THE CONFORMER SPECIFIC ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM OF 3-PHENYLPROPIONITRILE UTILIZING STRONG FIELD COHERENCE BREAKING

Fritz, Sean

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Title

THE CONFORMER SPECIFIC ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM OF 3-PHENYLPROPIONITRILE UTILIZING STRONG FIELD COHERENCE BREAKING

Author(s)

Fritz, Sean

Contributor(s)

• Zwier, Timothy S.
• Abeysekera, Chamara
• Hernandez-Castillo, Alicia O.

Issue Date

6/21/2017

Keyword(s)

Conformers, isomers, chirality, stereochemistry

Abstract

The 8-18 GHz conformer specific rotational spectrum of gauche- and anti-3-phenylpropionitrile (C6H5-CH2-CH2-CN) conformers has been recorded using the strong field coherence breaking (SFCB) technique [1] with a modified line picking scheme for multiple selective excitations (MSE). As the recombination product of benzyl and cyanomethyl resonance-stabilized radicals, 3-phenylpropionitrile is a likely component of the complex organics in Titan’s atmosphere, motivating its structural characterization. Details of the modified line picking scheme, hyperfine constants and relative population ratios of the two conformers will be presented. _x000d_ _x000d_ [1] A.O Hernandez-Castillo, Chamara Abeysekera, Brian M. Hays, Timothy S. Zwier, “Broadband Multi-Resonant Strong Field Coherence Breaking as a Tool for Single Isomer Microwave Spectroscopy.” J. Chem. Phys. 145, 114203 (2016)._x000d_

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Type of Resource

text

Language

English

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DOI

10.15278/isms.2017.WC02

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