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  • Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Cheminformatics

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  • Binary mixtures of benzene with toluene, carbon tetrachloride, and cyclohexane were studied.
  • Attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy was employed.
  • Analysis focused on deviations from Beer's Law and spectral nonlinearities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the origin of nonlinearities observed in the IR spectra of binary mixtures.
  • To determine if nonlinearities indicate the formation of new chemical complexes.
  • To elucidate the role of intermolecular interactions and local field effects.

Main Methods:

  • Attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy.
  • Two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D correlation).
  • Principal component analysis (PCA).
  • Multivariate curve resolution (MCR).

Main Results:

  • Two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy revealed nonlinearities not apparent from simple Beer's Law analysis.
  • Principal component analysis indicated more than two components, but MCR confirmed only original species.
  • Lorentz-Lorenz theory explained nonlinearities as local field effects and light polarization, but not all spectral shifts.

Conclusions:

  • Observed spectral nonlinearities and additional principal components are attributed to local field effects, not new chemical complexes.
  • Infrared spectroscopy is sensitive to short-range molecular order, influenced by mixture composition, molecular shape, and anisotropy.
  • The study negates the presence of third components in these binary mixtures.