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Infrared Spectra Of The Li +_(H 2)N(N=1-3) Cation Complexes, C Emmeluth, B L. J Poad, C D. Thompson, G H. Weddle, E J. Bieske May 2013

Infrared Spectra Of The Li +_(H 2)N(N=1-3) Cation Complexes, C Emmeluth, B L. J Poad, C D. Thompson, G H. Weddle, E J. Bieske

Berwyck L. J. Poad

The Li+–(H2)n n = 1–3 complexes are investigated through infrared spectra recorded in the H–H stretch region (3980–4120 cm−1) and through ab initio calculations at the MP2∕aug-cc-pVQZ level. The rotationally resolved H–H stretch band of Li+–H2 is centered at 4053.4 cm−1 [a −108 cm−1 shift from the Q1(0) transition of H2]. The spectrum exhibits rotational substructure consistent with the complex possessing a T-shaped equilibrium geometry, with the Li+ ion attached to a slightly perturbed H2 molecule. Around 100 rovibrational transitions belonging to parallel Ka = 0‐0, 1-1, 2-2, and 3-3 subbands are observed. The Ka = 0‐0 and 1-1 transitions …


Rotationally Resolved Infrared Spectrum Of The Li+_D2 Cation Complex, C D. Thompson, C Emmeluth, B L. J Poad, G H. Weddle, E J. Bieske May 2013

Rotationally Resolved Infrared Spectrum Of The Li+_D2 Cation Complex, C D. Thompson, C Emmeluth, B L. J Poad, G H. Weddle, E J. Bieske

Berwyck L. J. Poad

The infrared spectrum of mass selected Li +-D 2 cations is recorded in the D-D stretch region (2860-2950 cm -1) in a tandem mass spectrometer by monitoring Li + photofragments. The D-D stretch vibration of Li +-D 2 is shifted by -79 cm -1 from that of the free D 2 molecule indicating that the vibrational excitation of the D 2 subunit strengthens the effective Li +-D 2 intermolecular interaction. Around 100 rovibrational transitions, belonging to parallel K a=0-0, 1-1, and 2-2 subbands, are fitted to a Watson A-reduced Hamiltonian to yield effective molecular parameters. The infrared spectrum shows that …