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- The study examined how halothane interacts with benzene to form C-H...π complexes using infrared and Raman spectroscopy in different environments.
- The research found that these complexes can exist in both 1:1 and 2:1 ratios, with specific enthalpy values measured for their formation.
- Temperature variations affected molecular vibrations, leading to a blue shift in the jet experiments but a red shift in liquid and vapor conditions, which was explained through computational simulations.
Article Abstract
The formation of C-H...π bonded complexes of halothane with benzene(-d(6)) has been studied using infrared and Raman spectroscopy of solutions in liquid krypton, in supersonic jet expansions and in room temperature vapour phase. The formation of complexes with 1 ∶ 1 and 2 ∶ 1 stoichiometry was observed. The complexation enthalpy in liquid krypton for the 1 ∶ 1 complex was determined to be -9.8(2) kJ mol(-1) and the enthalpy for the addition of a second halothane molecule to the 1 ∶ 1 complex was determined at -7.0(3) kJ mol(-1). The stretching mode of the halothane C-H bond involved in the formation of the complex in the jets was observed to blue shift by 7.7(10) cm(-1). In contrast, for the solutions of liquid krypton and the room temperature measurements a small red shift was observed. Supported by ab initio calculations and Monte Carlo simulations, this shift was explained by the differences in thermal populations of the van der Waals vibrations of the complex in the different experiments.
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