Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

Correlating photoacidity to hydrogen-bond structure

In a joint effort by the Max-Born-Institute (Berlin) and Yale University (New Haven, CT) the O-H stretching mode of hydrogen bonded (photoacid) aromatic alcohols is explored to determine hydrogen bond structural parameters.

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Correlation of the local probe O-H stretching mode frequency with photoacidity, hydrogen-bond distance or local charge distribution is demonstrated for hydrogen-bonded aromatic alcohol-acetonitrile complexes.

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Contact: Erik T. J. Nibbering , Victor S. Batista

External funding by:
German Science Foundation (DFG) Project Nr. DFG - NI 492/11-1.
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National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant CHE 1213742.

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