Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.101, No.28, 5484-5486, 1997
Infrared Spectral Hole-Burning and Change of Conformation in Simple Amino-Acid Salts
We show that it is possible to produce infrared spectral holes in a new class of compounds, amino acid hydrochlorides (containing some deuterium). The holes form as the result of conformational changes in the crystals, and the ability to produce holes leads to assignments of the N-D and O-D stretching bands.