Complex ions internal vibrations

Like infrared spectrometry, Raman spectrometry is a method of determining modes of molecular motion, especially the vibrations, and their use in analysis is based on the specificity of these vibrations. The methods are predominantly applicable to die qualitative and quantitative analysis of covalently bonded molecules rather than to ionic structures. Nevertheless, they can give information about the lattice structure of ionic molecules in the crystalline state and about the internal covalent structure of complex ions and the ligand structure of coordination compounds both in the solid state and in solution. 

Raman spectroscopy has been used in studies of the rare earth orthophosphates (table 4). The spectra are described by Richman (1966), and the normal coordination analysis calculations of the vibrations of free PO ion in xenotime structure are presented by Mooney and Toma (1967). Lazarev et al. (1978) have calculated the normal coordinates of YPO crystals and have shown that the resonance splitting of the frequencies of internal vibrations of the complex anion cannot be due to dipole-dipole interaction of the localized vibrators. Begun et al. 

In molecular crystals or crystals containing complex ions, it is often possible to separate the internal vibrations within the molecules from their external vibrations [4.23]. External vibrations are translational or libra-tional motions of the whole molecules or complex ions which are regarded as being rigid units. If the separation between internal and external vibrations is possible, the problem can be greatly simplified. We shall illustrate the external vibrations for a simple one-dimensional system and for (ND )Cl. 

In molecular crystals or in crystals composed of complex ions it is necessary to take into account intramolecular vibrations in addition to the vibrations of the molecules with respect to each other. If both modes are approximately independent, the former can be treated using the Einstein model. In the case of covalent molecules specifically, it is necessary to pay attention to internal rotations. The behaviour is especially complicated in the case of the compounds discussed in Section 2.2.6. The pure lattice vibrations are also more complex than has been described so far . In addition to (transverse and longitudinal) acoustical phonons, i.e. vibrations by which the constituents are moved coherently in the same direction without charge separation, there are so-called optical phonons. The name is based on the fact that the latter lattice vibrations are — in polar compounds — now associated with a change in the dipole moment and, hence, with optical effects. The inset to Fig. 3.1 illustrates a real phonon spectrum for a very simple ionic crystal. A detailed treatment of the lattice dynamics lies outside the scope of this book. The formal treatment of phonons (cf. e(k), D(e)) is very similar to that of crystal electrons. (Observe the similarity of the vibration equation to the Schrodinger equation.) However, they obey Bose rather than Fermi statistics (cf. page 119). 

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Statistical theories treat the decomposition of the reaction complex of ion-molecule interactions in an analogous manner to that employed for unimolecular decomposition reactions.466 One approach is that taken by the quasiequilibrium theory (QET).467 Its basic assumptions are (1) the rate of dissociation of the ion is slow relative to the rate of redistribution of energy among the internal degrees of freedom, both electronic and vibrational, of the ion and (2) each dissociation process may be described as a motion along a reaction coordinate separable from all other internal... 

However, a closer look shows that most of the reactions quoted are reactions of polyatomic ions, where it could be expected that the internal rotational and vibrational structures of the reactant ions and the activated complex will make a significant contribution. Values of gas phase A (Table 4.4) become increasingly more negative as the complexity of the reactants increases, with the corresponding calculated p factors likewise becoming increasingly smaller. This indicates that there cannot be a single point of comparison, and that there is considerable leeway in the value which can be chosen. 

The Mossbauer spectra (between 4.2 K and 298 K) show two overlapping doublets with temperature dependent relative intensities. In conjunction with the data from magnetic susceptibility measurements (between 83 and 313 K) the Mossbauer spectra were interpreted in terms of a singlet triplet spin transition of the central iron(II) ion. No internal magnetic field was observed in a Mossbauer experiment under applied field at 4.2 K. The authors consider this complex the first authentic example of a singlet < triplet spin transition in the 3 d6 configuration of iron(II). Support has been received from UV-vis spectra and IR vibrational spectra201). 

Classical trajectory studies of the association reactions M+ + H20 and M+ + D20 with M = Li, Na, K (Hase et al. 1992 Hase and Feng 1981 Swamy and Hase 1982,1984), Li+(H20) + H20 (Swamy and Hase 1984), Li+ + (CH3)20 (Swamy and Hase 1984 Vande Linde and Hase 1988), and Cl- + CH3C1 (Vande Linde and Hase 1990a,b) are particularly relevant to cluster dynamics. In these studies, the occurrence of multiple inner turning points in the time dependence of the association radial coordinate was taken as the criterion for complex formation. A critical issue (Herbst 1982) is whether the collisions transfer enough energy from translation to internal motions to result in association. Comparison of association probabilities from various studies leads to the conclusion that softer and/or floppier ions and molecules that have low frequency vibrations typically recombine the most efficiently. Thus, it has been found that Li+ + (CH3)20 association is more likely than Li+ + H20 association, and similarly H20 association with Li(H20)+ is more likely than with the bare cation Li+. The authors found a nonmonotonic dependence of association probability on the assumed HaO bend frequency and also a dependence on the impact parameter, the rotational temperature, and the orientation of the H20 dipole during the collision. 

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