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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 5170-5177 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Early online date | 12 Feb 2020 |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Mar 2020 |
Abstract
An accurate semiexperimental equilibrium structure of succinic anhydride has been determined from a combination of experiment and theory. The cm-wave and mm-wave rotational spectra of succinic anhydride, 3,4-dihydrofuran-2,5-dione, were recorded in a pulsed supersonic jet using Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy and in a free-jet using mm-wave absorption spectroscopy. Many lines in the cm-wave spectrum show fine structure and after eliminating all other possibilities the origin of this fine structure is determined to be from spin-spin interaction. Accurate rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants are determined. Assignments of 13C and 18O singly substituted isotopologues in natural abundance were used to obtain a substitution geometry for the heavy atoms of succinic anhydride. Theoretical approaches permitted the calculation of a Born-Oppenheimer ab initio structure and the determination of a semiexperimental equilibrium structure in which computed rovibrational corrections were utilized to convert vibrational ground state rotational constants into equilibrium constants. The agreement between the semiexperimental structure and the Born-Oppenheimer ab initio structure is excellent. Succinic anhydride has been shown to have a planar heavy atom equilibrium structure with the effects of a large amplitude vibration apparent in the resultant rotational constants.
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In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 22, No. 9, 07.03.2020, p. 5170-5177.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The puzzling hyper-fine structure and an accurate equilibrium geometry of succinic anhydride
AU - Jahn, Michaela K.
AU - Obenchain, Daniel A.
AU - Nair, K. P.Rajappan
AU - Grabow, Jens Uwe
AU - Vogt, Natalja
AU - Demaison, Jean
AU - Godfrey, Peter D.
AU - McNaughton, Don
N1 - Funding information: The Hannover group acknowledges support from the Leibniz Universität IT Services (LUIS) cluster. We gratefully acknowledge support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Land Niedersachsen, and the Dr Barbara-Mez-Starck Stiftung. DAO would like to thank the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for funding.
PY - 2020/3/7
Y1 - 2020/3/7
N2 - An accurate semiexperimental equilibrium structure of succinic anhydride has been determined from a combination of experiment and theory. The cm-wave and mm-wave rotational spectra of succinic anhydride, 3,4-dihydrofuran-2,5-dione, were recorded in a pulsed supersonic jet using Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy and in a free-jet using mm-wave absorption spectroscopy. Many lines in the cm-wave spectrum show fine structure and after eliminating all other possibilities the origin of this fine structure is determined to be from spin-spin interaction. Accurate rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants are determined. Assignments of 13C and 18O singly substituted isotopologues in natural abundance were used to obtain a substitution geometry for the heavy atoms of succinic anhydride. Theoretical approaches permitted the calculation of a Born-Oppenheimer ab initio structure and the determination of a semiexperimental equilibrium structure in which computed rovibrational corrections were utilized to convert vibrational ground state rotational constants into equilibrium constants. The agreement between the semiexperimental structure and the Born-Oppenheimer ab initio structure is excellent. Succinic anhydride has been shown to have a planar heavy atom equilibrium structure with the effects of a large amplitude vibration apparent in the resultant rotational constants.
AB - An accurate semiexperimental equilibrium structure of succinic anhydride has been determined from a combination of experiment and theory. The cm-wave and mm-wave rotational spectra of succinic anhydride, 3,4-dihydrofuran-2,5-dione, were recorded in a pulsed supersonic jet using Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy and in a free-jet using mm-wave absorption spectroscopy. Many lines in the cm-wave spectrum show fine structure and after eliminating all other possibilities the origin of this fine structure is determined to be from spin-spin interaction. Accurate rotational and quartic centrifugal distortion constants are determined. Assignments of 13C and 18O singly substituted isotopologues in natural abundance were used to obtain a substitution geometry for the heavy atoms of succinic anhydride. Theoretical approaches permitted the calculation of a Born-Oppenheimer ab initio structure and the determination of a semiexperimental equilibrium structure in which computed rovibrational corrections were utilized to convert vibrational ground state rotational constants into equilibrium constants. The agreement between the semiexperimental structure and the Born-Oppenheimer ab initio structure is excellent. Succinic anhydride has been shown to have a planar heavy atom equilibrium structure with the effects of a large amplitude vibration apparent in the resultant rotational constants.
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