FAR-INFRARED VIBRATION-ROTATION-TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY AND INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF METHANE-WATER - A PROTOTYPICAL HYDROPHOBIC SYSTEM

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DORE, L [1 ]
COHEN, RC [1 ]
SCHMUTTENMAER, CA [1 ]
BUSAROW, KL [1 ]
ELROD, MJ [1 ]
LOESER, JG [1 ]
SAYKALLY, RJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV BOLOGNA,DIPARTIMENTO CHIM G CIAMICIAN,I-40136 BOLOGNA,ITALY
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10.1063/1.466569
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Thirteen vibration-rotation-tunneling (VRT) bands of the CH4-H2O complex have been measured in the range from 18 to 35.5 cm(-1). using tunable far infrared laser spectroscopy. The ground state has an average center of mass separation of 3.70 Angstrom and a stretching force constant of 1.52 N/m, indicating that this complex is more strongly bound than Ar-H2O. The eigenvalue spectrum has been calculated with a variational procedure using a spherical expansion of a site-site ab initio intermolecular potential energy surface [J. Chem. Phys. 93, 7808 (1991)]. The computed eigenvalues exhibit a similar pattern to the observed spectra but are not in quantitative agreement. These observations suggest that both monomers undergo nearly free internal rotation within the complex.
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