Near-infrared laser-induced structural changes of glycine·water complexes in an Ar matrix

The structures of glycine·H2O complexes have been reinvestigated in low-temperature inert matrices. To go beyond the former matrix-isolation IR studies, NIR laser irradiation was used to change the relative abundances of the different complexes in the matrix. It is shown that the irradiation of the first overtone of the OH stretching mode of glycine as well as of the first overtone of the OH stretching mode of the water molecule in the complex can induce structural changes. Comparison of the experimental IR spectra with the IR spectra computed for different structures resulted in more reliable assignments of spectral patterns and identification of more structures than in former studies.