O-H stretch overtone excitation of ethyl hydroperoxide conformers. 2011

Shizuka Hsieh, and Thida Thida, and Margaret K Nyamumbo, and Kelly A Smith, and Noah Naamad, and Robert G Linck
Chemistry Department, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063, USA. shsieh@email.smith.edu

We present laser photoacoustic spectra of ethyl hydroperoxide (EHP) for 3-6 quanta of O-H stretch. Spectra are consistent with ab initio spectral simulations that take into account the influence of torsional motion about the O-O bond on O-H stretch overtone excitation. Experimental and simulated spectra share two trends. First, spectral features due to torsional excitation, including hot bands, become more prominent with increasing O-H stretch excitation, as has been shown previously for similar molecules such as methyl hydroperoxide. Second, contributions from the two different EHP conformers become clearly distinguishable at higher O-H stretch excitation, mainly due to the role of torsional motion. Results are consistent with a higher energy separation (330 cm(-1)) between the lower energy anti and the higher energy gauche conformers than predicted by electronic structure calculations (137 cm(-1)). Calculated absorption intensities are consistently higher than experimental values by ~30% but within the experimental uncertainty. With each additional O-H stretch overtone, the dropoff in calculated integrated absorption intensities at room temperature becomes less extreme, with a 14-fold dropoff from 3ν(OH) to 4ν(OH) and an 8-fold decrease from 5ν(OH) to 6ν(OH).

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