Transcript pyruvic.ppt

62nd OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
WG10
The millimeter-wave rotational spectra
of pyruvic acid and of glycolic acid
Zbigniew Kisiel, Ewa Białkowska-Jaworska,
Lech Pszczółkowski
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Warszawa, Poland
Steven B. Charnley
Space Science and Astrobiology Division,
NASA Ames Research Center , CA, USA
The pyruvic acid molecule
10 atoms
ma = 2.27(2) D
mb = 0.35(2) D
n24
n23
Previous investigations (all cm-wave):
Kaluza et al., Chem.Phys.Lett. 22, 454 (1973)
Marstokk+Mollendal, J.Mol.Struct. 20, 257 (1974)
Dyllick-Brenzinger et al., Chem.Phys. 23, 195 (1977)
Meyer+Bauder, J.Mol.Spectrosc. 94, 136 (1982)
Lowest vibrational states in pyruvic acid
this work
The Warsaw broadband millimeter-wave spectrometer
The mm-wave rotational spectrum of pyruvic acid
Analysis carried out using the AABS software package
All recorded spectra (typically 0.5 GHz each) are combined into a
single continuous spectrum
Spectra and predictions are displayed alongside with two
previewing programs
Graphical assignment and automated transfer of frequencies and
quantum numbers to datafiles
Fitting and predictions with ASFIT/ASROT or H.M.Pickett’s
SPFIT/SPCAT
AABS = Assignment and Analysis of Broadband Spectra
available on the PROSPE webpage:
http://info.ifpan.edu.pl/~kisiel/prospe.htm
Loomis-Wood type plots used for assignment…
A-E splitting in the J = 38  37 transition of the g.s.
E
A
The data set for the ground, A-symmetry, substate of pyruvic
acid
732 fitted lines
sfit = 36.9 kHz
MMW: 171 - 314 GHz
CMW:
27 - 39 GHz
FTMW: 10 - 17 GHz
Summary of results obtained for pyruvic acid
Analysis of g.s, v24=1,2,3, and v23=1 taken up to 314 GHz
Three different fitting programs were used in comparative manner:
SPFIT (Pickett) – effective single state fits for A and E states
XIAM (Hartwig) – IAM fit of A+E
ERHAM (Groner) – effective rotational Hamiltonian, A+E
All three programs were found satisfactory for the ground state, but
applicability of single state fits quickly diminished with increasing
torsional excitation
ERHAM was most economic in fitting experimental data (e.g.
requiring 27 constants for g.s. A+E to compare with 15+24=39 for
single state fits)
Results now published: J.Mol.Spectrosc. 241, 220 (2007) where some
discussion on how to read and compare the derived constants was also
made
The glycolic acid molecule
9 atoms
ma = 1.913(5) D
mb = 0.995(14) D
Previous investigations:
Blom+Bauder, Chem.Phys.Lett. 82, 492 (1981) – most stable isomer, cmw
Hasegawa et al., J.Mol.Struct. 82, 205 (1982) – isotopic work, cmw
Godfrey et al., J.Am.Chem.Soc. 119, 2232 (1997) – less stable trans conformer,
mmw jet, 48-71
Lowest vibrational states in glycolic acid
Assigned and fitted
w 14= 269.5
w 21= 75 cm-1 ?

w 20= 280.6
Assigned, but not yet
satisfactorily fitted
DFT=65, ir=152, mw Irel=123(15) cm-1
vibrational spectrum: Hollensten et. al., Spectrochim. Acta A 3, 193 (1983)
Spectroscopic constants for the ground state of glycolic acid
+ sextics
V21 = 0
1
2
3
4
5
Summary of results obtained for glycolic acid
Analysis of g.s, v21= 1 and 2 taken up to 317 GHz, Watson’s A-reduced
Hamiltonian applicable.
v21= 3 and 4, 5 are perturbed.
v14= 1 and v20= 1 have been assigned but both also turn out to be
perturbed.
Multistate fit or fits required to understand the spectrum for vibrational
excitation upwards of 250 cm-1 …
Rotational transitions of other conformers not yet assigned in the room
temperature mmw spectrum – but two such conformers should in
principle be visible …