ROTATIONAL SPECTRA OF HALOGENATED ETHERS USED AS VOLATILE ANAESTHETICS
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2009
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Ohio State University
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Following previous microwave investigations by Suenram \textit{et al.}$~OSU~Int.~Symp.~On~Mol.~Spectrosc.}, Columbus, OH, 1999, RB07} we will report on the rotational spectrum of several halogenated ethers used as volatile anaesthetics, including sevoflurane ((CF$_3$)$_2$CH-O-CH$_2$F), isoflurane (CF$_3$CHCl-O-CHF$_2$), enflurane (CHFClCF$_2$-O-CHF$_2$) and methoxyflurane (CHCl$_2$CF$_2$-O-CH$_3$). This study has been conducted in the 6-18 GHz centimetre-wave region using Balle-Flygare-type FT-microwave spectroscopy. The results will include the analysis of the rotational spectra of minor species in natural abundance ($^{13}$C and $^{18}$O in some cases), structural calculations and auxiliary \it ab initio \rm modelling. The conformational and structural conclusions will be compared with previous gas-phase electron diffraction and solid-state X-ray diffraction analysis.
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R.~D.~Suenram, D.~J.~Brugh, F.~J.~Lovas and C.~Chu, \textit{51$^{st
Author Institution: Departamento de Qu\imica F\isica y Qu\imica Inorganica; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain; Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; Institut fur Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Callinstra\ss e 3 - 3A; D-30167 Hannover, Germany
Author Institution: Departamento de Qu\imica F\isica y Qu\imica Inorganica; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, E-47011 Valladolid, Spain; Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA; Institut fur Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, Callinstra\ss e 3 - 3A; D-30167 Hannover, Germany