formation of H-pi(C(2)H(2)-MeOH) complex as compared to that in the Ar matrix. Experimentally the preferential formation of H-pi(C(2)H(2)-MeOH) complex in the N(2) matrix has indeed been observed.
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