In:
The Journal of Chemical Physics, AIP Publishing, Vol. 21, No. 11 ( 1953-11-01), p. 2024-2029
Abstract:
In order to study further the molecular vibrations of tetramethylmethane and of hydrocarbons in general, tetramethylmethane-d12 was synthesized, and its Raman and infrared absorption spectra were obtained. The missing nondegenerate mode, ν2(a1), in ordinary tetramethylmethane was predicted by the Teller-Redlich product rule to lie at about 1430 cm−1 where it would be obscured by a strong depolarized Raman band at 1451 cm−1. A unique narrowness in the 1200 cm−1 infrared absorption bands of tetramethylmethane and tetramethylmethane-d12 and double maxima of small separation in the band of tetramethylmethane resulted in assigning these frequencies to methyl wagging modes of unsymmetrical character. The over-all results of this investigation cast doubt on the validity of extending theoretical considerations of tetrahedral XY4 systems to the tetrahedral tetramethyl molecules with the assumption of the methyl groups as point masses.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-9606
,
1089-7690
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
1953
detail.hit.zdb_id:
3113-6
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1473050-9
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