Probing dispersion interactions using broadband rotational spectroscopy

Probing dispersion interactions using broadband rotational spectroscopy

Author(s): Melanie Schnell

Publication: Bunsen-Magazin 2022, Ausgabe 6, Seiten 220-221

Publisher: Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie e.V., Frankfurt

Language: English

Abstract: Inspired by the powerful network of the priority program 1807, strong collaborations between synthesis, theory, and spectroscopy were formed aiming to investigate useful model systems to evaluate the interplay between hydrogen bonding and dispersion interactions. Our main spectroscopic tool is broadband rotational spectroscopy in the gas phase, which is inherently structure sensitive and even allows for an experimental determination of bond lengths and angles. This article discusses two examples, one intra- and one intermolecular case, where dispersion interactions are decisive for the structural outcome.

Cite this:  M. Schnell, Bunsen-Magazin 2022, Ausgabe 6, Seiten 220-221

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