Carbon tetrachloride, vibrational modes

In more complex molecular systems, increased coupling between the translational motion and both rotational and vibrational modes occurs. It is difficult to separate these effects completely. Nevertheless, the velocity autocorrelation functions of the Lennard—Jones spheres [519] (Fig. 52) and the numerical simulation of the carbon tetrachloride (Fig. 39) are quite similar [452a]. 

Protic solvents always have more complex infrared spectra because of the presence of hydrogen bonding in the liquid state. In methanol, this involves interaction of the acidic proton on the OH group in one molecule with the oxygen atom in an adjacent molecule (fig. 5.15). The infrared spectrum shows a wide band centered at 3346 cm which is due to the -OH stretch. When methanol is dissolved as a dilute solute in carbon tetrachloride, this band is sharp and appears at 3644 cm . An -OH bending mode appears at 1449 cm. Another broad band due to -OH out-of-plane deformation is centered at 663 cm. The other features of the methanol spectrum are due to the vibrational modes of the CH3- group or to skeletal vibrations [27]. 

Figure 8 Vibrational energy levels of CgDe (energy < 1600 cm- ) grouped by their activity from the ground state, i.e. Raman, IR, or hyper-Raman (HR). Modes which are not active in Raman, IR, or hyper-Raman are grouped. Reproduced by permission of Elsevier Science from Acker WP, Leach DH and Chang RK (1989) Stokes and anti-Stokes hyper Raman scattering from benzene, deuterated benzene, and carbon tetrachloride. Chemical Physics Letters 155 491-495.

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