Knowledge Bank

Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra in the 1600-700 $cm-1$ region will be reported for trans-2,3-dimethyloxirane, trans-2,3-dimethyloxirane-$2,3-d2$ and trans-2,3-dimethyloxirane$-2-d1$. These compounds were synthesized using a novel synthetic scheme developed by two of us (STP and HES). Ab initio localized molecular orbital (LMO) calculations have been carried out with 6-31G basis set. A quantitative comparison of the experimental and theoretical results will be presented.