A cryosolution infrared study of the complexes of fluoroform with ammonia and pyridine: Evidence for a C-H...N pseudo blue-shifting hydrogen bond

J Phys Chem A. 2005 Apr 7;109(13):3038-44. doi: 10.1021/jp0448696.

Abstract

Mid-infrared spectra of mixed solutions in liquid xenon containing fluoroform and either ammonia or pyridine have been investigated at temperatures between 173 and 213 K. For both Lewis bases, a new band is found in the CH stretching region at a frequency approximately 5 cm(-1) higher than that of monomer fluoroform, which is assigned to a complex between fluoroform and the Lewis base. A detailed analysis of the nu1/2nu(4) Fermi resonance in the proton donor shows that the blue shifts observed for the complexes are not caused by a strengthening of the CH bond during the complexation, but are due to the changes in the Fermi resonance interactions. Information on the nu1/2nu(4) Fermi resonance was also obtained for the complexes of fluoroform with dimethyl ether and trimethyl amine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ammonia / chemistry*
  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane / chemistry*
  • Color
  • Hydrogen / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Methyl Ethers / chemistry
  • Nitrogen / chemistry*
  • Pyridines / chemistry*
  • Solutions
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman
  • Vibration

Substances

  • Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane
  • Methyl Ethers
  • Pyridines
  • Solutions
  • Carbon
  • Ammonia
  • Hydrogen
  • dimethyl ether
  • Nitrogen
  • pyridine
  • fluoroform