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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 14, Issue 35, Pages 7795-7801Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01860
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This study presents the first high-resolution measurements of the jet-cooled laser absorption spectrum of (HCOOH)3. The analysis of the C-O stretching fundamentals provides vibration-rotation parameters and discusses the mechanisms of vibrational predissociation and intramolecular vibrational redistribution. The prospects of further high-resolution measurements or isotope substitution experiments are discussed to reveal the mode-specificity of broadening mechanisms.
Building on recent progress in the vibrational spectroscopy of the formic acid trimer, we present the first high-resolution measurements of the jet-cooled laser absorption spectrum of (HCOOH)(3). The spectra of the lowest- and highest-frequency C-O stretching fundamentals are analyzed whereas the third band is not observed, complicated by monomer and dimer absorptions at 1219 cm(-1) (8.2 mu m). Vibration-rotation parameters are obtained for the band at 1172.31512(68) cm(-1) whereas the C-O stretch at 1246.33(5) cm(-1) exhibits a significantly larger breadth, allowing only resolution of the coarse PQR structure. Vibrational predissociation can be ruled out, and intramolecular vibrational redistribution mechanisms are discussed, particularly coupling to the concerted proton exchange within the cyclic dimer subunit. Ultimately, the question remains open. The prospects of high-resolution measurements of other trimer bands or isotope substitution experiments, which might assist in revealing the mode-specificity of the underlying broadening mechanisms, are discussed.
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