THE CO STRETCH AND HYDROXYL BEND VIBRATION--ROTATION BANDS OF NORMAL AND OF DEUTERATED METHANOL

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1970

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Ohio State University

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The CO stretch and hydroxyl bend bands of normal and of deuterated methanol have been observed under high dispersion (resolution $\cong$ $0.07 cm^{-1}$). These bands are predominantly of the a-type, $\Delta$K=0, and should closely resemble the parallel bands of a symmetrical top molecule and thus have simple P, Q and R branches. The CO stretch bands of $CD_{3}OH$ $CH_{3}OD$ and $CD_{3}OD$ conform quite well with this prediction. The CO stretch of $CH_{3}OH$ and all the hydroxyl bend bands exhibit the flature that the P and R branch lines are multiple with a spread of components which is essentially independent of the J number. It seems most probable that this is due to a change in the barrier height in the excited vibrational state. The CO stretch band of $CH_{3}OH$ has been computed under this assumption. A satisfactory agreement with the observed spectrum is obtained providing the barrier in the excited state is taken to be $19 cm^{-1}$ higher than that ($375 cm^{-1}$) in the normal state.

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This research was supported in part by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Author Institution: Department of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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