CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute
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311++G(2d,2p) level, the scaling factor is taken as 0.93 to account the anharmonic nature<br />
of vibration. The same scaling factor has been used for predicting IR spectrum in all these<br />
clusters. Calculated scaled frequencies for free NH 3 are 986, 1611, 3345 and 3460 cm -1 ,<br />
respectively for inversion (ν inversion ), bending (ν bend ), symmetrical stretching (ν sym ) and<br />
asymmetrical stretching (ν asym ) at BHHLYP/6-311++G(2d,2p) level of theory and the<br />
theoretical IR spectra is displayed in Fig.6.3-A. It is worth to mention that the peak in the<br />
N-H stretching region is due to asymmetric mode, and the symmetric mode is too weak to<br />
observe. Scaled IR spectra for mono ammoniated cluster, K.NH 3 with a strong sharp peak<br />
in the N-H stretching region is shown in Fig.6.3-B. It is interesting to observe that all the<br />
mode of ammonia compare to free molecule get red shifted (Δν bend = - 20 cm -1 , Δν sym = -<br />
48 cm -1 and Δν asym = -59 cm -1 ) except the inversion mode which is blue shifted compare<br />
to the same (Δν inversion = 100 cm -1 ) in K.NH 3 cluster. It is also worth to mention that in the<br />
N-H stretching region the major contribution to the peak is from symmetric mode. The IR<br />
bands below 1000 cm -1 are due to librations of NH 3 in this cluster. Scaled IR spectra for<br />
di-ammoniated cluster, K.2NH 3 with a strong sharp peak in the N-H stretching region is<br />
shown in Fig.6.3-C. It is clear from the figure that the inversion mode gets blue shifted<br />
(Δν inversion = 105 cm -1 ) compare to that free ammonia molecule, and the bending mode is<br />
vanished. The scaled IR spectra of K.3NH 3 cluster is displayed in Fig.6.3-D and similar<br />
in nature to that of K.2NH 3 cluster. From tetra-ammoniated cluster onwards (n>3) more<br />
than one conformer is found, so weighted average scaled IR spectra is generated based on<br />
the statistical population at 150 K. Weighted average scaled IR spectra of K.4NH 3 cluster<br />
with strong sharp peak in the N-H stretching region is displayed in Fig.6.3-E. It is clearly<br />
seen from the Fig.6.3-D, that the inversion band is vanished and the bending mode is<br />
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