Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages 1542-1549Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100050
Keywords
chirality; circular dichroism; configuration determination; Raman optical activity; Raman spectroscopy
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Spectral comparison is an important part of the assignment of the absolute configuration (AC) by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), or equally by Raman optical activity (ROA). In order to avoid bias caused by personal interpretation, numerical methods have been developed to compare measured and calculated spectra. Using a neighbourhood similarity measure, the agreement between a computed and measured VCD or ROA spectrum is expressed numerically to introduce a novel confidence level measure. This allows users of vibrational optical activity (VOA) techniques (VCD and ROA) to assess the reliability of their assignment of the AC of a compound. To that end, a database of successful AC determinations is compiled along with neighbourhood similarity values between the experimental spectrum and computed spectra for both enantiomers. For any new AC determination, the neighbourhood similarities between the experimental spectrum and the computed spectra for both enantiomers are projected on the database allowing an interpretation of the reliability of their assignment.
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