Zingsheim, Oliver ORCID: 0000-0002-9242-4155 (2020). Deciphering molecular spectra of syn- and gauche-propanal. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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The present work features the measurements and detailed analyses of the rotational and ro-vibrational spectra of propanal, or propionaldehyde (CH3CH2CHO). Broadband spectra were taken with (sub-)millimeter wavelength spectrometers in the frequency regions of 75-129 GHz and 170-500 GHz in Cologne. Additional far infrared spectra were recorded with a synchrotron-based Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer in the region of 80-700 cm-1 (SOLEIL synchrotron - AILES A beamline, Paris). Propanal has two stable conformers, referred to as the syn- and gauche-forms. They differ mainly in the orientation of the aldehyde group (-CHO) with respect to the rigid carbon atom framework of the molecule. The rotational lines of syn-propanal show splittings due to internal rotation of the methyl group (-CH3) and are fit with Groner's ERHAM program. The spectrum of gauche-propanal shows somewhat larger tunneling splittings originating from two stable energetically degenerate conformers and are analyzed with Pickett's SPFIT program. In summary, rotational spectra of v=0, v24=1, v23=1, v15=1, v24=2, and v24=v23=1 vibrational states of syn-propanal as well as v=0 and v24=1 of gauche-propanal are studied. The fundamental vibrational frequency v24 of gauche-propanal is redetermined to 68.75037(30) cm-1 on account of observed Coriolis interactions and Fermi resonances in the rotational analysis. Another main result is the reassignment of the fundamental band v24 of syn-propanal in the far infrared spectrum at 133.9754525(39) cm-1. The millimeter- millimeter-wave double resonance experimental technique is established in Cologne using a newly assembled spectrometer allowing to unambiguously assign lines owing to the Autler-Townes effect. Furthermore, the implementation of a double modulation technique (modulation of both the pump and probe sources) allows for baseline- and confusion-free spectra containing only the line(s) of interest.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Corporate Creators: | I. Physikalisches Institut der Universität zu Köln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-537495 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | Köln | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Physics > Institute of Physics I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects: | Physics Chemistry and allied sciences Technology (Applied sciences) |
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Date of oral exam: | 27 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Funders: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - ID 184018867, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - ID SCHL 341/15-1, SOLEIL synchrotron radiation under the proposal 20190316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/53749 |
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