Dipole magnitude

In this next section the dipole magnitude and directionality from MM3(2000) is compared to results obtained by MM3(96), Hartree-Fock and Mdller-Plesset minimized structures (calculated using GAUSSIAN94),77 as well as experimental dipole moment measurements.78 For the molecular mechanics geometry optimizations, full matrix energy minimizations were carried out, and ground state structures were verified by the vibrational... 

The CD of a series of eight differently-substituted analogues of 9,10-ethano-9,10-dihydroanthracen-ll-one (142 and 143) was studied experimentally and theoretically329. Alteration of the substituent(s) on the benzene ring(s) affects the transition dipole magnitude and the transition energy of the aromatic chromophore without much change in the polarization direction. 

The difference in notation also extends to the generalized Fourier transforms of the rotational invariants. A few differences in the H e-Stell and Patey-Levesque-Weis notation serve no such organic need but simply reflect common notational variations in the literature. (Hoye and Stell often use m for permanent dipole magnitude and s for the associated unit vector Patey et al. use ja and fi.) In Section IV, where polarizability is introduced and both theory and its implementation discussed, we have used m for total moment, p for induced moment, and fi for permanent moment. Where we discuss Wertheim s results in detail, we follow his notation as closely as possible (again subject to minor variations in the interest of overall notational consistency). 

Because of linearity, in each case V s linearly proportional to the dipole magnitude. 

Fig. 6.5 Wavefunctirais and transition dipole magnitudes for an anharmonic vibrational mode. (A) Relative amplitudes of wavefunctions 0-3 of an oscillator with the Morse potential illustrated in Fig. 2.1 (curves 0,7,2 and i, respectively). Wavefimction 13 is shown in (B), and 14 in (C). The abscissa is the relative departure of the vibrational coordinate (r) fixnn its equilibrium value (ro). The curves are normalized to the same integrated probabilities (squares of the wavefimction amplitudes) in the range 0 < (r — r )/r < 11.5, and are scaled relative to the peak of wavefimction 0. This normalization considers only part of wavefimctitm 14, which is at the dissociation energy and continues indefinitely off scale to the right. (D) The relative magnitudes of the transition dipoles ((Xm Xo)) for excitati

The dipole magnitudes and directions which enter into this (or any) model for electric field effects on the initial charge separation step are... 

As discussed in detail elsewhere [12], the dipole magnitude and direction parameters are constrained by the x-ray structure of the RC [13] to lie within rather narrow choices of ranges. All aspects of the AF spectrum in Fig. 2 were fit simultaneously (magnitude, shape, shift, X> and field dependence). A simulated annealing fitting algorithm was implemented to insure a systematic search of parameter space [12]. 

TABLE 8. Integrated absorption intensities and transition dipole magnitudes for diphenylpolyenes in room temperature toluene solution. 

Therefore, it has at most five independent components, and fewer if the molecule has some synnnetry. Syimnetric top molecules have only one independent component of 0, and, in such cases, the axial component is often referred to as the quadnipole moment. A quadnipolar distribution can be created from four charges of the same magnitude, two positive and two negative, by arranging them m the fonn of two dipole moments parallel to each other but pointing in opposite directions. Centro-syimnetric molecules, like CO2, have a zero dipole moment but a non-zero quadnipole moment. 

The electric dipole selection rule for a hannonic oscillator is Av = 1. Because real molecules are not hannonic, transitions with Av > 1 are weakly allowed, with Av = 2 being more allowed than Av = 3 and so on. There are other selection niles for quadnipole and magnetic dipole transitions, but those transitions are six to eight orders of magnitude weaker than electric dipole transitions, and we will therefore not concern ourselves with them. 

Figure Bl.25.12. Excitation mechanisms in electron energy loss spectroscopy for a simple adsorbate system Dipole scattering excites only the vibration perpendicular to the surface (v ) in which a dipole moment nonnal to the surface changes the electron wave is reflected by the surface into the specular direction. Impact scattering excites also the bending mode v- in which the atom moves parallel to the surface electrons are scattered over a wide range of angles. The EELS spectra show the higlily intense elastic peak and the relatively weak loss peaks. Off-specular loss peaks are in general one to two orders of magnitude weaker than specular loss peaks.

In Section 7.1.2 a method for the calculation of mean molecular polarizability was presented. Mean molecular polarizability can be calculated from additive contributions of the atoms in their various hybridization states in a molecule (see Eq. (6)). Mean molecular polarizability, a, expresses the magnitude of the dipole moment, fi, induced into a molecule imder the influence of an external field, E (Eq. (15))... 

Otiati titalively, we may express how sh akcahle a given normal mode will be tinder th e in fltien ce of IR ligh t, bv exam in in g th e magnitude of its induced dipoles. 

Our discussion of elecfronic effects has concentrated so far on permanent features of the cliarge distribution. Electrostatic interactions also arise from changes in the charge distribution of a molecule or atom caused by an external field, a process called polarisation. The primary effect of the external electric field (which in our case will be caused by neighbouring molecules) is to induce a dipole in the molecule. The magnitude of the induced dipole moment ginj is proportional to the electric field E, with the constant of proportionahty being the polarisability a ... 

Let us consider the electric field due to a dipole /x aligned along the z axis. The magnitude of the electric field at a point P due to the dipole (see Figure 4.27) is ... 

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