Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 1297-1301Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100932
Keywords
conformation analysis; microwave spectroscopy; odorants; quantum chemistry; rotational spectroscopy
Funding
- state of Nordrhein-Westfalen
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We report on the microwave spectrum of ethyl valerate, C4H9-COO-C2H5, observed by molecular beam Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy (MB-FTMW). Highly accurate rotational and centrifugal distortion constants of the two most abundant conformers were determined. Their structure was investigated by comparison of the experimental rotational constants with those obtained by quantum chemical calculations. MP2/ 6-311++G(d,p) calculations failed to give a proper description of the observed conformers in the supersonic jet. Therefore, also other basis sets were tried using HartreeFock, second-order MollerPlesset (MP2), and B3LYP methods to predict the observed gas-phase structures of the molecule. The quantum chemical results guided the conformer assignment of the rotational constants, obtained from the microwave experiment. One of the two observed conformers has Cs symmetry, while the most abundant conformer has C1 symmetry. The main conformer possesses a strong spectrum with high intensities. Additionally, harmonic frequency calculations at different levels of theory where carried out and a low lying vibration of the entire n-butyl group against the rest of the molecule was identified. The symbiotic interplay of microwave gas-phase investigations and quantum chemical calculations becomes evident in our results.
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