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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Raman spectroscopy and high-overtone driven isomerization of glyoxylic acid in solid argon

Jussi AhokasMika PetterssonAdriana Olbert-majkutJan Lundell

subject

ArgonOvertoneAnharmonicitychemistry.chemical_elementPhotochemistrychemistry.chemical_compoundsymbols.namesakechemistryPhysics::Atomic and Molecular ClusterssymbolsRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingPhysics::Chemical PhysicsAbsorption (chemistry)Raman spectroscopyConformational isomerismIsomerizationGlyoxylic acid

description

High-overtone induced chemistry of glyoxylic acid isolated in a low-temperature argon matrix was investigated using Raman spectroscopy. The Raman spectra of two most stable conformers of glyoxylic acid are presented. Upon excitation in high overtone vibrational bands by 532 nm irradiation of the lowest energy conformer most abundant in neat deposited sample, the isomerization of glyoxylic acid was observed. The process most plausible proceeds via absorption into the fifth vibrational overtone state of the OH group or its combination with the torsional vibrational transition. The assignment of the fundamental vibrational spectra was assisted by quantum chemical harmonic and anharmonic vibrational calculations.

https://doi.org/10.3233/bsi-130051