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In Heo1, Jong Chan Lee1, Begüm Rukiye Özer1
1Advanced Materials Research Building 103-413, 50 UNIST-gil, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, South Korea.
Abstract:
Mass-correlated rotational alignment spectroscopy resolved the rotational Raman spectra for 5 benzene isotopologues with unprecedented resolution. 13-C isotopologues were characterized at natural abundance. Fitted rotational constants allowed the analysis of effective and equilibrium bond lengths for benzene with sub-mÅ uncertainties. We found that previously reported experimental structures were wrong by multiple mÅ, due to unrecognized H/D isotope effects. Our results also refute recent experimental and theoretical literature claims of identical effective C-H and C-D bond lengths in benzene and reveal an isotope effect similar to that in other small molecules.
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