Infrared spectroscopy of hydrogen-bonded phenol-amine clusters in supersonic jets
A. Iwasaki, A. Fujii, T. Watanabe, T. Ebata, and N. Mikami,
J. Phys. Chem. 100, 16053 (1996).

We report infrared spectra of hydrogen-bonded phenol-amine clusters, phenol-NH3, -N(CH3)3, -NH(C2H5)2, and -N(C2H5)3, prepared in jet expansions. The OH, NH, and CH stretching fundamentals were studied. Infrared-ultraviolet double-resonance techniques were utilized for vibrational spectroscopy of size-selected clusters. The OH stretch frequencies of the phenol moieties showed extremely large red-shifts from that of bare phenol, reflecting the strong proton affinities of the amines. Moreover, non-proton-transferred structures of the clusters were confirmed. The detailed structure of phenol-NH3 was examined by ab initio calculations, which reproduced the observed infrared spectrum.

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