Low-frequency Motions in Condensed Phase Hydrogen Bonding and Transfer

Coherent Low-frequency Motions in Condensed Phase Hydrogen Bonding and Transfer 

Hydrogen-Transfer Reactions. Edited by J. T. Hynes, J. P. Klinman, H. H. limbach, and R. L. Schowen Copyright 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-527-30777-7 

In this chapter, coherent low-frequency motions and their role in hydrogen bond dynamics and hydrogen transfer are discussed. In Section 15.2, the basic vibrational excitations and couplings in a hydrogen bond are introduced. Recent results on coherent low-frequency motions of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds in the electronic ground state are presented in Section 15.3. The role of low-frequency motions in excited state intramolecular hydrogen transfer is addressed in Section 15.4, followed by some conclusions (Section 15.5). 

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