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The Microwave Spectrum of n-Butyraldehyde Oxime
1Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554, Japan
Abstract:
The microwave spectrum of n-butyraldehyde oxime was observed in the frequency region 26.5-40 GHz. Four rotational conformers were found to exist in the gas phase; among these, two conformers belonged to the (E)-geometrical isomer and the other two to the (Z)-geometrical isomer. The microwave spectrum attributed to one of these two rotational conformers of (E)-butyraldehyde oxime was analyzed, and its rotational constants for the ground vibrational state were determined: A = 15883(379), B = 1269.97(1), C = 1251.60(1) MHz. The conformational structure of the molecule is discussed, referring to the rotational constants obtained and the ab initio molecular orbital calculation. Copyright 1998 Academic Press.
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