Conformations of dimethoxymethane: matrix isolation infrared and ab initio studies

• Published in: Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 467 - 478
• Main Authors: Venkatesan, V, Sundararajan, K, Sankaran, K, Viswanathan, K.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 01.02.2002
• Subjects: Ab initio computation; Dimethoxymethane; Hot nozzle; Matrix isolation; Methyl Ethers - chemistry; Models, Molecular; Software; Spectrophotometry, Infrared - methods; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Supersonic jet; Temperature; Matrix isolation; Ab initio computation; Hot nozzle; Supersonic jet; Dimethoxymethane

Conformations of dimethoxymethane (DMM) were studied using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy. DMM was trapped in an argon matrix using an effusive source at 298, 388 and 430 K. Experiments were also done using a supersonic jet source to look for conformational cooling in the expansion process....