Relationship between the broad OH stretching band of methanol and hydrogen-bonding patterns in the liquid phase
Keiichi Ohno1, Takafumi Shimoaka, Nobuyuki Akai
1Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagami-yama Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
Abstract:
The OH stretching (nu(OH)) band of methanol observed in condensed phase has been analyzed in terms of hydrogen-bonding patterns. Quantum chemical calculations for methanol clusters have revealed that broadening of the nu(OH) envelope is reasonably reproduced by considering nearest and next-nearest neighbor interactions through hydrogen bonding. Because the hydrogen bond formed between donor (D) and acceptor (A) is cooperatively strengthened or weakened by a newly formed hydrogen bond at D or A, we have proposed the following notation for hydrogen-bonding patterns of monohydric alcohols: a(D)DAd(A)a(A), where a is the number of protons accepted by D (a(D)) or A (a(A)), and d(A) is the number of protons donated by A. The indicator of the hydrogen-bond strength, which is given by M(OH) = a(D) + d(A) - a(A), is correlated well with the nu(OH) wavenumber of the methanol molecule D participating in the a(D)DAd(A)a(A) pattern. The correlation between M(OH) and the hydrogen-bonding energy of the a(D)DAd(A)a(A) pattern has also been deduced from the calculation results for the clusters. The nu(OH) bands of methanol measured in the CCl4 solution and pure liquid have been successfully analyzed by the method proposed here.
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