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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symmetric C-O stretching mode of CO 2 ). The interesting feature of this Raman spectrum<br />
is band at ~ 650 cm -1 (bending region of CO 2 molecule) and a very weak band at ~ 2330<br />
cm -1 (asymmetric C-O stretching region of CO 2 ), which are absent in the free CO 2 Raman<br />
spectrum(see Fig. 7.3). The I •− 2 .CO 2 cluster is stabilized by I •− 2 and CO 2 interaction, and<br />
some amount of negative charge is also transferred to solvent CO 2 moiety from the solute<br />
I •− 2 unit. As a result, the symmetry of CO 2 molecule is distorted compared to the free<br />
solvent molecule and the symmetric bending mode becomes Raman active. Symmetric C-<br />
O stretching mode remains IR inactive as in case of free CO 2 system. Both the stretching<br />
modes of CO 2 are red shifted compared to the free molecule (-Δν sym = 17 cm -1 and -<br />
Δν asym = 37 cm -1 ) but the bending mode is both red and blue shifted compared to the free<br />
molecule (Δν bend = + 5 and -6 cm -1 ) in this cluster. The degeneracy of bending vibrational<br />
mode of CO 2 is lost in this anionic mono solvated cluster, I •− 2 .CO 2 . Two bands at 647 and<br />
658 cm -1 are observed in the vibrational analysis, and appeared as small broad peak ~650<br />
cm -1 in both IR and Raman spectra compared to free CO 2 molecule spectra. IR spectra of<br />
the larger solvated anionic clusters, I •− 2 .nCO 2 (n=2-10) show more or less similar features<br />
as their smaller counter parts. However, marked differences are observed in Raman<br />
spectra of these clusters on successive addition of solvent CO 2 molecules. The relative<br />
intensity of the Raman band corresponding to symmetric stretching region of C-O bond<br />
continuously increases on successive addition of solvent CO 2 units; the position of the<br />
band is insensitive to the number of solvent molecules though. The weak Raman band at<br />
~ 2330 cm -1 is most intense in case of I •− 2 .9CO 2 cluster (see Fig. 7.3F). This may be due<br />
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