| Literature DB >> 26291109 |
Luca Evangelisti1,2, Patricia Écija1, Emilio J Cocinero1, Fernando Castaño1, Alberto Lesarri3, Walther Caminati2, Rolf Meyer4.
Abstract
Tunneling effects have been measured in the pulsed jet Fourier transform microwave spectra of two isotopologues of the benzoic acid-formic acid bimolecule. The tunneling splittings are originated by the concerted proton transfer of the two carboxylic hydrogens. From the values of these splittings for the OH-OH and OD-OD species, it has been possible to model/size the barrier to the concerted double proton transfer.Entities:
Keywords: concerted proton transfer; hetero dimers; hydrogen bonding; pulsed jets; rotational spectroscopy
Year: 2012 PMID: 26291109 DOI: 10.1021/jz3018489
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Phys Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-7185 Impact factor: 6.475