Mixed quartic-harmonic oscillators: A study of the ring puckering vibration of a cyclic amino acid dimer

Withnall, Robert, Andrews, David L., Mendham, Andrew P. and Chowdhry, Babur Z. (2001) Mixed quartic-harmonic oscillators: A study of the ring puckering vibration of a cyclic amino acid dimer. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

A band at ca. 150 cm-1 in the far infrared spectrum of diketopiperazine (DKP) is assigned to a ring puckering vibration. The multiplet structure reported for this band in the low temperature (77 K) far IR spectrum can be interpreted if the vibration is assumed to have quartic character. By means of Rayleigh-Schrodinger perturbation theory, a new vibrational selection rule, (Delta) n equals +/- 1, +/- 3, has been derived for mixed quartic-quadratic vibrations in the near harmonic region for the case of zero electrical anharmonicity. Assignments of the multiplet components have been made in the light of this vibrational selection rule. A two-parameter potential energy function of the ring puckering coordinate has been derived for the DKP molecule. This has enabled a value of ca. 355 cm-1 to be estimated for the energy barrier to interconversion of enantiomeric boat forms of DKP. The 0 - 1 transition has been estimated to have a wavenumber value of 0.033 cm-1 (1 GHz) in excellent agreement with the value of approximately 1 GHz obtained from a gas phase microwave spectroscopic study.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Physical and Analytical Chemistry (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 18 Jan 2016 17:21
Last Modified: 09 Feb 2023 13:52
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/56625
DOI: 10.1117/12.447379

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