Issue 39, 2017

Isotope effects on the resonance interactions and vibrational quantum dynamics of fluoroform 12,13CHF3

Abstract

We report a comparison of the analysis of the low energy spectrum of 13CHF3 and 12CHF3 from the THz (FIR) range to the ν1 fundamental at high resolution (δ[small nu, Greek, tilde] < 0.001 cm−1 or otherwise Doppler limited) on the basis of FTIR spectra taken both with ordinary light sources and with the synchrotron radiation from the Swiss Light Source. Several vibrational levels are accurately determined including, in particular, the 2ν4 CH-bending overtone and the ν1 CH-stretching fundamental of 13CHF3. Comparison of experimental results with those from accurate full dimensional vibrational calculations allows for a study of the time-dependent quantum dynamics of intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR) in the CH chromophore both on short time scales (fs) and longer time scales (ps) when coupling to the lower frequency modes becomes important and where the 12C/13C isotope effects are very large.

Graphical abstract: Isotope effects on the resonance interactions and vibrational quantum dynamics of fluoroform 12,13CHF3

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jul 2017
Accepted
03 Aug 2017
First published
28 Sep 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 26527-26534

Isotope effects on the resonance interactions and vibrational quantum dynamics of fluoroform 12,13CHF3

S. Albert, E. Bekhtereva, I. Bolotova, Z. Chen, C. Fábri, H. Hollenstein, M. Quack and O. Ulenikov, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 26527 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP04762B

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