Intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution and conformational isomerization in vibrationally excited 2-fluoroethanol: High-resolution, microwave-infrared double-resonance spectroscopy investigation of the asymmetric -CH2(F) stretch near 2980 cm-1

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1979-1989

  Green, David ^a   Hammond, Sarah ^a   Keske, John ^a   Pate, Brooks H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CONFORMATIONAL ISOMERIZATION; ELECTRIC RESONANCE OPTOTHERMAL MOLECULAR BEAM SPECTROMETER; FLUOROETHANOL; INTRAMOLECULAR VIBRATIONAL ENERGY REDISTRIBUTION;

ETHANOL;

EID: 0033593151     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.477975     Document Type: Article

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